Lefty Canoe Gun Completed.

[Razor62]

Alright Already!!! :grin: Right now it's a wannabee turkey gun and maybe, just maybe I'll shoot a canoe with it and then I'll call it a canoe gun.
It was a very pleasurable experience building it and I see another flintlock project on the horizon.
Who knows? Maybe the next one will be an outhouse gun for when things get a little nasty.
Like they're likely to do if some greenhorn newbie doesn't do his H.C. homework. :grin:
Seriously though, I'll call it "Shorty" my first flintlock build and be satisfied with that until the day that I finally slay my first turkey or if one should cross my path...My first ever canoe.

 

[gland]

Yeah, what Rob H said. :thumbsup: Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Had you not took the time to share with us, you may have a turkey already. Good job puttin' up with all the B>S about the boat :hatsoff:

 

[Razor62]

tell us more about that ramrod...looks like a nice brass tip.

Here ya' go...
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/847/3/RT-BESS-6-B

 

[MSW]

great looking gun!

(by the way, if you do get a canoe stamp in the lottery, be sure to have extra room in your freezer: canoe are a lot of work to field dress, a pain in the Clinton to butcher, and prove a (forgive the pun) a boatload of little white packages...


:rotf:

well done - make good smoke!

 

[gunmaker43]

Very fine razor62--stay with it...

 

[tx-hunter]

awesome rifle. i want to make one. where did you get that barrel?

 

[chazz1975]

So tell me...Where I am from we can't hunt canoes or buggies. Is there a size limit? Is there a special season or permit for female canoes or buggies? JK...very nice looking gun. I hope it shoots half as good as it looks. Love the lefty flint. Let us know what kind of pet load you develop for it. Nice looking stock too.

 

[BrownBear]

Just like barns- Shoot all you can if you can hit them.

 

[gunmaker43]

Best way to shoot a barn is from inside--I usually can't miss--most a the time. PS don't try that with a canoe Tom

 

[mccarthy.tf]

Thats true with barns however canoes are best shot from the outside. :youcrazy:

 

[BrownBear]

Just call it a barn gun or poor boy and everyone will be happy. :rotf: Same historic issue with those names, but they're fashionable. :bull:

 

[gunmaker43]

Fashionable names now or not---canoe, barn poorboy etc. The old ones most likely called 'em the same as we do "MY gun/rifle" Whatever the darn bbl. length...Just my thoughts, not a scientific study... Tom

 

[swampyankee]

I hope my first comes out as well. Left handed Leman.

I've been finding that stock bedding compound is becoming a fast friend.