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Offline X62503

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2025, 01:28:48 AM »
Outstanding.  Thank you!

Offline ColonialRifleSmith

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2025, 12:30:18 PM »
Excellent.  :)
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Offline Gaeckle

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2025, 02:49:55 PM »
Saw this at the CLA, it's a charmer for sure. Looks better than the pictures depict. Nice work Dave.

Offline Clint

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #28 on: August 12, 2025, 03:25:48 AM »
I especially like the steel furniture, Butt plates are not that difficult to make, but they are usually seen as flat with a simple bend on the tang, yours is fully developed and very cool. It's also nice to see a hand made trigger guard that is something other than a typical southern gaurd (and a sling swivel!) Ash is becoming a rare wood and I have made oars and table legs & such from ash, but I have never carved the wood, your carving on an open grain is incredible.CSW

Offline B Shipman

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #29 on: August 15, 2025, 04:44:54 AM »
Like it a lot. The BODACIOUS lock beavertails actually work well.

Offline Angus

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #30 on: August 25, 2025, 03:44:17 AM »
Dave,

Very nice!

Offline Ben I. Voss

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2025, 05:44:23 AM »
Day-am! That’s some kind a perfection, right there! And I just might have a corner that could stand in if you’re not sure where to put it!

Offline Martin S.

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Re: Hot off the Bench
« Reply #32 on: September 20, 2025, 07:51:16 AM »
That's a beautiful rifle, David.  Well done.  Love the ash and how you finished it.