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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #25 on: February 02, 2018, 03:06:09 AM »
Quote from: Telgan on February 02, 2018, 01:25:45 AM
Range benches were buried the last time i was out there and the parking area was a sheet of ice -  looks like Its gonna be a little while. The forecast for next week is looking pretty white
Shoot out the back window. She won’t be mad for long.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2018, 02:04:19 PM »
Quote from: Stoner creek on February 02, 2018, 03:06:09 AM
Quote from: Telgan on February 02, 2018, 01:25:45 AM
Range benches were buried the last time i was out there and the parking area was a sheet of ice -  looks like Its gonna be a little while. The forecast for next week is looking pretty white
Shoot out the back window. She won’t be mad for long.
I used to shoot out the dining room window all the time when I lived in Fulton Illinois. Of course I didn't have a wife at the time so it wasn't a big deal. ;)
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Offline Telgan

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2018, 04:10:35 PM »
One of my main ambitions in life is to move somewhere where i can shoot out any window of the house with no negative consequences. Heck, my wife doesn't care - It's those pesky neighbors
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Offline B.Barker

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2018, 12:29:14 AM »
Tom there was a 360 something acre farm auctioned off late last year a few miles from our place. Not much snow and everyone shoots out there windows around here.
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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2018, 01:22:39 AM »
Quote from: B.Barker on February 03, 2018, 12:29:14 AM
Tom there was a 360 something acre farm auctioned off late last year a few miles from our place. Not much snow and everyone shoots out there windows around here.
And I say, Brian, welcome to Kentucky!
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Offline Ed Wenger

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #30 on: February 03, 2018, 05:18:40 PM »
That's a nice looking rifle.  Love the finish and iron furniture, well done!



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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #31 on: February 03, 2018, 05:21:25 PM »
Quote from: little joe on February 01, 2018, 06:39:16 AM
Very nice.I believe there were many rifles with a mix of parts made on the frontier and corn crib gun shops. As I said Very Good

As the late Tom Dawson said,"Anything was grist for the mill if usable".

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Offline duca

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« Reply #32 on: February 03, 2018, 05:42:55 PM »
Really nice looking piece. Great job!

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Offline David R. Pennington

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #33 on: February 03, 2018, 05:43:24 PM »
Love that gun, looks great! Just be careful if you shoot a flintlock out the window to pull the curtains way back first. My friend set his wife's kitchen curtains on fire that way once.
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Offline Marcruger

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« Reply #34 on: February 03, 2018, 11:48:48 PM »
You have to be really happy with this rifle.  Just beautiful.  The mounts looks really, really nice, and the finishes you achieved are impressive.  Nice warm quality to the work.  I hope you do the same finish look and the other rifle you posted.  God Bless,   Marc
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #35 on: February 03, 2018, 11:58:09 PM »
I was very positive about your "BAER KILLER" gun but now I'll pick on you some. ;) I don't like the abbreviated buttplate finial on this one. I'd like to see the finials of the trigger guard more refined as well. Now I'll quit picking and say your engraving is outstanding. As is you architecture and your finishing technique.
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Offline B.Barker

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Re: Composit Rifle
« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2018, 03:41:08 AM »
Mike since I was going with the repurposed parts story. I decided to make the butt plate with a chopped off finial like maybe it was damaged when the stock broke so it was shortened. Seen a gun somewhere that looked like it had the same treatment don't remember if it was a book or at a show.
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