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Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« on: December 15, 2021, 04:48:02 AM »
I was going to make up some crazy story about my great uncle swapping this cut off trade gun for a barren heifer or something but I thought id come clean from the start. David Rase started this thing and word got to Ky that it was in loose hands. Big Wayne Estes finished it with the help of Mike Brooks engraving the flat and English proof marks. 54 cal, big English lock, barrel cut off. The stock was obviously whittled off to match. The front barrel pin hole has been walllered out to the point that wire was used to keep everything together. (They tried using a chop stick but it didn’t look right). The front site was gouged in with a chisel, and a brass sight driven in. The tapered ramrod is obviously hand whittled. Brass tacks were added and most of them have survived. The side plate has a soldered repair. The initials WP was whittled in the buttstock. There has been some rodent damage (chewing teeth marks) to the stock. The stock was finished by mixing 1/2 True oil and 1/2 red died ag diesel with a little barn floor dirt and stove ash mixed in. This project thas been fun to see evolve and a blast to shoot!  Im deeply indebted to these three Master craftsmen for collaborating on this fun progect!
















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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2021, 04:59:15 AM »
 More work went into the crazy backstory than went into making that piece.
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2021, 05:03:45 AM »
Its 80% true!!!
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2021, 05:59:42 AM »
A fine piece to be sure! Now it needs to be used to take a Nebraskan walrus (they're legal... I swear).  Seriously, the best kind of shooting iron is the one that goes BANG! when you pull the trigger and does it with panache.  I particularly like the wire.  We use it extensively in North Florida!
Love it.
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2021, 05:13:41 PM »
Nifty.....of course. I wondered why Wayne has been so quiet  lately.
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2021, 05:54:57 PM »
Hes been Deer hunting…Our weather has been perfect!
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2021, 09:26:20 PM »
What lock did they use?
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2021, 09:34:35 PM »
Davis Trade Gun Lock, and it’s a pretty good lock too!
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Offline Craig Wilcox

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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2021, 11:24:01 PM »
It's got to have that panache when you pull the trigger and it goes boom!
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2021, 03:45:54 AM »
I like it!
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Offline WadePatton

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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2021, 04:01:34 AM »
Hey lookit, already got my 'nitials onnit!  8)
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2021, 05:31:25 AM »
Neat lookin gun Austin.
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Re: Buffalo running in a canoe, dont look under the blanket trade gun
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2021, 06:34:30 AM »
Nice gun!  Have fun with it!

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