Buchsemann
.333 member
Reged: 12/12/08
Posts: 439
Loc: Wisconsin, USA
|
|
NE,
I was going through some of my gun photos and thought perhaps some of the muzzle-loader folks might get a kick out this one, more so those interested in early German arms.
Marcus
--------------------
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
- John Dryden
Edited by CptCurl (15/05/09 08:52 PM)
|
Marrakai
.416 member
Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3713
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
|
|
Damn, that trigger-guard appears to be carved out of the stock! Very nice work indeed.
I don't usually go for tall hammers, but on that example they look quite 'correct'. Very pleasing aesthetics.
--------------------
Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
--------------------------------
www.marrakai-adventure.com.au
|
mehulkamdar
.416 member
Reged: 09/01/04
Posts: 3688
Loc: State of Ill-Annoy USA.
|
|
Mark,
This one looks really beautiful! I am a new muzzleloader addict thanks to friends like Steve Zihn and Ka'imiloa. This rifle does deserve to be copied and made again in the future. Thanks for posting this picture and good hunting!
--------------------
The Ark was made by amateurs. Experts built the Titanic.
Mehul Kamdar
|
dons
.333 member
Reged: 18/08/07
Posts: 431
Loc: Essex
|
|
The workmanship in these early German pieces never ceases to amaze me. They are truly works of art. 
|
Buchsemann
.333 member
Reged: 12/12/08
Posts: 439
Loc: Wisconsin, USA
|
|
Marrakai, Mehul, and Dons,
Thank you very much for sharing your appreciation of this piece. My father picked this one up at a local gun show about six years ago. Every time I see it and a couple others in particular I'm amazed at the kind of luck he had finding these things, especially in the condition that they're in. A month later he found it's twin in the form of a shotgun, also in excellent original condition. It would be nice if some of that luck would come my way. Of course maybe if I would go to as many shows as he used to the odds would improve.
Marcus
--------------------
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
- John Dryden
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
