They are a bunch less work fur certain !!Rob the only difference between a blanket gun and trade gun is less chiseling less filing and less sandingcool .I bet it shoots shot pretty good at 15’sor even a little more and a ball 30 + yards .
She’s a quick little thing. I could imagine a few small, and not so small critters in the pot after she is turned lose in the woods.
I'm sure he'll just use it just for re enactments but one fella a made a blanket gun.for ,he uses it for huntin bunnies . I'll see ifn I can find the pic he sent me ,its cool..... Found it ...ain't this cool ?!
Oh yeah ...my wood vice is ancient too . See ifn I can find pics of it . The wood screw part and the hub was made late 19th century , I found it at a flea market 1996 , and found the front jaw , pre Civil War coffin style in an old barn in 2004 ... Then I made the bench and incorporated the vice on it . Ive broke two hickory handles on the vice so far , LOL ...but I'd like to put another hickory handle on there , the aluminum tube bugs me , too modern , LOL
Rob not only do I like your wooden vice I like your work table and how you designed it so to put a dowel in every so often on either side of your vice that is a really good idea .Good for lonnng guns and also good for shorter ones and which end of the bench you want to work on or direction you want the gun facing .Oh yeah ...my wood vice is ancient too . See ifn I can find pics of it . The wood screw part and the hub was made late 19th century , I found it at a flea market 1996 , and found the front jaw , pre Civil War coffin style in an old barn in 2004 ... Then I made the bench and incorporated the vice on it . Ive broke two hickory handles on the vice so far , LOL ...but I'd like to put another hickory handle on there , the aluminum tube bugs me , too modern , LOL
D@mn bud !! Good eye ! Thank you ...wish I could take credit fur it but ...I saw this set up at the Museum down in Marietta ...they have a gun makers bench down there behind glass with those holes in the edges of the bench . They work great ! Yer constantly flippin the gun , esp. now in the rough in and finish stage ,back and forth each side ....Rob not only do I like your wooden vice I like your work table and how you designed it so to put a dowel in every so often on either side of your vice that is a really good idea .Good for lonnng guns and also good for shorter ones and which end of the bench you want to work on or direction you want the gun facing .
No way !! Really ?! The North Star one ?! Wouldnt that be something !!!?!
It looks like the way I did my lock panels. If you ever take the barrel out, look for RLC stamped on the bottom of the barrel. I marked most, but not all guns I built for the company.
Ah cool ... Thx , I'll take a peak under there then ...
... Nope ....
I bet it was a kit ...there is a noticeable gap at the end of the barrel and at the end of the tang ...you pros would not have let that happen .... My guess ...
good job on the viceOh yeah ...my wood vice is ancient too . See ifn I can find pics of it . The wood screw part and the hub was made late 19th century , I found it at a flea market 1996 , and found the front jaw , pre Civil War coffin style in an old barn in 2004 ... Then I made the bench and incorporated the vice on it . Ive broke two hickory handles on the vice so far , LOL ...but I'd like to put another hickory handle on there , the aluminum tube bugs me , too modern , LOL
Thanks bud . I love that ole thing .
Um well thankyou for agreeing with me .Maybe if we prod him enough .
Thats very kind of you bud ... Take care
Yeah but ...Darn it Walt ... Then I'm gonna have to learn ta read and write and such ... This talkin to the phone app is great !!
Back to my Soup Operas !!!
