Clark, That sure is some beautiful wood. Would really like to see a photo of the complete rifle. I'm a big fan of nice bolt guns!
Beautiful. The gold sets it off nicely.
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When my grandfather bought 5 acres on 1st avenue in Burien WA in 1924, it already had large black locust trees on the property line of an earlier larger homestead plot.
When I was little kid in the 1950s the utilities were constantly trimming them to keep them out of the telephone wires.
In ~ 1961, 1st avenue was broadened to 4 lanes and the trees were gone.
In 1980 I got a copy of understanding wood by Hoadley 1st edition
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...ood+by+hoadley
In that book I learned that Black Locust was nearly the strongest wood that grows in America and was rot resistant enough to be used as fence posts by pioneers.
I have been picking up pieces of Black Locust from the ditch when trees are trimmed at road sides.
But for this burl bolt handle, I paid for the wood on Ebay.
You have some real talent there for doing neat things with wood that few seem to even think of, that's really nice and a REALLY nice piece of wood.
Statistics show that criminals commit fewer crimes after they have been shot
Nice to see you got one of Glen's actions. They are top quality.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |