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Offline hortonstn

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kentucky pistol
« on: June 17, 2016, 03:33:41 AM »
this is a pistol I built several months ago thought you might like to see it
its a Charles burton 12 inch swamped 50 cal barrel ,jim chambers small siler, akers single set trigger
I personally like the color of the stock
it even shoots pretty good for a right handed left eyed shooter
comments welcome
paul



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Offline KC

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2016, 04:47:31 AM »
That's a great looking pistol. I like the color of the stock, too. What was the finish you used?
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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2016, 01:17:13 PM »
nice color its a very nice job
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Offline hortonstn

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2016, 03:03:43 PM »
kc.
the finish was danglers orange followed by dangler red sealed with tru-oul ive built other guns with this finish and they are all different colors
this was sugar maple, a red maple stock seems to be darker
paul
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Offline Curtis

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2016, 08:38:22 PM »
Paul,

Sorry, I haven't been on much this past month and just saw your pistol!  Looks like you did a great job with it.  Did you engrave the lock yourself?

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Offline hortonstn

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2016, 10:12:03 PM »
yes curtis i did , ive got a long way to go but really enjoy trying,
thanks for the thought
paul
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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2016, 12:47:58 AM »
Sharp. I like it
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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2016, 04:26:05 AM »
Thank you
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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2016, 06:20:47 AM »
Great looking pistol! Beautiful finish.
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Offline P.W.Berkuta

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2016, 08:47:45 PM »
Quote from: hortonstn on June 17, 2016, 03:33:41 AM
this is a pistol I built several months ago thought you might like to see it
its a Charles burton 12 inch swamped 50 cal barrel ,jim chambers small siler, akers single set trigger
I personally like the color of the stock
it even shoots pretty good for a right handed left eyed shooter
comments welcome
paul





Very nice ;). Is the stock from a plank or a pre-carve? The reason I ask is that I have built two pistols about 15 years ago and tried to shape them out of a plank and they look like a "plank" when done (well not quite). I want to get a pre-carve to try another pistol to get the hang of the correct starting shape.
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Offline hortonstn

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Re: kentucky pistol
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2016, 04:17:36 AM »
Pw it was a blank I received from muzzle loaders building supply
I couldn't believe how nice it was
Thanks for asking and thanks for your comments
Paul from central missouri
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