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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Pat_Cameron on August 26, 2008, 12:30:07 PM
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I clipped this photo from a thread on a board last year because
I really liked the stock. I have since forgotten exactly where I got the photo from.
Can somebody identify the school that this shotgun came from.
Thanks
PJC
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fusera.imagecave.com%2FPJC%2Fshotgun.jpg&hash=cc677dd4e5600cef7f5a712976097c284a1ca6cd)
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The muzzleloader pictured appears to be a left handed rifle. It is built with rifle hardware not fowler hardware. The gun has sights, and was finished without a patch box. The top and bottom lines of the stock are straight. this pretty much rules out most guns of the Lehigh Valley, Bucks Co & Reading areas.
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It looks like a Beck's profile, but I'm no expert.....Geo.
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Aha...finally got you guys. That is what you would call a "deluxe" barn gun....it has a butt plate, side plate, etc......and
is one that I made for a friend just before Christmas last year. It was made from kind of a generic lancaster pattern
with a full octagon swamped 16 ga. barrel. If you could see the whole photo, there is a nice gobbler laying on the ground
in front of my friend. Anything else you want to know about it? Don
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When is a barn gun not a barn gun?
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......when it has a buttplate and a side plate.
;D
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Also if it has a buttplate but not a sideplate, or a sideplate but not a buttplate, or if the sideplate is no more than a washer and the buttplate is no more than a strip of sheet metal, and it doesn't have the full complement of ramrod thimbles, then it may be considered a barn gun. ???But most of all, if found in a barn, it is a barn gun. ;D
On the other hand, if the maker says it is a barn gun, it's a barn gun, especially if he makes it in a week or so. :)
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Rich, to be accurate in your description, I think it has to be made in three days or less. That was how a true barn gun was described to me by by an old and knowledgeable and crafty, and sometimes crusty, gentleman. I am sure when he getz done with his next one, he will post some pictures.
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.........but he did say "deluxe". ;D
Tim C.
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After seconds of agonizing soul searching (maybe 2 or 3) I ahve to agree that it is a deluxe barn gun built in the Getz shcool. I love it. Its fun to do your own thing like that without regard to the nitpicking worries of recreation. And to see it get appreciated for what it is, a nice looking gun, really warms me up. I have gotten to where building in that manner is more fun due to grey hair and a changing attitute and outlook on things. I am surprised Don has developed that attitude so early in life.
DP
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If ears could actually burn, we'd have to call 911 on this blaze. ::)
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Rich....what did you say? or I could have said "now that's funny". By the way, where were you, thought you were coming to the CLA show? Don
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When is a barn gun not a barn gun?
I'd say when it is too fancy for plain people ;D
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Rich....what did you say? or I could have said "now that's funny". By the way, where were you, thought you were coming to the CLA show? Don
Yeah, sorry I missed all you guys. I was up on my roof, fixing it. I hear my wife ordered a piece of iron and you guys have been dragging it around.
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I thought there was some lancaster in it but I didn't want to make such a claim.
Too bad, it would have been one of those times when you can fool all of the people some of the time.
at least for a brief moment. I missed my chance.
I am glad it turned out to be something not so simple though.
I did not want to go pasting pictures of people without their permission so I clipped it a little bit.
Don is right. There is a real nice tom laying just below the shotgun.
I am not a shotgun guy. I have an Ithica model 37 deluxe that I paid $200.00 new in the box.
The price should tell you how long I have had it. I have fired two shots out of it.
I just got it because I thought I should have one around.
The only reason I fired the two shots was because I had a big pheasant in the back yard and decided to help him jump in my freezer. Yes I missed once, but he did taste good.
I am getting the urge to do some turkey hunting in the future and every time I look at this
picture I keep thinking this is the way a shotgun should be built.
Great Job Don.
I was looking for a piece to help solve this puzzle. I did not expect to find the whole
puzzle, box and all. When it comes time to start this build I will send you a note Don for
a few more details.
Thanks
PJC