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Offline B Shipman

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ash stocked early rifle
« on: January 17, 2017, 07:58:44 AM »
Picked up the blank from a recent CLA show. A collector cleaning out his closet. Another reason to attend.







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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2017, 12:34:26 PM »
I like it ;D
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 02:34:49 PM »
Nice architecture. Did you make the buttplate? Incredible curl for ash, I don't think I have seen one with that fine of curl. Very well done.
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 03:22:28 PM »
Hi Bill,
Beautiful!  What a nice clean elegant gun. That stock is amazing.

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 05:26:31 PM »
Beautiful!
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 05:35:15 PM »
I'm slayed! Ash is my biggest source of firewood. All the ash around here has fallen (pun intended) to Asiatic ash borer beetles. I have seen some tight curl like your rifle stock, but the trees are too small in diameter to get a stock from. I have made axe and tomahawk handles from it though.
Any problems working this wood? I'm guessing wouldn't carve well.

It is nice to see a plain rifle done by you. Your architecture is always spot on, and your attention to detail is an inspiration to me. Beautiful!

Thanks for posting!


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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 07:39:28 PM »
Great looking gun. I love the triggers.
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Offline BOB HILL

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2017, 08:34:08 PM »
Beautiful rifle Bill. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2017, 01:10:47 AM »
Clean as usual. Is that butt plate from Reeves "blob"?
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2017, 01:30:47 AM »
 Clean looking and elegant.  I just don't care for patch boxes  on my guns, I don't use them and as far as I'm concerned it takes away from the clean lines of a rifle. Nice job. ;)
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2017, 02:11:21 AM »
very nicely done and I too am taken back by the amount of curl,wonderful!
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2017, 03:01:46 AM »
Beautiful! 
The Emerald ash borer is going to be tough on future ash wood.
I have the lock figured out ... any other specs?
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Offline David Price

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2017, 03:52:16 AM »
Bill,

Another fine job.  It takes a real craftsman to turn a plain rifle into a thing of beauty.  I have admired your work for a long
time, and consider you as one of the best.

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2017, 04:34:40 AM »
Very nice looking rifle ! Lucky owner.
Ash is my favorite..
prefer to finish it lighter because it darkens with age.
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Offline Karl Kunkel

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2017, 05:50:22 AM »
Really great rifle, great lines.  Are you bringing it to Lewisburg?
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2017, 01:03:33 AM »
Beautiful gun.    Did you use a grain filler on the wood?
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Offline Arcturus

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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2017, 01:10:35 AM »
As others have said, that's an exceptional piece of curly ash...amazingly tight curl.  And a nice job putting that wood to good use.
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2017, 09:18:33 PM »
Thanks for the compliments. The butt plate is shaped from 1/16th in.brass sheet.  .54 Rice 42 in. C wt.  Davis triggers.
No filler except the varnish itself.
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2017, 11:01:46 PM »
I figured that was a home brewed buttplate, very nice.
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Re: ash stocked early rifle
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2017, 12:53:47 AM »
Quote from: Joe S. on January 18, 2017, 02:11:21 AM
very nicely done and I too am taken back by the amount of curl,wonderful!

I think that chunk of ash you have for my gun may be at least this good. Sure looked promising in the raw.

I'm hoping folks will salvage some of the dying trees to save the figured wood. It deserves to be more than firewood.
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