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"People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work."
Too bad he drilled an extra hole in the tang. Other than that, if it could be got for a few hundred I'd probably buy it & fix it.
Could get some money back right away selling Fwied the stocks.
I've seen much, much worse. I don't see what the big deal is. Who knows when that gun was customized. Kinda like the K98 collectors who bemoan sportered "rare" guns that weren't so rare when they were sportered.
To each his own. If I could get that gun cheaply enough, I wouldn't be ashamed of owning it just the way it is. Just my 2 cents....
Use your imagination the man that done that might have killed the man that was aiming at your grandaddy, maybe it was a long winter while he watched his wife die, all in all its character and not pathetic by any means.
Greg, you make an excellent point. The person might have made it for a loved one, who would have cherished it for the personalization. I'm am sure the pink-stocked gun I gave my daughter this Christmas probably turned some stomachs here, or the brass-tacked Indian trade rifle I made my son a few years ago, but I know these were made with all the love I have for both of them, and they will have them long after I am gone...
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Greg807 wrote:Use your imagination the man that done that might have killed the man that was aiming at your grandaddy, maybe it was a long winter while he watched his wife die, all in all its character and not pathetic by any means.
I'd bet 10 dollars American that you would shoot patterns with it, instead of groups... anybody look at the picture of the muzzle? THAT bothers me more than the wood...
after all, beauty is in the eye of the beerholder...
"at that point, I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability" Ron White
I've seen quite a few rifles with carved stocks back East in VA, PA, NC, VT, NH, and some other states. Some guys back there paint scenes on stocks rather than carving them. It's just what several do in that geographical area.
The rifle in the link is carved with attention to detail and is quite well done. It would not prevent me from buying the rifle if I were in the market for one. Actually, it would be a selling point for me.