Reconstruction - wheellock - the end of the sixteenth century. To

[raszpla]

:grin:
barrel beaten with a hammer in the cold. Do you understand? And then digested dip. Do you understand?

 

[Xtramad]

Nice guns, do you hunt? Wild boar could be interesting with a muzzleloader.

Bear hunters in Norway used to carry a long spear in addition to their rifles. Just in case that first shot just irritated the bear. I guess that is why hunters in central Europe also carried short swords or extremely long hunting knives.

Hunting is too civilized these days. :hatsoff:

 

[Xtramad]

Ahh, cold forged in the last stages of forming. Then treated with acid?

 

[raszpla]

texture on the barrel - cold forging, then machining Fire

Do you understand?

 

[Xtramad]

It is not clear. Some kind of heat treating afterwards?
Cold forging leaves a nice texture.

 

[Owen]

I want one

 

[raszpla]

Surprise in the private topik.

 

[raszpla]

I'm glad! Thank you! Yours!

 

[ChrisPer]

That is beautiful work.

Did you have an original in your hand to copy, or work from photographs?

 

[raszpla]

Playing on the basis of fotografii.Dimensions, preserved from the original form - by photo documentation and the composition of the bones in the style - the canons of the sixteenth century. :wink:

 

[TNHillbilly]

Your devotion to the craft is fantasic! What is the most amazing part is how fast you can build the entire weapon. You truly are a most amazing craftsman! :thumbsup: :hatsoff: :bow: Bill

 

[raszpla]

Thank you!
Sad and true it is that I have fallen into foreign hands to cast their work but such a force

 

[Xtramad]

True it is that Raszpla in riddles talk like Yoda. :grin:

Prawda jest, że Raszpla w zagadki mówić jak Yoda.

 

[raszpla]

 

[benvenuto]

superb craftsmanship! may you have many enjoyable hours shooting her! :thumbsup:

 

[Parzifal]

Beautiful, Easily the most beautiful muzzleloading arm I have EVER seen!

WOW :hatsoff:

Finish!

 

[Steve Boyleston]

Hello I have good friends in Bergen. This is Old World Craftsmanship at its best. There is something in the water over there- my friend is a Master Craftsman also, way to go just beautiful. TGP

 

[jsn]

Very talented! wish i could build like that! Takes years of practice and accomplishment! Have you fired it? If so how does it preform?

 

[raszpla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wOx3b8CNP0

 

[raszpla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu3eymk9Qrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpjlAXkWRE0