Dangerous Custom Build

[Zip]

Really sorry to hear about your experience Double Deuce. Glad to hear no one was injured. I've no experience with custom builders, but this one sounds like the worst of the worst. Good luck in getting things squared away.

 

[rabjr]

"Product reviews" right under "Classifieds".

 

[wulf]

Whats the matter with me??? I couldn't find the
name...all I got was a repeat of this same
section..... :idunno:

Wulf

 

[nmdd]

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/reviewpost/showproduct.php/product/18/cat/9

 

[tg]

I have heard of the builder but not of his work, I would say this merits litigation and contacting the BBB before someone is injured, I am very sorry that you had to endure such incompetance and blatant inexcusable buisness practices, an active internet wide request for a boycott might be in order given the evidence that cannot be refuted, this guy should be shut down.

 

[123.DieselBenz]

Don't know his name, or what he goes by here ...



Description: Gobbler Knob Custom Longrifles are patterned after rifles built during the "Golden Age" of the Pennsylvania longrifle, which is generally considered to be from 1775 to 1825. They also produce "Collector-Grade", box turkey calls.
http://www.gobblerknoblongrifles.com

 

[Vaino]

Why the reluctance to post this guy's name? From the "evidence" you presented you have an obligation to post his name for all this "Forum" to see. This "builder" shouldn't be able to "hood wink" other members of this forum. Or...are you in the process of contacting him and trying to recoup your money? Irregardless, this guy should be exposed before he does further harm......Fred

 

[rabjr]

To have seen his work posted here many times over the years this has a "unsupervised apprenticeship" feel to it to have things change that drastically. I dunno but this is definitely not right and any builder worth their salt would make things right. :shake:

 

[Rogue River]

Litigation from Calif. to PA. will most likely cost more than a couple of new rifles. You probally would lose. I would get a couple of new barrels if the rest of the rifles are OK and caulk this up to a bad experience! :shake: Just an opinion.

 

[BigDeutscher]

Thanks Swampy!
Sometimes I get lost
My moma says Im Special
LOL
Deutsch

 

[BrownBear]

Thanks for posting this. I've spent the last couple of years narrowing a list of smiths I'm considering for building a matched pair of guns.

I've moved this gobbler to a very different list. :barf:

Bad work is one thing. Failure to back it is off the charts of good business practices. :bull:

 

[Zonie]

DoubleDeuce 1's comments and photos seem damning but I'm sure the builder has his side of the story to tell.

Without knowing it it would IMO be unfair to convict a person on one persons testamony only.

 

[RADeO]

I'd like to weigh in on this subject since I was gifted with Rifle #2. I won't detail the family interactions that ensued upon the receipt of the gift. Suffice to say I was stunned at my brother's generosity, not to mention his deviousness in getting measurements of the rifle to fit me, preferences in furniture, etc. :rotf:

Unfortunately, things transpired exactly as related by DoubleDeuce 1. Here are some more photos of the hole from which the vent liner was blown, as well as a picture of the pan. Remember, this rifle had only about 50 rounds put through it, and the load was 70 grains of GOEX 3fg behind a patched .495 ball:

Note the "wiped out" threads at the 12-o'clock position in this picture:

Here is the pan. Note the bright spot at the 6-o'clock position where the vent liner struck and deflected upward, thereby missing hitting my brother in the chest.

And finally, the inscribed name of the builder, highlighted with chalk:

When the barrel from Rifle #1 is returned to us we will be bandsawing it in half to better ascertain the extent of the damage to the bore. We will post more pictures at that time.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

I'm sure the builder has his side of the story to tell.

I can think of no better time than the present.


Continued silence will surely not work to his advantage.

 

The builder is a member here. When is the last time he logged in?

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I should add when the rifle was fired and the vent liner went ballistic, all of the energy from the powder went behind propelling the vent liner. The ball that was loaded did not budge and had to be removed with a CO2 discharger that evening. Imagine 70 grs of powder pushing a projectile about the size/ diameter of a .22 cal ball... :shake:

 

[Trench]

Wow, this is a nightmare story. To wait up to two years only to receive a junk barrel and to almost get a ventliner through the brain!

It just amazes me these barrels were allowed to leave the shop. It's one thing to screw something up, and another to let it get to a customer.

I'd like to know the builder's thought process. I can't imagine a builder would have never looked down the barrel before letting it go. Even if these were built by an associated apprentice, you would think the "Master" would have done a final inspection. Also, you would think the "Master" would have been outraged upon hearing back from the customer on the issue.

It's really just a sad situation to see an otherwise fine reputation wiped away by one build.

 

[Vaino]

Are those used bbls? They look awfully rusty. Perhaps they're some used bbls that the builder picked up somewhere and didn't even inspect them. This entire fiasco is unbelievable....Fred

 

I have to agree with Flehto,those barrels look like they have been ridden hard and put away wet, more than once.
Mark

 

[RADeO]

Are those used bbls? They look awfully rusty. Perhaps they're some used bbls that the builder picked up somewhere and didn't even inspect them. This entire fiasco is unbelievable....Fred

I have to agree with Flehto,those barrels look like they have been ridden hard and put away wet, more than once.
Mark

The barrels were new. It looks like builder overdid the browning process.