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kaintuck

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finally done............
« on: November 01, 2015, 12:17:06 AM »
54 cal swamped 38" colerain bbl, hard silver maple stock, Tim Adlam did the metal engravings, I did the wood stuff....brass lock from Barbie Chambers, Dave Keck on the BBl inletted & stock profiled to germanic 1740's Christain Spring~~~









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Offline smart dog

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2015, 12:30:15 AM »
Very nice!! I love the griffen.  How did you find working that silver maple?

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Offline Woodbutcher

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2015, 12:44:29 AM »
 Oh My!! Yes indeed! When you're good, your good!!
 And how was that Silver Maple? Is that bone or horn on the fore end?
  Thank you for showing, it is inspiring. Woodbutcher
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Re: finally done............
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2015, 12:51:11 AM »
Well I know Im new to this forum and haven't built many rifles.But sir that is one fine looking lady right there.You should be very proud of yourself.I really like that style of rifle.You also did a awesome job on the carving .Excellent work indeed.
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Offline frogwalking

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2015, 01:27:57 AM »
Very good Kaintuck!  Keep it up.

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Offline Bill Ladd

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2015, 01:36:27 AM »
Quote from: kaintuck on November 01, 2015, 12:17:06 AM
...I did the wood stuff...

Tomtom retired?


(Awesome rifle, btw.)
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« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2015, 01:40:04 AM »
Good work Marc. The carving looks real good
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Re: finally done............
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2015, 03:47:09 AM »
Thumbs up on the griffin.
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Offline J. Talbert

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2015, 05:13:36 AM »
Nice looking!

How about an overall view?

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« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2015, 04:43:41 PM »
Very appealing, Kaintuck! Great work in the engraving and carving!

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2015, 05:28:25 PM »
The carving and engraving are very nice.   I also really like the griffen
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Offline Marcruger

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2015, 05:31:57 PM »
Cool griffin!
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Offline Joe S.

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2015, 03:34:37 AM »
nicely done and I like the griffen too.
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Re: finally done............
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2015, 12:45:31 AM »
sorry fella's....ment to reply~
That silver maple was a question we discussed....but the boys at Dunlops explained that not ALL wood is as we think...soft or hard....sometimes he explained that when a tree grows....it usually would be a soft species....but this one was 'hard'....so off to Dave to be shaped out as a early Germanic.....dave also said it WAS a hard silver maple piece. so I went ahead with the project~ it did have some nice 'flame below the PB...and I aged it as best I could...I just couldn't bring myself to beat that wood like 200yrs would do...... :P

tomtom worked on that griffin a long time.....but it's plagiarism from a fellow rifle maker here.....he said it was ok to copy him~~and I thank you!

thank you for the positives fella's.............It shoulders nice, sites are nice and clear for my old eyes.....if it don't sell, I will just keep it around~but I think someone will want a elk rifle.....with a C weight 54....a person could 'lode heavey' ;D

now on to the Lexington rifle.................................
marc n tomtom
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Offline moleeyes36

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2015, 10:22:57 PM »
Nice job.  Now you have to build a another one scaled down to tomtom's length of pull.

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Re: finally done............
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2015, 04:01:46 PM »
That is a good gun, you pulled off the step in the wrist real well. I used to build stuff like that with that kind of box all the time. Haven't had a chance for years to do something like that again.
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