Finishing Up

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Started this project from the blank in about '07 - '08, it started life as #3, it has all of the associated problems of such.

Almost finished, cannot wait to move on from this project.

 

[fusil de chase]

Sweet maria that is some well laid out artistry!

 

[Vaino]

You do nice work...very professional. Like the sideplate and location....lools like it belongs there. Any particular style or copy of an original maker?.....Fred

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

You do nice work...very professional. Like the sideplate and location....lools like it belongs there. Any particular style or copy of an original maker?.....Fred

Thanks Fred,

as far as a particular style/maker, nope.

It started out as #3 and will finish as #6

this is an earlypoorsouthernmountainlatelancasterboy rifle, otherwise known as the platypuss.

:hmm:

Sweet maria that is some well laid out artistry!

Thanks

 

[Rusty_Nail]

this is an earlypoorsouthernmountainlatelancasterboy rifle, otherwise known as the platypuss.

:hmm:

Sir,

By the look before finishing, if that is to be known as a platypus, I would like to carry a platypus! :thumbsup:

Your work looks more than exceptional to me, but then I dont have a clue on building one! :idunno:

Rusty

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Thanks,

I figure that 95% of the active traditional muzzle loading shooters out there are shooting a "platypus" in one form or another.

 

[rancher]

Nice work! :thumbsup:

 

[rscott]

Absolutely beautiful ,Thank you for sharing

 

[gunmaker43]

Always wanted a "platypus" of my very own. Very good work, more pic's please. Tom

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Always wanted a "platypus" of my very own. Very good work, more pic's please. Tom

Nice work! :thumbsup:

Absolutely beautiful ,Thank you for sharing

Thanks Again

I'll post pics when I finish it up with a full write up on the trials and tribulations involved with this particular build.

The plan is to be finished ( at least with the wood ) by the third weekend in February so the wife can sport it on the trail.

 

[BillinOregon]

Tom, that is some handsome work indeed. The delicacy of the carving is nearly surgical. I really look forward to seeing it being put to use!

 

[sean30ber]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh very nice!!

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Thanks Sean.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Thanks Bill,

You'll be able to see it in action at Horse Ridge this year, nudge.....nudge

 

[wayne1967]

My last build went in the corner several times before I finished it. Nice work. Mine always seem to have inletting black all over it at that stage.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Yeah, I am cautious with the soot and where I smear it.

As far as the time on this rifle, suffice it to say that the wife has several ribbons shooting this rife in the white over the last several years. High time I finish it. :redface: