Here's a pic of one I built a few years ago. I got the parts from Dixie Gun Works.

 

That's pretty awesome. :thumb::thumb::thumb: Was that your first longrifle build? Did it come as a whole "kit", or did you get all the parts individually and piece it together?

 

I'll see if I can get ahold of a few photos of my uncle's last gun. It was nice. I can only hope the one we're building for me turns out half as good.

Yep. :thumb:

Thanks. I knew you use to be able to do that but wasn't sure if it had changed. I sold a Beretta 9MM a few years ago on the internet and shipped it to a gun dealer for the guy that bought it.

Here are a few photo's from my uncle's last gun. He's been a hobbyist longrifle builder for about 30 years now.

Here are a few photo's from my uncle's last gun. He's been a hobbyist longrifle builder for about 30 years now.

 

That is awesome.:thumb: The detail is absolutely professional.

My grandfather did it back before the alzheimers kicked in and that gun will be one of the greatest treasures I ever own. It was a lot of work though if I remember right, partly I'm sure because grandpa is/was a perfectionist.

He's one heck of a perfectionist too. I go over at least once a week to work on it with him, and although I'm trying to learn what I can from him, I'm still half entranced by just watching him work, so I haven't done as much "hands-on" stuff as I could have. Haha, in part, I think that's kind of a good thing, because that way I think the chances of my gun turning out top-quality are improved.

 

We haven't gotten anywhere near the detail carving on mine yet, though. The stock is still relatively "in the square" and has a good deal of shaping to be done. I have been fiddling with some carving, though, and I'm thinking I might try my hand at checkering. I just bought an old busted rifle stock off of eBay for experimenting.

That is one beautiful piece of work. Someone on that level is a true artist.

I had built a couple of kit muzzleoaders before I attempted the long rifle. It's just parts I bought from Dixie Gunworks and put together. The stock was probably twice as thick when I started out and all the metal work was rough. Many a hour just sanding and polishing.

Probably one of favorite guns is a T/C Hawken I put together about 30 years ago. It's been a real workhorse putting a few deer in the freezer over the years.