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Offline WKevinD

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Just finished
« on: November 12, 2015, 04:19:20 PM »
This is my interpretation of a Mathew Gilespie. 





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Re: Just finished
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2015, 04:41:46 PM »
Very nice!

It's functionally elegant. An excellent example of form following functon.
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2015, 04:47:53 PM »
Quote from: burnt on November 12, 2015, 04:19:20 PM
This is my interpretation of a Mathew Gilespie. 







My kind of rifle.Plain as a fence post and completely functional.

Bob Roller
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2015, 05:38:52 PM »
Maple stock?
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Offline WKevinD

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2015, 05:41:04 PM »
Yes, straight grained Maple.
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2015, 07:47:08 PM »
Don't know the original well but sure looks "right" for the frontier. Details on build components, please!
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Offline WKevinD

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2015, 09:32:34 PM »
Quote from: rich pierce on November 12, 2015, 07:47:08 PM
Don't know the original well but sure looks "right" for the frontier. Details on build components, please!

Thanks Rich! The original is shown in Dennis Glazners book on the Gilespies.
The barrel is a Rice 42" x .45 with round bottom rifling, lock is a modified Chambers Late Ketland, triggers are modified Chambers double set, trigger guard is a modified Bean guard from TOW, stock is a straight grained hard maple, sideplate cut from sheetstock.
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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2015, 12:14:55 AM »
The original is in the ALR virtual library. Here is a link to it:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8015.0
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