Three things I've seen on original carved guns that looked godawful were a woman's face, a squirrel that looked like a ugly buffalo, and a dog that looked some animal I've never seen. Not all of the carving in the Golden Age was good.
Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for carving on a rifle stock?
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Now ... how 'bouts just with an inlay and silver wire? Rifle #364 by Mike Brooks, a 50-cal Moravian, in the tradition of Christian Oerter.
Do i like carving & inlaying, yes to look at. I have a distaste for a patchbox of any kind. I don't want any of those on my rifle. I can enjoy admiring them on another persons rifle,Fowler,Trade Gun. I don't even like a cheek rest. I have 2 rifles with those patchboxes & both are factory. The T/C Hawken .45 & my Traditions Woodsman.
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I like inlay.but hate patch or cap boxes,my TC Hawken has the box since it is a factory gun,I very well may be wrong but call the box on my Hawken a cap box due to the small size.If wrong somebody let me know so I do not look like a fool
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I like building plain guns and buying fancy guns!!
If ya make um to pretty you dont want to use them. Not a big fan of engraving at all. I like plain wood with nice figure better.
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A tasteful tear drop or two is hardly noticed if it is well done.
thanks for pics.my answer is that I love them all as long as it shoots. I only own percusion muzzleloaders and if I buy it and it shoots,nipples come out easily, and accurate. I'm happy.im going be honest about this too.i don't own a flintlock at all. lol think I will leave them for you guys to own. I know my limitations. but I've shot some. I enjoyed them very much. the flash the first time I shot one made me flinch lol. yaw are some good people on here.
lol I wouldn't even try to carve but I did put a vote for trump on one of mine for a little bit. sort of classy.
wow. that's nice. good job bud
dang that's beautiful. makes my heart
skip a beatsticker. should have clarified it finally fell off
Plain is my preference. That said, I have an old German Cape gun that is as ornate as a cuckoo clock. I like it.
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Sometimes a little bit of bling looks pretty good to me.
Yeah, this Jaeger is a little over the top …
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Yeah, this Jaeger is a little over the top …
Yep, to me that looks plumb gaudy.
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There is a fine line between elegant and over the top. I see some rifles that have so many inlays it looked like my local tattoo artist. I like a few tastefully done carvings and engraving. Although I have a rifle with tons of inlays, carving and wire work its not my favorite cosmetically, but it is a shooter. It doesn't really fit my persona as a free trapper. But I do appreciate the hard work that went into the rifle. I am more into a well-fitting, reliable rifle. I prefer steel over brass but that's my taste, the brass furniture fixed rifles I have are all aged dull brass, defiantly not into bright shiny things. Give me a mid-grade maple or walnut stock, browned steel, simple patchbox, and maybe some simple carving or not and I am happy. Now if my persona was a rich plantation owner or distinguished gentleman than I'd carry the perty rifle. But its not my thing or who I would want to be.
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