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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2550 on: November 28, 2016, 08:03:55 pm »
Nice looking bow wood.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2551 on: November 28, 2016, 10:01:22 pm »
Today I got vehicular bad news.... My wifes car broke down last wednesday. Today i found out $8000+ for a new motor! Still got $2000 left to pay on it! AAAUUGGGHHHH

Offline bubby

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2552 on: November 29, 2016, 12:38:36 am »
That aucks Ben
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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2553 on: November 30, 2016, 01:31:25 pm »
Been working for a couple days on this shooting bench. Plan to have a little get together this weekend and do some shooting. This should be a nice sturdy platform to bench rest the rifles off of. Made the base from the deck boards I tore off the house and the top is rough sawn cypress.







Just needs a little sealer and she's good!

Offline bjrogg

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2554 on: November 30, 2016, 01:46:36 pm »
Looks nice Scott. We have one permanently set up back by our original pond. It is so much more handy to have one ready to use anytime you feel like sending a few rounds down range.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2555 on: November 30, 2016, 04:25:22 pm »
Looks plenty sturdy enough.  Nice work Scott
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2556 on: November 30, 2016, 04:50:57 pm »
Nice Scooter!
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2557 on: November 30, 2016, 05:23:10 pm »
Bet it takes two men and a boy to move that around.  :)
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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2558 on: November 30, 2016, 07:26:55 pm »
The cypress is surprisingly light, but still the thing was not made to move around. Should have my AR by the weekend, so hope to get er good an broke in.

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2559 on: December 02, 2016, 08:25:11 pm »
I spent the afternoon in one of my log hunting blinds. I had a button head at 15 yards and a couple of does at 40 but the does were looking at me which makes a flintlock shot difficult so I passed.

The rifle is a .54 I made several years ago, not the best crafting job but it gets it done and is very accurate.



I sit with the gun cocked and a leather cover over the frizzen (no sparks) so it can't go off accidently. It is a lot easier to flip the frizzen cover off than to try to cock the hammer quietly with cold hands in the heat of the battle. It takes a bunch of of pressure to cock the hammer, flintlock main springs are really stout.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2560 on: December 02, 2016, 08:34:31 pm »
Eric ..... you have posted some very nice ML.............would really like to meet you in person and talk black powder......
DBar
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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2561 on: December 02, 2016, 09:21:33 pm »
Eric; I'd take one of your worst builds any day of the week.
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Offline bubby

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2562 on: December 02, 2016, 11:54:09 pm »
Eric; I'd take one of your worst builds any day of the week.


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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2563 on: December 03, 2016, 10:21:41 am »
My latest project is to build a TC flintlock Renegade rifle from a variety of collected parts. I have been steaming all the dents out of what was once a really rough stock.



 

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Reply #2564 on: December 03, 2016, 11:00:42 am »
Say what they will about the historical accuracy of TC guns, the barrels were sound and accurate!
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