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"Above Grade" wood
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Col. Batguano
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MIke,
So in your case the limiting factor is the availability of your labor. Let's face it, in hand-made pieces there is no way to leverage your time needed to do the work with things like machines and electrons. But to some extent I'm sure you do by using electric drills and band saws instead of hand powered tools.
Production and manufacturing engineers are always looking for ways to minimize the number of times a piece has to be handled, and time between steps. Things like production shop layout and increased batch size lessen the time needed for each.
Then there is the part about price point and sales. If you can produce and sell the same number of $5.00 items with a $3.00 profit as you can $3.00 items with a $2.00 profit you naturally are going to gravitate to produce more of the $5.00 item. If however you can produce and sell twice as many $3.00 items as you can the $5.00 items you will move your production efforts to produce more of those.
So in your case the limiting factor is the availability of your labor. Let's face it, in hand-made pieces there is no way to leverage your time needed to do the work with things like machines and electrons. But to some extent I'm sure you do by using electric drills and band saws instead of hand powered tools.
Production and manufacturing engineers are always looking for ways to minimize the number of times a piece has to be handled, and time between steps. Things like production shop layout and increased batch size lessen the time needed for each.
Then there is the part about price point and sales. If you can produce and sell the same number of $5.00 items with a $3.00 profit as you can $3.00 items with a $2.00 profit you naturally are going to gravitate to produce more of the $5.00 item. If however you can produce and sell twice as many $3.00 items as you can the $5.00 items you will move your production efforts to produce more of those.
I repeat myself, but: A gun too pretty to shoot is like a woman too pretty to kiss. Never was. Never will be.
ADK Bigfoot
ADK Bigfoot
Brokennock
Cannon
Or VD. 
And a beautiful gun might shoot poorly, but you’ll never know until you put it to the shoulder and squeeze the trigger. Kiss now, and object later.
ADK Bigfoot
ADK Bigfoot
hanshi
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I have 2 or 3 rifles with above average to very eye-catching and have hunted with them in the Georgia jungles and Virginia forest. I'm very attentive with them and they show gladly that they have been pampered. But nicks and dings seem to be airborne and you can't get away from them. Yet it is very difficult to notice them unless you look long and closely for them. Even my plain ones are beauties in my eyes and get the same pampering and gentle care. But when I was still a hunter they followed me into "ding n scratch" purgatory regardless. And I did cringe mightily over every tap and slide in the bush or in the house. I do agree they are MEANT to be fired and used. If I were afraid to take one into the bush because it is too pretty I wouldn't have it in the first place and would sell it in the second place. I find as much or more beauty in how it performs as what my eyes tell me.
I purchased an above grade stock and just got finished gun back. Pics don't do it justice but figure is incredible.
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It is "My Opinion" that if a man is going to go through the labor to build a rifle, or whatever, he should use the nicest lumber he can get his hands on. Then, use that rifle all he can to give it character. Thats the real value.
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Uncle Miltie
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My advice: always buy the best wood you can afford.
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
I purposely buy plain wood for many guns I make. Curl does not an attractive gun make.
Jim K
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We’re all different Mike. I don’t care for patch boxes or a lot of carving. But I’ve never seen a piece of maple with to much curl.
By the way, thanks for the link to your tutorial on ALR. I read it all and it was helpful. How bout a YouTube channel with you building a gun??
You probably prefer women who look like men too.
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
I don't hardly build guns anymore, so a YouTube isn't going to happen.We’re all different Mike. I don’t care for patch boxes or a lot of carving. But I’ve never seen a piece of maple with to much curl.
By the way, thanks for the link to your tutorial on ALR. I read it all and it was helpful. How bout a YouTube channel with you building a gun??
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
I can get behind plain wood. When making custom guns I used a lot of plainer hard maple.
On thing for sure is that our customers love figured wood and we’re happy to provide it
On thing for sure is that our customers love figured wood and we’re happy to provide it
I can get behind plain wood. When making custom guns I used a lot of plainer hard maple.
On thing for sure is that our customers love figured wood and we’re happy to provide it
Many Hawken rifles were stocked in plain maple. Plain maple (or any plain wood) can be beautiful if architecture is correct.
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