Fur shootin around corners

[Mike Brooks]

Dave Rase does his magic again.

[Mike Brooks]

Curly Q'd like Ed Lunquists latest gun

[Jim Spray]

Even has built in cast off! Peachy keen!

[Dave B]

Oooo you know it costs extra to buy a stock with that extra bit of off set. They are rare to find. 

[ed lundquist]

Crazy wood!

[Daryl]

Nifty (work)

[t.caster]

Nice wood! Whatcha making?

[Mike Brooks]

Nice wood! Whatcha making?

Another nifty Lehigh with a nifty 38.5 caliber 44" Hoyt swamped barrel. I'm thinking I need to keep a few nifty rifles as I haven't had one for about 20 years.

[smart dog]

Hi,
Dave Rase is so talented and skilled.  He did a really nice job on that one, Mike. 

dave

[Joe Stein]

"I'm thinking I need to keep a few nifty rifles as I haven't had one for about 20 years."    Especially since it is 38.5 caliber.

[David Rase]

At least that blank was fairly square so it is just a matter of finding the limits of the breech and then laying the rest of it out.  A real challenge is a twisted blank of Armenian walnut with a warp.
David

[Telgan]

It's just plain magic !

[LilysDad]

I can't imagine what the length of pull is going to be.

[smart dog]

Hi Dave,
A twisted blank of American walnut with a warp is called firewood.

dave

[Mike Brooks]

I can't imagine what the length of pull is going to be.

I'm thinking somewhere around 13.5 would be pretty nifty.

[Daryl]

I'm thinking somewhere around 13.5 would be pretty nifty.

Agreed, Nifty & pretty.

[Woodland]

Did you mean that you are building this for yourself Mr. Brooks? 

[Mike Brooks]

Did you mean that you are building this for yourself Mr. Brooks?

I hope so. I have several guns I have to make before I even get to it.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

That's the position I found myself in Mike, so I stopped working for other folks and now make rifles just for myself.  In the winter of 2019 I made five muzzleloaders, and ended up with three of those to add to my stable.  Perfect.

[mikeyfirelock]

You are not by chance left handed are you Mike ?  Or have a left master eye ? 

[Mike Brooks]

You are not by chance left handed are you Mike ?  Or have a left master eye ?

Nope. I can shoot hand guns either handed though.

[FALout]

Reminds me of the old saying”never give up!”

[Dphariss]

At least that blank was fairly square so it is just a matter of finding the limits of the breech and then laying the rest of it out.  A real challenge is a twisted blank of Armenian walnut with a warp.
David

I did a heavy rifle for a friend last spring. He sent me a 1 7/8" plank of curly maple that was warped. Managed to get enough angle to the barrel channel with the 1 1/4" across the flats barrel so that it was not cast on. But I had just enough wood left for the panel opposite the lock. Took a lot of head scratching and sweat though. If it had been swamped I would have let YOU sweat over it. It was a nice piece of wood though.

Dan

[Mike Brooks]

Reminds me of the old saying”never give up!”

I've done this before with  a stock as warped as this with no problems,  thanks to Rases  talent. Some folks gave me pour odds of avoiding more stock warp as I took wood off the forestock. But if the wood is cured you shouldn't have any problems...unless you do...🙄

[T*O*F]

Mike,
How were the stock and barrel shipped back and forth.  Were they separate, in a box, or just the barrel taped to the blank.
I've got half a dozen blanks with barrels inlet that I'm going to sell and I wonder the "best" way to ship them.