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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2009, 09:44:41 PM »
Tom,
Nice rifle. I like the way you did the patch box catch.
Dennis
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Offline Acer Saccharum

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2009, 10:20:28 PM »
the balance is right between the lock and the rear pipe. Swings up like a shotgun, right on target. Almost like a live thing. Feels so right. I am very happy how it turned out.

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Offline Long John

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2009, 04:10:00 AM »
Acer,

You amaze me!  That's a real sweet looking rifle!

JMC
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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2009, 05:26:42 AM »
Tom,

Great looking rifle!  I really like your "Dutchy" carving, nice design and very well done.  If I may ask, what are the two screws for in the batch box cavity?  Or did I miss something, which is entirely possible, lol....  Thanks for the pics!

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2009, 03:37:47 PM »
Ed, the two screws are for a 'patch'...... this gun once had a sliding wooden cover. for some reason, either because the cover was lost, or the owner wanted to fancy up his gun, he had a metal box installed. The 'patch' fills the old dovetail and holds the new box catch spring down.

This is fiction, any resemblance an actual gun is accidental.
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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2009, 06:24:58 PM »
Tom,
I get it, makes perfect sense.  I should have picked up on that from your description, but like I said, I miss things sometimes, lol...  Again, neat rifle!

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2009, 06:26:11 PM »
Nice little gun, Tom - BUT - your 14 bore Jaeger speaks to me.
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Offline t.caster

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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2009, 08:55:35 PM »
Tom I love it too! Can't believe the brrl is only 31" lg. Must be an illusion, since the entry pipe is so far back! Cool carving alright!
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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2009, 09:03:40 PM »
There is so much that is great about the rifle I hate to bring this up.  But I do not like the rusty frizzen and trigger.  Having been to Chatham in july, I can understand how iron/steel gets that way, but please Tom, get some oil on that.
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Re: Faire Gonne
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2009, 09:31:18 PM »
Ye, gads, Taylor, I will clean it up.  ;D
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