Is this possibly a joke?

[DTCoffin]

If that thing sells, i feel fairly confident i can give up my regular job now and start building professionally.

 

[Keb]

No reserve... Bid a dollar and I bet it's yours for shipping. I love the stock wood. Looks like it's made out of a pine 2 x 6 from Home Depot. Would be a great conversation piece with a little more work. Add some carving with a butter knife, some engraving with a dull screw driver and paint the stock with Kilz and you got a winner.

 

[Birddog6]

I have looked at it 3 times...... I really don't know what to say...... :shocked2:

OK, I for a guy that has absolutely no idea what he is doing, I think he did a he// of a job on it........ ha ha ha ! He definitely used what he had on hand !! :shocked2: I can't believe there are no plumbing parts attached, seems to have everything else. Maybe a gas grill igniter on the other side for a ignition backup ? Course, I can't see the other side, they could be over there ? :wink: :shocked2:

I will compliment him on his wood tho, it appears to me to be a piece of ash. In the right hands, could have been something you could look at & not laugh....... :hmm:

 

[Mike Brooks]

I like it. :thumbsup:

 

[bwhoffman]

No reserve... Bid a dollar and I bet it's yours for shipping. I love the stock wood. Looks like it's made out of a pine 2 x 6 from Home Depot. Would be a great conversation piece with a little more work. Add some carving with a butter knife, some engraving with a dull screw driver and paint the stock with Kilz and you got a winner.

...Duct tape,you forgot to mention duct tape! :rotf:

 

[ThreeToedWolf]

I just had to play the Devils Advocate and ask the guy a question on GunBroker....Still havent got a response :rotf:

 

[str8sh2ter]

i remember back in the early 80"s.there was a guy named lizard at the Eastern Rondevous that was shooting a gun about this nice.He won a few matches and kind of pi++ed some people off. Talk about your "Fixer upper" That's a modern day appalachian Poor Boy.

 

[jbtusa]

This can be yours for only $550; a priceless work of art that you can be proud to hang over the mantelpiece! Must hurry... act now... must bid!

 

[Maestro]

I've been studying the lines, curves, hardware, etc. to try to figure out what gunbuilding "school" to attribute this "piece" to...

...the closest I can figure is "Hard Knocks".

 

[poordevil]

It looks kind of like a Richmond Musket I got from Yeak many many years ago. I sent it back.


I too believe it is a joke

P

 

[Stophel]

I really feel sorry for this guy. To put so much effort in to something only to get so much wrong is sad.

He could probably do a decent job if he only had a mentor. I also feel sorry for the person who gets the bid and thinks they have something special. Well, it is special...I guess.

Me too. I don't like offering unsolicited negative, even laughing opinions of somebody's work. Who knows, he could read this board and what kind of encouragement would he get?

 

[Mike Brooks]

i remember back in the early 80"s.there was a guy named lizard at the Eastern Rondevous that was shooting a gun about this nice.He won a few matches and kind of pi++ed some people off. Talk about your "Fixer upper" That's a modern day appalachian Poor Boy.

That gun was called "Ol' Rust Away". Had a Bill Large barrel on it and Lizard was a hard man to beat back in those days.

 

[nchawkeye]

I figured out where he got those plans...

You guys ever see those toy cap guns like you can buy up in the Smokies??? :grin:

 

[denster]

I think I remember "Lizard". Wasn't he the one that the only woodworking tools he had was a hand drill and a pocket knife? I recall the rifle looking a little beter than this one. It did shoot though.

 

[Maestro]

I really feel sorry for this guy. To put so much effort in to something only to get so much wrong is sad.

He could probably do a decent job if he only had a mentor. I also feel sorry for the person who gets the bid and thinks they have something special. Well, it is special...I guess.

Me too. I don't like offering unsolicited negative, even laughing opinions of somebody's work. Who knows, he could read this board and what kind of encouragement would he get?

:surrender: Yeah... you're right... :redface: Just havin' a little fun... actually, the guy's a braver soul than I... I have never and probably will never attempt to build a gun!

 

[Finnwolf]

I really feel sorry for this guy. To put so much effort in to something only to get so much wrong is sad.

He could probably do a decent job if he only had a mentor. I also feel sorry for the person who gets the bid and thinks they have something special. Well, it is special...I guess.

Everyone feels sorry for this builder - I feel saorry for anyone who may shoot this rifle. Notice the wood putty around the lock mortise and the potential for two brass screws holding that lock on. If this rifle shows up at my range, I'm leaving. I think the stock is red oak.
Finnwolf

 

[Stophel]

Some "steampunk" guy will buy it. Probably never shot.

 

[hanshi]

:hmm: I don't know; it does have a sort of "rustic" charm about it. :applause: Good rust browning job. :bow: At worst it makes a great Mountain Man's "zip gun" :wink: . I think he might be willing to come down on the price :thumbsup: . Who knows, it might shoot better than anything I own. :thumbsup:

 

[J.D.]

It's really too bad that Claude won't allow a direct link to this gun.

Here is an excellent example of what can happen if someone has a general idea of how things go together but no feeling for what makes a nice gun..

I'm sure the guy who built it is quite proud of his workmanship but unless he gets some help I hope this is his last rifle project.

I have to agree with Zonie, for the most part.

I, for one, am not laughing at this guys apparent first attempt. At least he tried. And, if this person has any objectivity and a half decent book or two, he will soon come to realize that his first attempt ain't much. Mine wasn't either, BTW.

IMHO, if enough wood was removed, the stock wouldn't be all that bad. IMHO, the worst thing about this gun, at first glance, is the huge amount of wood remaining on the stock. There may even be enough wood to make something half decent out of it. Gunwise, that is.

If nothing else, ya gotta give the maker an A+ for effort and creativity.

How many of you folks who have posted have even tried to make anything better?..or anything at all? Or even tried to make any of your own parts? I know some have, but some are probably just jumping on the ridicule bandwagon.

Personally, I think the maker realizes that his first effort could use some "refinement", but he doesn't know how to do it, otherwise, the stock would have some finish on it.

IMHO, the maker of this piece may be reading these posts, and may need some encouragement to improve on his first effort.

I, for one, applaud the makers effort. Without effort, there is no improvement. With no improvement, there are no masters.

God bless

 

[whitedog333]

Well, I'm just flat out speechless. :shocked2: