Grainy photos. Let's see them.
- Thread starter Londonshooter
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Licensed to kill
CGN Regular
- Location
- Peace Country Alberta
Alex Henry .500BPE.Licensed to kill
CGN Regular
- Location
- Peace Country Alberta
Parker Hale whitworth that I restocked for my brother about 30 years ago.
Your workmanship of what Ive seen is truly astounding. The gun community is very lucky to have such a skilled member here. Im amazed at how many highly skilled people at many various things are all on here. The fellow that does the case hardening (Oscar if memory serves) is obviously very skilled at his craft. Lately seen specialists at making custom leather buttpads. Im always fascinated to learn and see true artisans at work. My compliments too all of you. Highest regards Chris
Joseph Lang:
Wood makes a gun organic, a near-living thing, suitable for a life-long companion. Few things pass through our hands that are genuinely generational, passed on to be used and treasured anew, as is a fine gun. As Londonshooter knows, good wood is a window into the past. This Lang stock, fitted in 1867, was made from a blank that was likely cut at the very end of the 1700s from a tree that might have been a sapling when Elizabeth I was on the throne. Having been cured for some 70 years before stocking, there was, and is, no more movement to that wood, and the metal-to-wood fit is still perfect, despite 150+ years of seasons, weather, climate changes, etc etc.
Wood makes a gun organic, a near-living thing, suitable for a life-long companion. Few things pass through our hands that are genuinely generational, passed on to be used and treasured anew, as is a fine gun. As Londonshooter knows, good wood is a window into the past. This Lang stock, fitted in 1867, was made from a blank that was likely cut at the very end of the 1700s from a tree that might have been a sapling when Elizabeth I was on the throne. Having been cured for some 70 years before stocking, there was, and is, no more movement to that wood, and the metal-to-wood fit is still perfect, despite 150+ years of seasons, weather, climate changes, etc etc.
Your posts are always so descriptive and blossoming with knowledge. A great storyteller and curator of things that might be lost without individuals like yourself. Thanks for being you, always enjoy and learn from your posts.Joseph Lang:
Wood makes a gun organic, a near-living thing, suitable for a life-long companion. Few things pass through our hands that are genuinely generational, passed on to be used and treasured anew, as is a fine gun. As Londonshooter knows, good wood is a window into the past. This Lang stock, fitted in 1867, was made from a blank that was likely cut at the very end of the 1700s from a tree that might have been a sapling when Elizabeth I was on the throne. Having been cured for some 70 years before stocking, there was, and is, no more movement to that wood, and the metal-to-wood fit is still perfect, despite 150+ years of seasons, weather, climate changes, etc etc.
the spank
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Planet Earth Wearing My Tinfoil Hat
They are all at new homes now. Sold them all this past year except for the Rizzini which I sold quite a few years ago.
sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
And here I was, expecting this to be a somewhat-funny thread where folks would put grainy pictures of shotgun... I guess something got lost in the translation 
- That's some pretty stunning-grainy-stuff!
- That's some pretty stunning-grainy-stuff!
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Edwin Michael Reilly 1869
