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Offline B Kauffman

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58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« on: June 22, 2022, 11:08:18 AM »
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« Last Edit: June 26, 2022, 08:41:23 PM by B Kauffman »

Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2022, 03:12:02 PM »
Nifty, I like your patina. The cheek piece looks a little long though. I miss the muzzle loading forum. They love me over there.
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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2022, 06:21:37 PM »
Nicely done.
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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2022, 06:32:32 PM »
Welcome to ALR Kauffman.  Looks good to me.  I like the overall finish as well. 

Ken
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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2022, 08:04:28 PM »
I like it. I didn’t know Pecatonica could provide an Octagon to Round barrel for the Verner. Is it rifled?

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2022, 08:54:17 PM »
Nicely done. Welcome to the ALR
kind regards, heinz

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2022, 09:45:44 PM »
  B KAUFFMAN  HOW ABOUT A CLOSER LOOK

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2022, 02:11:57 AM »
I like it. I didn’t know Pecatonica could provide an Octagon to Round barrel for the Verner. Is it rifled?
Doug had it for me upon request.

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2022, 03:32:22 AM »
It’s a dandy!

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2022, 07:31:00 PM »
Good job young man! I like your videos also! You need to come down to Ky sometime so we can corrupt you😂
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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2022, 08:43:26 PM »
Looks Great! Been watching your videos and really enjoying them. Just watched the one where you interviewed Allen Martin, Love Allen. I have a .50 Schimmel by him

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2022, 09:23:52 PM »
We Need some targets/range reports that .58  should hit the deer  ;D  alot harder than your .45

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2022, 04:20:19 AM »
Nice :D

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2022, 07:04:41 PM »
Welcome to our side! Looks like a fine job on that one. One thing I spotted right off was you filed the sides of the forend slightly below the barrel centerline. That is a nice detail most miss and it makes the rifle look slimmer!
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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2022, 06:26:24 PM »
I like it! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2022, 07:43:54 PM »
I like seeing a good, relatively modest rifle. No patchbox, no nose cap, but still a buttplate and a little bit of flair in other areas. It's tastefully balanced. It seems like the temptation is often times to go either extreme poor boy or dolled up to the nines; with some sort of patchbox, capbox, or grease hole being almost mandatory on everything. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make in the future.   

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Re: 58 Andrew Verner Bucks Co
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2022, 08:33:26 PM »
Well done! I like the patina

Tony