Blog shows Brooks today

[Kermit]

VERY nice .40--my current favorite caliber. I very much like the carving. Patchbox elegant inits simplicity, Mike. Very well done.

[Mike Brooks]

Thanks. It is actually the gun I built while doing my tutorial on how to build a gun. It has been for sale on Track of the Wolf for the past week. I see it isn't on there this morning, so it must have sold.

[Jim Kibler]

Nice looking gun, Mike.  Do you recall where the guard came from?  I have a project where with some work, this guard might do.  I'm trying to avoid having to make a pattern and casting one. 

Thanks,
Jim

[smallpatch]

@!*% fine rifle as usual Mr Brooks. Nice!!!!

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Superlative!  I like it a lot.  A real tribute to those early makers.

[smylee grouch]

I like the gun lots too and the early style guns seem to do more for me.

[Mike Brooks]

Nice looking gun, Mike.  Do you recall where the guard came from?  I have a project where with some work, this guard might do.  I'm trying to avoid having to make a pattern and casting one. 

Thanks,
Jim

Reeves Gohering. I believe it is from a big germanic bench gun.

[Mark Elliott]

Very nice Mike.   A little more elegant than the gun that inspired it. 

[James Rogers]

I was wondering if that was the "tute" gun.
Nice Mike!

[Kermit]

Where is this tutorial? 

[bob in the woods]

Much less "aging" than usual 
Beautiful gun .  If it was a .54 , it'd be perfect !

[hanshi]

Pics?

[art riser]

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/

[Don Getz]

Went looking for Mike's gun but the first thing that popped up was the old guy by Jack Duprey.  I love stuff like that.......Don

[Habu]

The rifle being discussed is here: http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2013/11/1750-1770-virginia-longrifle-by-mike.html 

[Jim Kibler]

Nice looking gun, Mike.  Do you recall where the guard came from?  I have a project where with some work, this guard might do.  I'm trying to avoid having to make a pattern and casting one. 

Thanks,
Jim

Reeves Gohering. I believe it is from a big germanic bench gun.

Anyone know Reaves's offerings well enough to identify what number this guard is?  I've looked at some photos of his selection but can't seem to place it. 

Thanks!
Jim

[tallbear]

I believe it's #34.

Mitch

[Jim Kibler]

Thanks Mitch!

[Dphariss]

I like it.
Very nicely done.

Dan

[k gahagan]

I wanted to take another look at this particular gun so I typed Mike Brooks into the search box to locate it and it took me quite awhile to get to it because I was checking out everyone of his guns that came up before it. I like them all. Not overdone and very believable. Great body of work. Ken Gahagan

[gizamo]

Who is Mike Brooks?

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[Mike Brooks]

Thanks guys. I have recently built a nice fusil de trait and an english park rifle I like real well. I have to get the pics processed so I can post them.

[Kopfjaeger]

Thanks. It is actually the gun I built while doing my tutorial on how to build a gun. It has been for sale on Track of the Wolf for the past week. I see it isn't on there this morning, so it must have sold.

It's still on there. it hasn't been sold. $4,299.00

[Mike Brooks]

You're right, didn't see there are two pages....