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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2019, 03:27:47 AM »
I got to put my big paws on this rifle today.
Y’all guess where it’s new home is?? 8)
I'll guess....Tim Cosby's. ???

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Not this time  ;)
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2019, 04:12:06 AM »
It’s gonna be another dandy when he gets her finished...congrats Wayne!  (Have you told Brian yet?  :o)

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2019, 04:27:50 AM »
Sure is a good looking rifle. I love everything about it. Thanks for sharing it.
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2019, 02:37:37 PM »
Yep, Nicely done.
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2019, 02:55:11 PM »
Dang it. Never had a chance. Nice rifle Brian. Congrats Stoner. 😁

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2019, 06:00:00 PM »
I like about everything about this gun, I've come back to look at it several times. The over all profile is very racey. I like the plain wood, it looks pretty hard from my angle. The trigger guard and triggers are outstanding, you're a helluva blacksmith. Generally a good blacksmith and good gunstocker don't reside I the same body unless you're Mr. Pratt. I like the way you handle the lack of buttplate, the curvature is very attractive. The keys are intriguing as well, I hate doing those little varmints but I like seeing them on somebody else's work when they are well executed. I like the brass pipes with the simple rings on the ends and how you shaped the RR entry hole. All in all it's excellent work. Wayne is a pretty discriminating buyer so I'd say you're doing quite well.
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #31 on: January 27, 2019, 11:24:52 PM »
Thanks Mike. Making a good trigger guard is the hardest piece of the rifle for me to make. The stock design is one I've used on several rifles and like a lot.

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2019, 06:48:27 AM »
Really nice lines

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2019, 08:56:22 PM »
Great lines on a rifle, like lovely ladies, don’t need adornment to radiate beauty. Very nicely done. God bless, Marc

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2019, 04:06:51 AM »
Have the lock polished and all engraved.


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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2019, 04:15:42 AM »
That looks good.  You do nice work!!

Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #36 on: January 31, 2019, 02:15:02 PM »
It just keeps looking better with each step! That lock will be breathing fire as soon as spring time comes.
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #37 on: January 31, 2019, 04:55:00 PM »
Great build, very well done - enjoying this thread....

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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #38 on: February 05, 2019, 02:50:42 AM »
Ok Brian, we’re ready for another update!!!
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #39 on: February 05, 2019, 06:09:16 PM »
Ok Brian, we’re ready for another update!!!
Some of us more than others since they are the new owner! ;D
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #40 on: February 06, 2019, 12:06:39 AM »
I can take a photo of parts rusting. ;D

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #41 on: February 06, 2019, 12:16:31 AM »
RUST??? Oh my goodness. They were bright and shiny the last time I saw them. Now I’m gonna have to unrusty my gun when I get it home  8). Seriously, they ought to rust up pretty quick these days. It’s rained so much here in Kentucky that I’m thinking about getting close to that Ark they built up in northern Kentucky a few years ago. Rock on Brian!!!
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #42 on: February 06, 2019, 09:38:37 PM »
Wayne, here's the first coat of soot and oil, just put another on this morning.


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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #43 on: February 06, 2019, 10:06:41 PM »
Nice color. I’m liking it.
Is that a 65 grain powder measure there on the deck with the rifle??
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #44 on: February 07, 2019, 01:30:36 AM »
Sorry, one is an 80 grainer for a guy in VA and the other is only 45 grains.

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #45 on: February 14, 2019, 11:35:29 PM »
I wonder what it looks like now? ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2019, 02:08:37 AM »
I wonder what it looks like now? ::) ::) ::)
Sootier and oilier? :P
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2019, 07:24:29 PM »
Wayne it's moving along slowly. My eye that had the shingles in it is giving problems again. Inflamed and infected this time around.

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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #48 on: February 16, 2019, 12:20:48 AM »
Prayer sent sir. Shingles are awful. Put me down for a month in 2014. :-(
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Re: Plain rifle update
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2019, 02:06:51 AM »
A little more progress today on the rifle. Hope to be rusting up the barrel soon just for vent liners to be delivered.