A Bullish rifle gun

[B.Barker]

Been working on this Bull style rifle in between the remodel job of my daughters house. It has a persimmon stock, 46" Rice .40 barrel and Chambers late Ketland lock. I hope to have it finished up here soon and off to its new owner.


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[Dennis Glazener]

Looks great, love that wood. How hard is it to work?
Dennis

[BOB HILL]

Nice looking rifle, Brian. Someone is going to be awful proud of that one I’m sure. Thanks for posting.
Bob

[wattlebuster]

I like it. Great work

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

  ... Ahhhh... MaGoo,.... You've done it again,... !!! ... Great job, Brian,... was wondering how you did on the butt-plate file work,... !!!.. inquiries still out on the inlay engraving,... hope to hear something soon,... Elisha would be proud,.........

[sqrldog]

Fine rifle Brian. They just keep getting better. I believe I know where to find another piece of persimmon. Tim

[B.Barker]

Dennis its about the same hardness as sugar maple but it's more chipy I think. I like it better than walnut.

Dana, thanks for checking on the engraving.

Tim, good thing I kept your rifle a little longer. The rammer just about didn't come out the other day. It's been in an a/c shop but we've had lots of rain and humidity the last couple weeks and the rammer swelled up. I scraped it down a bit and refinished it so maybe it will be good for Alabama swamps now.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments.

[Stoner creek]

I hope that it shoots as good as Baer Killr.

[Elnathan]

Where did you get the persimmon stock blank? I was asking around about one a year or two back and none of the stock guys I contacted had any.

[Craig Wilcox]

That is a classy, simple rifle of great beauty and character.

Lucky find on that persimmon blank, and you truly did justice to it.

[n stephenson]

Brian, Your rifle is full of Bull!   Nicely done!  Clean lines. I bet it holds well!  Good Job!!    Nate     NOTE:  all beginners should study the bottom picture , showing the front of trigger guard. The way the lock plate is exposed above the surface of the lock  panel , down to the bevel on the lock plate .. That is about as close to a perfect example , as you will see ! The lock isn't buried down in the wood. Nice Job!!!

[Tim Crosby]

 Another Beauty. Are you going to leave the metal to take care of itself?

   Tim

[PPatch]

You've done a wonder job on that rifle Brian. Clean, architecture correct from nose to butt.

dave

[stubshaft]

Excellent job!

[galudwig]

Nice work Brian. I really like how the wood finished out!

[JBJ]

Understated elegance!
J.B.

[KC]

I like that a lot. How did you finish it? I bought a small piece of persimmon for a banjo fretboard and according to that supplier, Persimmon has a Janka hardness value of 2300 compared to 1450 for hard Maple. It's definitely a hard wood. Well done on the rifle, it's very unique.
K.C.

[B.Barker]

Tim, the metal will be dark when finished as will the stock.

The stock has nitric acid stain on it.