My cherry stocked Bucks

[oldarmy]

I finished this cherry stocked Bucks.
I have been working on it for 2 months.
My first attempts at carving. It's a .45 cal Getzs A weight, JC siler lock.
I can see every misstake and error , but what the heck. There is only one like it in the whole world
[url] http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c253/bigwwody[/url]/?

 

[Billy Bones]

I sure wish I could make mistakes like that! Good job. :thumbsup:

 

[Old40Rod]

What type of stain/finish did you use? The color is awesome! :thumbsup:

 

[captgary]

In my opinion she looks mighty fine.... :thumbsup:

 

[oldarmy]

I posted it on the wrong forum idex. :redface:
I didn't get her done until late and after taking the pics..well
I used LMF cherry and their sealer. then I like the permawax they sell. It isn't too shiny and seems to hold up to the soap and water cleaning.
does any one know how to move a topic to flintlock, or building??

 

[Zonie]

oldarmy: You might have felt some rumbling.
That was Claude moving your post.
Thanks for shareing your new gun over on the Percussion forum. You and all the other Flinters are welcome over there anytime.


Zonie

 

[TANSTAAFL]

LOL, mite confusing, flinter in nipple gun forum, here on rock locks the cherry gun link turns into a 03.

 

[54JNoll]

I'd say you did a right good job of it. :grin:

Now if I only had the time to build mine in two months. Heck it has been two months since I last touched mine.

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Great job! If I cold build a beauty like that in 2 months - hell, if I could build a beauty like that in ANY amount of time - I'd be strutting around the woods like a bantam! By the way, my custom Lancaster is a .45 with a Getz barrel as well, and I LOVE it. The caliber has really won its way into my heart. You've got a lot of good memories waiting for you out there. Go get 'em!

 

[colmoultrie]

That's very pretty. The Bucks County style is my favorite. You certainly got the lines of the stock right. I see a bit of what you mean by 'mistakes' in the carving or in the flatness of the patchbox, but remember, even in the golden age of Kentuckies the guns you see in Kindig or in other books on the Kentucky rifle, like Shumway's Longrifles of Note, those rifles are noteworthy because they were rare and special. Your rifle is an excellent example of something a shooter with a bit of money might buy from a good craftsman who wasn't quite on the level of an Andrew Verner.

I hope I haven't sounded too critical - I mean these comments as high praise. By making the comparison to the man whom I think was the best of the heyday of the PA rifle, I'm saying "good job," or at least I hope I am.

I couldn't do anything nearly as nice. I do have a really nice Allen Martin Bucks Co. rifle - I posted pics on the forum a few months back, but I waited five years for that, and I don't have the satisfaction of saying I did it myself. Hats off!

:hatsoff:

 

[Flintandsteel]

I still can't find anything on your photobucket page that looks like a Bucks Co gun???