Thoughts on recent build?

[Jdbeck]

Just finished this Southpaw, just here to share and receive feedback! No patchbox was requested.

Inspired by my ancestors but not a copy of any particular rifle or time.

Enjoy:

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

How many guns have you built? Are you looking for positive feedback or negative feedback?

 

[PathfinderNC]

Looks nice in those pics and would love to see more. Your carvings look pretty neat!

 

[NorthFork]

Better than I can do. If I may be a bit critical, The fore-end and butt-stock look a bit 'thick'. More wood could of been removed. But like I said, better than I could do myself.

 

[Jdbeck]

How many guns have you built? Are you looking for positive feedback or negative feedback?

Feed back is feedback. Always working on improving , and experienced opinions, and criticism is the best way to keep improving. Only a handful, been learning from each and every one.

 

[Jdbeck]

Better than I can do. If I may be a bit critical, The fore-end and butt-stock look a bit 'thick'. More wood could of been removed. But like I said, better than I could do myself.

That’s always the challenge right! I trace along the barrel with a 1/16 bit and pencil and then work it down to the line.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

That carving is nice!! I'd shoot it!

 

[Jdbeck]

Looks nice in those pics and would love to see more. Your carvings look pretty neat!

There’s a video of it on YouTube. I always hate when you finish it you really see where you should have scraped more and cleaned up more.

 

[TDM]

I think it looks very nice.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Not a builder but I would carry it, nice looking gun.

 

[PathfinderNC]

There’s a video of it on YouTube. I always hate when you finish it you really see where you should have scraped more and cleaned up more.

Isn’t that the truth!

 

[BCWILL]

Looks pretty dam good
But I don’t build em….i shoot em

 

[rmefbowhunter]

There’s a video of it on YouTube. I always hate when you finish it you really see where you should have scraped more and cleaned up more.

Can you post a link to the YouTube video please?

 

[2 shots]

looks good from here ' other than being bass ackwards

 

[rmefbowhunter]

looks good from here ' other than being bass ackwards

for 11% of us, it is CORRECT handed!

 

[2 shots]

for 11% of us, it is CORRECT handed!

i know as i write lefty but shoot righty, strong side right. find myself picking up a handgun with either hand some things i keep switchen back and forth such as sawing. hammering ,ect. what % of that 11 am i???

 

[M. De Land]

Just finished this Southpaw, just here to share and receive feedback! No patchbox was requested.

Inspired by my ancestors but not a copy of any particular rifle or time.

Enjoy:

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From what I can see in the pictures it looks good to me ! Nice work! I'd have to get my hands on it, feel the profiles and heft the gun to know if you really got it right. Some guns can look really good and then feel and heft like a pick axe. I think yours will feel and heft fine though from the look.

 

[EC121]

Nice work. To my eye it looks like the wood is too high up the side flat of the barrel. For a slender look the wood-to-metal connection should be just below half way of the flat. This lets the foreend be more rounded and avoids the slab sided look. Inlet the lock properly then you can cheat by sloping the wood to the right height right in front of the lock. It will never be seen.

 

[duca]

Mr. Beck, I’ve been watching your builds and am liking what I see. Keep it up and let’s see some more videos on your builds

 

[Jdbeck]

From what I can see in the pictures it looks good to me ! Nice work! I'd have to get my hands on it, feel the profiles and heft the gun to know if you really got it right. Some guns can look really good and then feel and heft like a pick axe. I think yours will feel and heft fine though from the look.

I’ll give that a try on the next one! Thank you.