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.30-06 fan
02-11-2015, 10:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lui6uNPcRPA

totally amazing.
RayinNH
02-11-2015, 11:22 PM
.30-06 fan, he is amazing. Here's an article about him that is interesting. http://distinctionhr.com/2014/02/pioneer-of-the-past/
.30-06 fan
02-11-2015, 11:28 PM
.30-06 fan, he is amazing. Here's an article about him that is interesting. http://distinctionhr.com/2014/02/pioneer-of-the-past/

thank you

the funny thing is i was just patting myself on the back for finishing the in-letting on a Boyds stock. i now feel very humble. lol
MaryB
02-12-2015, 02:11 AM
fascinating!
Dryball
02-12-2015, 05:35 AM
That was one of my dreams when I retire...move to Williamsburg and apprentice with one of those masters.
BethelHntr
02-12-2015, 08:18 AM
Beautiful craftsmanship, Thank You for sharing.
Taylor
02-12-2015, 08:57 AM
Beautiful work,you have to love it.
Swede 45
02-12-2015, 09:29 AM
Wow! just wow!
One of the most impressive things I've seen in a long time!
trapper9260
02-12-2015, 10:26 AM
All my life i was wondering how they made the guns of the past and I was at Williamsburg years ago and seen only alittle bit of it and also other places there at the time. Now i able to see it all being made.Thank you
Hickok
02-12-2015, 10:54 AM
Never knew they made a barrel that way. I always thought they started with a piece of round stock and bored a hole down the center and then cut the rifling.

So now I know why the they had octagon shaped barrels!
Smoke4320
02-12-2015, 11:13 AM
true hammer forged barrels :)
zardoz
02-12-2015, 02:12 PM
I've had that Wallace Gusler movie on DVD for quite some time. I watch it about once a year, and it still mesmerizes me. Often during the hand forging of the small lock parts, I mutter to myself, "How in the heck does he do that?".
Snow ninja
02-12-2015, 08:48 PM
Wow, thanks for that, that's being tagged in the favorites. Answers a lot of questions I had about how they did things in the past.
TreeKiller
02-12-2015, 09:53 PM
Our BP club bought the VHS tape 20+ years ago and wore it out.
DCM
02-12-2015, 09:57 PM
Saw this recently @ http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?267063-Gunsmith-Parody
Neat video.
cga
02-12-2015, 10:03 PM
300 + hours to build a rifle! Wonder what that one would have sold for?

Thanks for sharing.
.30-06 fan
02-13-2015, 11:45 PM
A gunsmith is truely a artist.
woodbutcher
02-14-2015, 01:18 AM
:D Thanks for an excellent film 30-06 lover..Have seen several on this subject over the years.However,This one is the best yet.Took me all of about 30 seconds to recognize the narrator.Good old David Brinkley.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo
RED333
02-14-2015, 12:05 PM
WOW, thanks for the video link.
300 hours is a long time, my guess it did not take that long to make a "standers" rifle like the ones used back in the seventeen hundreds.
My bet it took close to 150 to 200 hours, I am amazed we even had enough fire arms to run the Brits off.
Muzzle loaders are not one of my favorites just yet, but after seeing the video I just might be swayed.
flydoc
02-15-2015, 10:55 PM
Thanks for posting this amazing video. Everyone interested in firearms ought to see this.
.30-06 fan
02-16-2015, 11:16 PM
Thanks for posting this amazing video. Everyone interested in firearms ought to see this.

yes, i agree

i don't think i want to return to that period in time, but at the same time i crave for a simpler life style.
BNE
02-16-2015, 11:41 PM
wow, just wow.
fouronesix
02-17-2015, 12:08 AM
Agree with all. I have the DVD and watch it once a year or so. About the time I get to feeling all full of myself I watch it. Quite humbling, really.
captaint
02-17-2015, 07:06 AM
Back about 1980 me and the Mrs. took a trip to Williamsburg. Of course I was especially interested in the gunsmith shop. It was certainly that same guy I saw working on a beautiful rifle - and we talked a little. He said even back in the colonial days, a good rifle cost about a years income for the average Joe. The price then was between 5 and 6 grand for a nicer one. He was booked ahead for years.
.30-06 fan
02-18-2015, 12:37 AM
Back about 1980 me and the Mrs. took a trip to Williamsburg. Of course I was especially interested in the gunsmith shop. It was certainly that same guy I saw working on a beautiful rifle - and we talked a little. He said even back in the colonial days, a good rifle cost about a years income for the average Joe. The price then was between 5 and 6 grand for a nicer one. He was booked ahead for years.


one years wages, that's like buying a H&H today.

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Holland-Holland-Shotguns.cfm?cat_id=708