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Published: 2010-10-04 07:05:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1599; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 44
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This is another of the guns my Grandfather made in his gunsmithing days. He made this one in 1971. Look at that wood, and this picture doesn't do justice to it. It's brilliant and deep. He did a lot of engraving on it as well. This one has a one of a kind custom barrel, designed to fire only... rolls of dimes.In reality, rolls of dimes isn't a good idea. They lose their inertia so easily and tend to just sort of slap instead of connecting on the edge of the coin. But we DO have the tooling to cast lead balls for it as well! It is a flintlock, too. It cocks and fires as well as it did new. Nice, firm, and healthy sounding clicks.
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Thanks! Grandpa knew how to pick out some nice tiger maple, that's for sure.
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It maple ??
I love that wood
Look at stripped maple one of the most gorgeous maple wood i lnow and also the hardest
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I think that's what it's called. What breaks my heart is that when he passed away there was a massive chunk of it that got taken when locals raided the place. His whole place was mugged. We got this one and others only because he mad sure we got them before he passed. He knew everyone was going to be all over his house once word got out he died.
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I'm sorry to hear about it but fortunatly you were able to save this piece of art
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Yeah, we got a few other antiques and the gyrojet is a rare bird of a firearm as well.
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Great for Zombie Attacks......until you have to reload it! Still, very cool gun!
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Yeah, reloading is a bit lengthy. And it doesn't like wet weather. So if it's raining... I have a different blunderbuss for that.
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Woah woah woahhh! This is pretty cool! I love old guns
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My grandfather was a gunsmith when he was younger. He has a MASSIVE collection he's slowly giving to us piece by piece. Most of them are black powder, all of them are awesome. The tiger wood on this one is expensive, and he has this huge block of the stuff in raw form.
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A gunsmith? I didn't know that was an actual profession/hobby! That's pretty incredible; you're lucky to have a grandpa like that.
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Yeah, sadly I'll probably never get to meet him in person. He sends us things any time a family member visits him. (It's very hard for him to part with these things, but he knows it's safest. If he were to pass on there's a chance the house would be looted and his life's work stolen)
He's a rather ill tempered guy but for some reason he really likes me, says I'm intelligent. Lot of mechanics in my family, I wonder what traits makes him favor me... perhaps it's just my style and I'm real about what I know and don't know. I don't pretend I'm better than I am. I know he respects that.
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Aww, so he lives far away? That's a shame.
I'd hate to have to pass on any of my things (and his are probably worth ten times more than anything I have!) so I see how he's a little reluctant on that.
Mechanics, eh? That's pretty cool! Heh, a lot of old people seem to be a bit on the moody/bad tempered side, but at least you're on his good side. (: I say, it sucks to be the non-favoured/forgotten one!
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Yeah, like the rest of my family he always was a rebel!
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I'm REALLY looking forward to firing it some day this spring!
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assuming it's safe, there's still the issue of devaluing. some consider mint unfired to be worth more, but others think it's more important to enjoy (and shoot) what you own.
kinda like unwrapping a gi joe or not...
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That's true, especially the safety issue. Lot of black powder guns can't handle the new stuff. But the barrel on this thing is heavy guage and the guy who will show me how to use it can inspect it.
Now THIS is a puppy I wont ever shoot or restore. [link]
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nice.
here's a descendant i inherited: [link]
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Awesome! We're going to send ours to Colt to have the history officially traced. Plan on ever doing that with yours?
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did that years ago, mfg in 1953
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Awesome! I have a lot of photos to take of my collection. I need to hit some shows and with some luck someday I'll find some rounds for my Gyrojet. Most of my guns won't be fired again but there are a few...
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Yup! This little turkey here. [link]
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that's fantastic! i knew about the pistols but didn't know they made rifles and carbines.
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Yeah, I have never fired this one... ammo is too expensive. I have five rounds and as old s they are who knows if they will misfire or not.
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if you ever do decide to shoot it, let me know - might make a great subject for a magazine article
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For sure! It will be made into an event. I have friends in Tucson that are gun enthusiasts, especially antique and black powder guns, that want to be there with cameras rolling.
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Wow, your Grandfather must have been a skilled person to craft something that stunning.
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He is, he's one of those guys who is ultra intelligent when it comes to some things like this. Most of it is just amazing attention span. If I had the ability to focus like that my Camaro would be flawless!
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I have a .50 cal black powder rifle, it's got some kick to it, about the same as a 2-3/4inch 12ga shooting #7 shot.
this one would be FUN to see shooting #7 shot
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This one would just be plain fun to shoot!
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I am not familiar with the western firearms, but I still wanna say this is one badass looking boomstick!
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I can't wait to see what a roll of dimes would do!
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This looks like the gun the short guy had on Pirates of the Caribean that launched him backwards when he fired it! lol
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I'll have to watcch and see again, it might be pretty close! With a roll of dimes I'm sure it'd have quite a KICK!
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I think the one in the movie might have had a shorter barrel tho...I could be wrong!
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Yeah, it will basically shoot anything yu can get in the barrel.
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What kinds of things of things you tried out as ammo?
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Personally, nothing yet on this one. We had plenty of ammo for the other black powder guns, but this one take BALLS to fire (haha!) We didn't get the molds (and the method t melt the lead) until not long ago. Even though it's black powder I imagine this one will have a surprising kick.
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I still say use a roll of dimes. Just before squeezing the trigger, say "your change, sir".
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I'd like to try it just once! May be an expensive shot... but I'll do it on MY dime!
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"Do what you want cuz a pirate is free... YOU ARE A PIRATE!" [link]
that's a tune that will get stuck in your head...
and I die every time I see the ninja...
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