Season of highs and lows..Ended on a high

[creepingdeth]

Super work...way to use your talents

[jmaas07]

Congrats on the buck and doe. The gun looks great man, pretty darn neat to put some deer down with a gun you built.

[Motivated]

Very good job!

[stash59]

Man if you do another a build along would be fun to see! Even if it was just pics!

[thwack16]

Congrats man! Love the gun!

[cbay]

Congrats mauser.
Glad you were able to get one with that gorgeous gun.

[mauser06]

Thanx guys!!!


I'm my toughest critic. I am proud of the rifle and learned a LOT. I am determined to correct my mistakes on the next one!



Stash, I am going to try to do just that...Maybe like a journal with pics of what I worked on each day.


I wished I'd done it with this one...Looking at it, you just can't get a sense of what went into it....The metal work...Cast steel is a monster lol. I spent several hours on each steel piece cleaning them...I didn't bother going to a fine polish because I wanted a little rougher of a blue...

Several hours into bluing the steel...I did that myself.


The stock work...Getting the parts inlet was 1 tiny wood chip at a time with a chisel...


The stock shaping was my favorite part...I removed a good bit of wood...Reshaped the lock panels and the cheek piece.


Eventually I want to learn to carve the stock and metal.


I'd love to get to the point of being able to produce and sell rifles when I retire in about 22 years lol. Don't know if it's realistic or not but I'd love to finish a gun a year till then. I know once I buy a house and maybe get married and maybe have kids life will change...But I really enjoyed it and hope I can continue learning and building.

[oldrank]

Nice job!!!

[jwilkstn]

Congratulations on the successful season!

That's a gorgeous rifle! Phenomenal job!

[stash59]

Thanx guys!!!


I'm my toughest critic. I am proud of the rifle and learned a LOT. I am determined to correct my mistakes on the next one!



Stash, I am going to try to do just that...Maybe like a journal with pics of what I worked on each day.


I wished I'd done it with this one...Looking at it, you just can't get a sense of what went into it....The metal work...Cast steel is a monster lol. I spent several hours on each steel piece cleaning them...I didn't bother going to a fine polish because I wanted a little rougher of a blue...

Several hours into bluing the steel...I did that myself.


The stock work...Getting the parts inlet was 1 tiny wood chip at a time with a chisel...


The stock shaping was my favorite part...I removed a good bit of wood...Reshaped the lock panels and the cheek piece.


Eventually I want to learn to carve the stock and metal.


I'd love to get to the point of being able to produce and sell rifles when I retire in about 22 years lol. Don't know if it's realistic or not but I'd love to finish a gun a year till then. I know once I buy a house and maybe get married and maybe have kids life will change...But I really enjoyed it and hope I can continue learning and building.

[Jackson Marsh]

Congrats on the buck and doe! That rifle is way cool! Well done.

[Ack]

Nice rifle, and congrats on finishing off the season strong!

[MentatArcher]

Nice job! Gun looks great - definitely will be an heirloom. That season sounds exciting, great you kept after it right until the end.