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Offline Curtis

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #50 on: September 30, 2023, 07:30:38 AM »
Ian, you rock!!!  8)

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Offline acorn20

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #51 on: September 30, 2023, 07:44:13 AM »
Absolutely stunning, Ian!
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Re: Rifles
« Reply #52 on: September 30, 2023, 11:28:21 AM »
Amazing work, very nice executed
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Offline Tim Crosby

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« Reply #53 on: September 30, 2023, 03:52:07 PM »
 Over the top!

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Offline Robert Wolfe

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #54 on: September 30, 2023, 04:25:48 PM »
Love everything about it but really love the finish work. That is what I aspire to.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #55 on: September 30, 2023, 05:57:46 PM »
Very creative. It's always difficult to apply symmetrical work behind the cheek piece, yours came out well. There are several originals that use this type of decoration with varying degrees of success. I wish you would have decorated that early Ketland lock, it seems to be floating there all by itself in a sea of decoration. My eye is drawn to it because of its plainness.
 One day when I grow up I'll make rifles like this. ;)
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Re: Rifles
« Reply #56 on: September 30, 2023, 06:39:43 PM »
Ian, if I may ask, what was your thought process with placing the ramrod pipe in proximity to the ramrod entry point? Is this a regional European characteristic? I'm not too familiar with European arms and while I've seen no entry pipe (e.g., some SMR, "po' boys", trade guns) and carved entry points with remaining pipes placed in a more "traditional" spacing, I've never seen one placed that close to the entry point.

Beautiful work, as always!

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Offline Al22300

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #57 on: October 01, 2023, 02:43:45 AM »
Beautiful work. Absolutely love it!
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Offline B Shipman

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #58 on: October 01, 2023, 06:10:01 AM »
Incredibly inventive and unique combined with top notch execution. Some of the best stuff out there.
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Offline Ian Pratt

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Re: Rifles
« Reply #59 on: October 02, 2023, 05:11:46 AM »
Thanks everyone! On the symmetrical design - the way I have found to make it work is to make it asymmetrical. Think along the lines of side plates on 4 piece boxes where the profile and even the screw placement of the lower plate are stretched out compared to the upper plate. Likewise, if you look at my design behind the cheekpiece it kind of leans and slumps with the shape of the stock.

The entry pipe placement is something I saw on an old rifle. It caught my eye and is reminiscent of how pipes were done on a lot of trade guns. I guess it made an impression on me because in recent years I've done a few variations of it. Some of the guns I've made lately share a common theme of trade gun influence and in some cases reuse of trade gun parts. Having fun!
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« Reply #60 on: October 03, 2023, 01:28:22 AM »
Very impressive
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Re: Rifles
« Reply #61 on: October 03, 2023, 04:00:28 AM »
Phenomenal work, Ian!  I’d echo Bills sentiments of inventive and unique, and love the way it all fits in a historical perspective, at least to my eye.  Thanks for posting, love your work!  Best,

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