I want to see some guns!!

[Trapper]

She started out as a nice piece of black walnut that was 11ft long, 8 1/2 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches thick. The barrel is a 38 inch Green Mountain 54 cal c weight swamped 1-70 twist. I also coned the muzzle with a a coning tool made by local machine shop students. The tool will cone everything from 25 cal all the way up to 75 cal. The whole rifle is based on a Issac Haines. Shaping the rifle stock isn't tough but scraping the barrel channel for a swamped barrel is murder.This is the third stock that I've made from scratch.The boys at the club are always on the lookout for planks of walnut and maple for me. I've got about 50 rounds through her. Off the bench she'll make real nice cloverleafs. I started out using 60 gr fffg now as she's breaking in she now likes 70. The pull on the stock is 13 1/2 inch and 1/4 cast off. I made it shorter than I need to accommadate heavy clothing during the whitetail season in NY.I'll keep everyone posted as I breake her in. Now for a name for her???
Trapper

 

[Trapper]

Checkout the Antiquing on the barrel. Hey Mike Brooks, does the beaver look familiar, as per your tutorial in the gun building section . Thanks Mike!!

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[Kentuckywindage]

I really like the pattern on that barrel. Great lookin rifle trapper :thumbsup:

As for a name... Send it to me for a year so i can get to know the rifle before giving it a name :blah:

 

[nchawkeye]

Lakota...It's a range/cleaning rod, half inch diameter hickory with pinned jag on one end and the end you see is a pull for a cabinet that I picked up at a craft show the wife dragged me to 25 or so years ago...

I keep it in the truck when I go hunting in case I dry ball, makes it easy to pull it out...

 

[Dane]

Turkhunter,

Being from Berryville, you wouldn;t be employed by a "world famous" 1911 custom gun builder would you???

 

Here's an Issac Haines (Pennslyvania) that I put together from a Jim Chambers kit. Very plain maple stock. No engraving, no fancy wood wook and just a plain sliding wood patchbox.

 

[jimmytheshank]

We need more eye candy HERE!!!! Keep the pics coming!!! :v

 

[BadHorse]

ok heres's one thats not $2000 or a raw kit. i rebuilt this for my daughter. its a re worked $200 rifle.

 

[Goldhunter]

Like that red color. :grin:

 

[rabjr]

Guess I missed this thread till now.

Heres a 1792 Contract rifle, a Don Stith kit and a Track 1803 kit I built.

And an Left handed Iron mounted Isaac Haines I built for a friend.