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Finn45
01-28-2006, 12:30 PM
From grandfather to my six year old. Well, he's one handy fellow what comes to wood working and such. We had that one wooden rifle some time, made by my brother in law. It got the beating several times and finally it was not practical to put it back together again. My son was very sad and of course he talked to his grand father...

Today it was here, brand new combination gun, smooth bore muzzle loader and breech loader in one and the same gun. Two tone stock made of very rare and expensive murly craple, found only occasionally when father in law cleans his scrap wood piles. Manually adjustable two stage trigger and everything.

Two tone stock work, pistol grip and butt plate; finest murly craple:

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/leftside.jpg

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/pistolgrip.jpg

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/buttplate.jpg

Best use for copper, two barrel bands for maximum bedding effect to avoid undesired vibrations:

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/bblmuzzle.jpg

Power system needs some thinking but this slings pretty well already:

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/power.jpg

Woodlit seated and ready to go:

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/loaded.jpg

Here's the woodlits. This woodlit style is for long range plinking, easy hit and miss from any indoor range. I planned already to order flat nose versions for horsefly and other dangerous game hunts. Horsefly and it's kind normally lives in hardest conditions and therefore needs maximum power and shock from the woodlits. Shoulder shots busting both sides is strongly recommended. Granddad's famous SmearSmoothBullets (no dot com yet, sorry) will supply also them in short order:

http://pyssymiehet.com/gunstuff/bullets.jpg

Now where's the summer and the big flies...

C1PNR
01-28-2006, 04:41 PM
Hmmmm, I'm beginning to think I've figgured out where that "suppository" mold from Ebay landed.;-)

I wonder how well beeswax "supposilets" would work on them horseflies. When recovered during autopsy, I'll bet the supposilets could be recycled and reloaded![smilie=l:

Buckshot
01-29-2006, 08:39 AM
..............Finn, not THAT is very cool! Neat work too. How far does on of those Woodlits fly? I'm sure he has good eyes so a nice apurture rear sight might be in order ? 8)

Grandfather looks like he is a handy man.

....................Buckshot

StarMetal
01-29-2006, 11:39 AM
Finn,

Apparently Granddad is a very talented woodcrafter and gun manufacturer. Do I see a John Moses Browning of Finnland perhaps?

I've never heard of that wood murly craple, how about explaining that further or did I miss something?

Joe

waksupi
01-29-2006, 12:11 PM
Finn,

Apparently Granddad is a very talented woodcrafter and gun manufacturer. Do I see a John Moses Browning of Finnland perhaps?

I've never heard of that wood murly craple, how about explaining that further or did I miss something?

Joe

Joe, it surprises me, but yes, you did miss something. Murly Craple is one of the most used and recognized stock woods over the centurys. I have a very nice stockblank sitting here, as I type.

Buckshot
01-30-2006, 06:20 AM
................HEY! :-) I think I have 2 of those trees in the front yard! No, wait a minute. Maybe those are Mrepe Cyrtles.

................Buckshot

StarMetal
01-30-2006, 08:04 AM
Yeah you guys got me on that one. I thought maybe Finland had something special. [smilie=b: Curly Maple huh...hmmmmmmmm.

Joe