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freakonaleash
02-22-2021, 11:11 AM
I posted this gun in progress a couple months ago. Now it's done. Rice 38" swamped .54 barrel. Zornes lock, davis triggers. My brass castings. 15 ft. of fine silver wire and 3 ft. of brass wire. Copied from a gun by Christian Oerter circa 1774. Pretty crazy looking eh?
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freakonaleash
02-22-2021, 11:13 AM
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CastingFool
02-22-2021, 12:20 PM
Very nice!
pietro
02-22-2021, 01:57 PM
Yeah - crazy like a fox. :happy dance:

Nice work, me likey. :drinks:

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kungfustyle
02-22-2021, 02:13 PM
Fantastic craftsmanship.
nightwolf1974
02-22-2021, 10:22 PM
Nice!
hylander
02-23-2021, 01:46 AM
Very Nice
CraigOK
02-23-2021, 02:38 AM
Beautiful
hawkenhunter50
02-23-2021, 10:55 AM
Ill take it! Nice work.
bedbugbilly
02-23-2021, 01:04 PM
Beyond beautiful!
RU shooter
02-23-2021, 02:43 PM
Well dang ! The talent and craftsmanship some of you guys have is incredible . How many hours did that wire work take ?
Beerd
02-23-2021, 10:47 PM
Crazy?
That's just nuts!
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freakonaleash
02-24-2021, 09:32 AM
Well dang ! The talent and craftsmanship some of you guys have is incredible . How many hours did that wire work take ?

I have about 60 hours in the whole gun.
sharps4590
02-24-2021, 09:45 AM
Oh my....stunning is the word that comes to mind. Very well done, sir!
tai95
02-24-2021, 10:02 AM
looking at this post, led me down a rabbit hole. I had never seen wire work or heard of the gun maker who inspired this piece. Reading about his stolen rifle being bought at a yard sale 50 years later it was pretty interesting.

Nice work
Kylongrifle32
02-24-2021, 10:16 AM
That is very cool looking. Great job! Its kind of intresting what the old timers did to personalize thier firearms and accouterments back in the days.
I guess with down time on those long hunting trips you had to have something to do.
You get kind of a different reaction from the wife now a days if you tell her you are going after some meat be back in a couple of months.
freakonaleash
02-24-2021, 12:38 PM
That is very cool looking. Great job! Its kind of intresting what the old timers did to personalize thier firearms and accouterments back in the days.
I guess with down time on those long hunting trips you had to have something to do.
You get kind of a different reaction from the wife now a days if you tell her you are going after some meat be back in a couple of months.

Decoration like this was done in the shop by the gunmaker who stocked the rifle. In fact 99.9% of decorated rifles you see are done by the gunmaker, not the owner.