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Offline guido

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Bucks county inspired gun
« on: May 03, 2022, 04:52:59 PM »
This is a bucks county gun I built for elk foundation raffle in elk county pa   50 cal rice barrel chambers brass plated siler lock. Very thin and light !














Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2022, 05:00:15 PM »
Nifty. Where did you get the buttplate?
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2022, 05:07:35 PM »
It is a reeves

Offline Robert Wolfe

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2022, 05:10:10 PM »
Love it. Well done!
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2022, 05:16:25 PM »
Looking good....Great Job!!

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2022, 05:36:18 PM »
Nice lines. Coloring looks like AM’s work, which is great.
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2022, 08:15:45 PM »
Looks like another reason to head up to Benezette so that I can purchase a raffle ticket  ;D! Do you know when the raffle is? Probably in the fall?

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2022, 08:37:38 PM »
May 21. Go on keystone elk country alliance there is an online raffle   This is for their banquet !

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2022, 08:47:08 PM »
  nice looking, i'm jealous!

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2022, 02:16:29 AM »
Fine work. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2022, 06:12:58 PM »
Really nice, very well done.

Offline Daryl

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2022, 07:16:23 PM »
Oh YES- well done, Guido. 8)
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2022, 09:38:59 PM »
That rifle is a real beauty!
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2022, 02:39:02 AM »
I grew up in Elk County.  Ill be going home soon.  Ill be looking into that raffle for sure.  Great job!

Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2022, 03:37:21 AM »
I cant find specs anywhere.  LOP?  Length of barrel?  Swamped?

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2022, 04:45:29 AM »
Man that's beautiful.
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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2022, 01:33:22 PM »
It’s 42 in rice A weight southern profile  LOP 131/2 chambers brass siler   Thanks

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2022, 06:10:27 AM »
What a beauty! I really like all that you've done. My first build was Andrew Verner inspired. Inspite of going off the deepend with smoothies, I still have a huge soft spot for Bucks inspired guns.

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2022, 05:08:29 AM »
Dang- my eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw that wrist and nose area carving and inlay.  Pretty gun!!

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Re: Bucks county inspired gun
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2022, 05:44:50 PM »
Wow, that's a real looker, I like the finishing
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