.36 caliber poor boy

[Ajgall]

Poor boy style squirrel rifle in .36 caliber I just finished. I’m Still learning and looking at it it could stand to be trimmed down some but I’m really happy with it

 

[Sidney Smith]

Id say from starting from a blank, it turned out pretty nice. Good work.

 

[MountainSmoke]

That is a beautiful looking rifle. Love that style and caliber. Very nice work.

 

[Bob McBride]

Very nice. The wrist and fore could have been rounded a bit more but the overall effect is quite nice. I like your wood/metal finish. Very plausible ‘up the holler’ poor boy gun. Good stuff.

 

[Ajgall]

Very nice. The wrist and fore could have been rounded a bit more but the overall effect is quite nice. I like your wood/metal finish. Very plausible ‘up the holler’ poor boy gun. Good stuff.

The wrist ended up pretty square I set the barrel, trigger and lock. Rounded up to the barrel tang and didn’t leave enough wood where I felt like I could get a good round profile.

I’ve spent a lot of time living in Eastern Kentucky and belonging up the hollar is exactly what I had in mind.

 

[Bob McBride]

The wrist ended up pretty square I set the barrel, trigger and lock. Rounded up to the barrel tang and didn’t leave enough wood where I felt like I could get a good round profile.

I’ve spent a lot of time living in Eastern Kentucky and belonging up the hollar is exactly what I had in mind.

An old gunmaker once said about final shaping, “take off wood until your scared you removed way too much, and then get to work removing wood”.

very good job. A few more pics?

 

[Ajgall]

Here’s a few more pics.

 

[Sidney Smith]

An old gunmaker once said about final shaping, “take off wood until your scared you removed way too much, and then get to work removing wood”.

very good job. A few more pics?

Yeah, then the new rifle maker finds himself with too thin a wrist, and " crack". That old gunmaker aint the ones gotta buy another stock blank.

 

[Bob McBride]

Yeah, then the new rifle maker finds himself with too thin a wrist, and " crack". That old gunmaker aint the ones gotta buy another stock blank.

"...about final shaping...."

I think he just meant you have to take more wood off than a new builder thinks....

 

[LuVerne Schumann]

Yeah, then the new rifle maker finds himself with too thin a wrist, and " crack". That old gunmaker aint the ones gotta buy another stock blank.

when the wrist goes "crack", you make it a "historic feature, not a flaw" by doing a repair as in the old days. end result, cooler gun.

 

[Eterry]

An old gunmaker once said about final shaping, “take off wood until your scared you removed way too much, and then get to work removing wood”.

very good job. A few more pics?

The old Gentleman who helped me build my Issac Haines said "take off everything that don't look like a gun" with a grin...
Then he said take off all you can, leave it alone a few days, then look at it again and see what needs taking off. I was holding my I. Haines tonight thinking how much work it'd be taking off 0.10" along the forearm on one side.

Aj, yours looks like from up the hollar for sure...i bet its death on squirrels and such...what is the wood ?

 

[bradly_tx]

Never met a squirrel gun I didn’t like!
Looks darn fine to me, good job!

 

[Ajgall]

The old Gentleman who helped me build my Issac Haines said "take off everything that don't look like a gun" with a grin...
Then he said take off all you can, leave it alone a few days, then look at it again and see what needs taking off. I was holding my I. Haines tonight thinking how much work it'd be taking off 0.10" along the forearm on one side.

Aj, yours looks like from up the hollar for sure...i bet its death on squirrels and such...what is the wood ?

It’s straight grain maple

 

[Sidney Smith]

when the wrist goes "crack", you make it a "historic feature, not a flaw" by doing a repair as in the old days. end result, cooler gun.

No, you leave enough wood to keep the gun strong. Piss on the old days. I crack a stock I'm buying another stock. Rule one dont crack the first one.

 

[Hawk78]

Poor boy style squirrel rifle in .36 caliber I just finished. I’m Still learning and looking at it it could stand to be trimmed down some but I’m really happy with it

Very nice!