I love this picture...

[wyoduster]

This is a way cool painting.. Does anyone know its name or anything about it?

[Bent Ramrod]

It's called The Bulletmakers. Painted by Gayle Hoskins, part of the Samworth Collection.

Better known as "The back cover of Lyman's Handbook of Cast Bullets, First Edition, 1958.":mrgreen:

[shooter93]

And I've looked everywhere for a reproduction and can't find one.....bummer.

[root]

Looks like she's pouring led on his bare foot LOL

Good pic though.

[runfiverun]

i don't think you could paint fast enough to capture that.

[TCFAN]

I too have always liked the picture and wanted a copy.I never could find any info on it or where I might buy a copy.
So I took my old copy of the Lyman Castbullet hand book and scanned the picture into Photoshop.
This is what I came up with

Original Scan
http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/TCintheOzarks/Bulletmakerscopy_418x600.jpg

And my final version that I made a 8x10 from for my loading room

http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx200/TCintheOzarks/BulletmakersFampFfinalver_452x600.jpg

[smoked turkey]

That is a very neat picture. TCFAN I thought of you immediately when I saw the OP regarding the picture.

[Love Life]

I believe there are places that can take a picture and transfer it to canvas like a painting.

[NVScouter]

Exactly what I had done to two pictures of my kids. It would look great.


I believe there are places that can take a picture and transfer it to canvas like a painting.

[shooter93]

I don't have photoshop so TCFAN you might as well send me a copy....smiles.

[TCFAN]

I don't have photoshop so TCFAN you might as well send me a copy....smiles.

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[mo_bio]

That is very cool print. I will start searching myself. It would look great in the old reloading room.

[7Acres]

What a wonderful painting!

[Catshooter]

I have always liked that print too.

Although I think that the first time a hot round ball rolled into his foot he might not be too happy.


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[429421Cowboy]

That is a neat painting, and nice job you did, TCfan.

I too was thinking that it takes a man with more brass than i got in me to cast barefoot on the floor! Talk about brave! Now we say "Don't fry bacon naked" (DFBN), I guess back then they didn't have such sayings!

[AricTheRed]

Made me think of a bit from "Little House on the Prairie" (the book) where Laura is taught by her father to make the balls for his rifle. First time I cast one of my own that dropped from the mould in perfect shape shining dull silver I immediately thought of the passage where she is tempted to touch the as yet too hot bullets cooling on the buckskin pad her father used to catch 'em.

Guess I wasn't as smart, burned my fingers right then!

[Shiloh]

Looks like she's pouring led on his bare foot LOL

Good pic though.

Thats what I thought as well.

[reg293]

Makes a great desktop background!