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Offline Tom Currie

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Here we go again
« on: September 25, 2013, 04:41:15 PM »
I am just getting started on a Bucks County 36 caliber squirrel rifle and was looking to my reference material for guidance. I wanted to mark my wrist/comb point so I started measuring the 4 guns in RCA 1 and then some others I have pictures of. Quite unexpectedly the ratio from buttplate top heel to comb point/buttplate top heel to breech was .596, .586, .590 and then the folksy gun at liitle differnet at .560. Others I measured were right at about .590. Mere coincidence ? I've heard of this ratio before.
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Offline tallbear

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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2013, 08:43:57 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2013, 09:32:23 PM »
 Hhhmmmmm............ gotta be!!    :o :o  ;D ;D
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2013, 09:39:46 PM »
Things are gonna get "mean".
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2013, 10:40:15 PM »
That proves something, but I can't remember what.


ALso 'member that the RCA photos are distorted by 'fisheye' effect of the lens, proportions aren't always accurate for measuring your reproduction by enlarging the photos.

Tom Currie, you are very bad bringing this subject up. I will have my people talk with your people.
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Offline Bill of the 45th

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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2013, 10:42:56 PM »
It could just be a Golden coincidence ::) ::) ::)

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Offline Tom Currie

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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2013, 11:03:43 PM »
I'm figuring the guy who build RCA 65 at.560 was a non conformist, over the mountain or something like that.
Shuler, Weiker and Vernor aren't talking about how they did there layout either. 

Acer, The problem with your people talking to my people is that you guys are already my people. Not sure how that's going to work.
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2013, 11:06:42 PM »
Hmmm. I see what you mean. Let's not blow this out of proportion, eh.
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2013, 01:33:47 AM »
  meanies!
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2013, 04:13:12 AM »
Please keep comments on topic.  Non- longrifle examples of coincidences tend to take the topic in an unproductive direction.
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Re: Here we go again
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2013, 01:19:29 PM »
Dang, I hate math--but I love Bucks Co. guns!  What to do?  What to do?    I'll fake it.  Oh well, all the ones I faked so far haven't looked too bad....  Ron---I need more coffee!
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