My new Rifle by C. Starks (Captchee)

[Beaverman]

Received my new Rifle  this weekend at the Monore ML show built by my good friend Captchee here on the forum, figured English walnut stock, c weight old stock Don Getz 54 cal swamped barrel , Chambers deluxe Siler lock, Davis triggers and German silver hardware, very happy with the end product, can't wait to shoot her!

[wattlebuster]

Somebody put some time into that one.   Looking good

[ScottH]

Very Nice!
Looking forward to your range report 

[Algae]

Very nice work!! Lucky you!
AJ

[WadePatton]

Wow, I do like that interplay of inlay, carving, and engraving.  Good work! 

[smart dog]

Hi,
Love the engraving!  It certainly is an eclectic mix of styles.

dave

[Osprey]

Old Isacc is rolling in his grave with envy!!

[Beaverman]

Hi,
Love the engraving!  It certainly is an eclectic mix of styles.

dave

Dave, I gave Cap the parts and told him he had a blank canvas and to build me a prom queen, not a line for line Haines

[WadePatton]

Dave, I gave Cap the parts and told him he had a blank canvas and to build me a prom queen, not a line for line Haines

Good job on both your parts. Let the maker MAKE!  That's how you get the best stuff.    

[Glenn]

WOW ... What a masterpiece.  I hope my Isaac Haines turns out half that good.  Great Job !!!   

[Gun Butcher]

Beav, that is absolutely  outrageous. Oh man that is pretty. He did a fantastic job on that one and it's even got your name on it so I can't sneak all the way out there from Alabama and steal.
I bet you set around the house the rest of the week and just look at it

Ron

[FALout]

That is one fine looking rifle. 

[Beaverman]

Beav, that is absolutely  outrageous. Oh man that is pretty. He did a fantastic job on that one and it's even got your name on it so I can't sneak all the way out there from Alabama and steal.
I bet you set around the house the rest of the week and just look at it

Ron

Ron, the wife thought I was going to bring it to bed with me ! 

[JB2]

You mean you didn't bring it to bed with you?  Well, that just won't do

[Captchee]

 thank you for the comments folks . I know its not a true Haines  but it was fun to build anyway .
OH and that screwed on TG , that was requested lol. i had to swallow hard on that one

Jim , LMAO , you probably have the photo folks going crazy LOL .
 so for them , here are a cople photos i took . im trying guys but i cant seem to get the lighting right yet . but im working on that

[blackbruin]

Wow that's,a busy piece!

[Daveco]

   That is some beautiful work!

[Brian Jordan]

Very nice Jim! And a fantastic job Captchee!!

[little joe]

Excellent craftmanship, far beyond any thing most of us dream about, however I don,t think I could have swallowed  hard enough to put a screwed on T guard on a Haines, a second lock screw most likely have been used also.  The sideplate left squared at the front would have looked better if rounded,  although there are one or two in RCA left that way. With your talent you,r bending to much to customer satisfaction.

[Captchee]

I would agree with all you said Joe . as i said , its not  truly a Hainse rifle  in far more ways then what you mention .
 but i try and build what the customer wants . since we were already deverging from a true Haines , i pretty much felt  that alittle  was no diffrent then alot . so I ran with it .
 i do wish i had taken better photos of it  while i had it .
  again i agree with what your saying

[Pete G.]

I would imagine that if we could travel back and speak with Master Haines himself he would agree to build whatever the customer desires(within reason). No builder in his right mind is going to turn down a job because it doesn't exactly conform to what the builder considers the norm. On the other hand there can be that "know it all" kind of guy that is way out in left field, so you the builder has to strike a balance.

[JDK]

....No builder in his right mind is going to turn down a job because it doesn't exactly conform to what the builder considers the norm....

I respectfully disagree.  There are builders out there that do just that.

There are builders who build keeping strictly in the the historic styles, I've seen them turn work away.  There are builders who build strictly contemporary pieces and have no disire to build period longrifles, I'm sure they have their reasons.  There are builders who play both sides.  Who's in their "right mind"?  I don't know.

For some it's about money and they'll take any work they can get.  For some it's about integrity and staying true to their craft.  Some are students of history.  Some just love to put rasp to wood and will take any opportunity to do so.

We all pursue this for different reasons and it's up the individual which direction they choose to go.  Every individual is motivated to do what they do for different reasons.

But all of that aside, and not speaking of this gun in particular as it wasn't posted here for a critique, there many here that are of the opinion that even the most decorative contemporary longrifle should still be judged against the originals when it comes to architecture.  The best carving, engraving and inlays do not make up for architectural faults.  Under all the applied decoration it is still a what it is, a longrifle.

I'm not judging the choices of others, just stating my observations. Enjoy, J.D.

[Kermit]

Congrats, Jim.
Niiiccceee, Cap.

There are builders out there that do just that.

There are builders who build keeping strictly in the the historic styles, I've seen them turn work away.  There are builders who build strictly contemporary pieces and have no disire to build period longrifles, I'm sure they have their reasons.  There are builders who play both sides.

And there's room for all of them to do as they please.

[Beaverman]

and I'm not a HC nazi when it comes to firearms, I like what I like, well said JD !

[JDK]

Kermit pretty much summed it up.  Tastes vary and so must the market.  Be a pretty boring world otherwise.

Jim, you've got yourself an very artfully done rifle there.  Enjoy it.  J.D.