My Highwall project... complete!

leelad,

I just found this thread I have never seen anything like this in my life. You are the CAPTAIN my friend!....:)

Absolutely stunning work! Your talent almost brings a tear to my eye, you should be teaching Marlin and Remington how to build firearms.

Thanks so much for sharing, you totally made my evening!.....:)

Kindest regards,

John
 
Wow ! Simply beautiful, I'm following this thread since the beginning so are you be able to let us how much more time you put in this project after 700 hours. Now I wish I were a hunter to own one since the rifle is again truly beautiful, just simply perfect the way it is, without all the crazy engraving on it.
 
I tinker and do a bit of refinishing on older firearms ... trying to stay away from the much feared "bubba" methodology while doing so. It gives me some satisfaction.

I cannot even imagine the sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment that must come from completing the sort of project you have so graciously shared with us here on CGN.
Terms like "impressive", "outstanding", and "incredible" fall miserably short of being adequate descriptors of your work ... done with levels of knowledge, skill, patience, dedication, and passion, that most of us will never experience. Quite simply ...WOW!
 
Thanks for all the kind words guys!

automaticslim: I did my stamping with hand stamps using an L shaped jig on the mill. This kept things straight and in line, and I just moved my X axis the "pitch" of the stamps.
 
leelad said:
Thanks guys! Im pretty pleased with them to say the least...

NCShooter: Well the FIRST first shots were fired from a string with the gun mounted in a sled... The feeling there was a mixture of "its still in one piece, this is good!" and (picture Richard Hammond's voice from Top Gear) "a bullet went out!!!". But the next shots were pretty cool! There was a definite feeling of "Wow, these parts I've made are now a gun! it isn't a collection of parts anymore, its become a thing!"

Slimbo: The rings pictured are Talley rings. I'm not overly impressed with them though (they're not round and they dinged up my scope tube. And they weren't talking to each other well either. I mounted them on a 1" shaft and re-cut the dove tails(metal seemed awfully soft...) true to each other but that doesn't fix the tube denting issue... The scope I want to run for sheep hunting needed a taller set of rings anyway so I just made some myself(4140). Took too long but at least I know they're good... The last couple of days has been a loading/shooting frenzy! after screwing around with scope stuff the last month and playing with different powder/bullet combos I think I have some stuff figured out. Gonna load up another twenty and see if I can push back to 500m tonight...

FLHTCUI: I made the shell carriers(pics here somewhere). They're cut with the chamber reamer which means the round locks into place tight. So I cut a slot in the back of them and have a strip of oring in there to create a little give. Seems to be working quite well... I'll see how the oring holds up though.
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Read your river hunting thread and it was great. Did you manage to get out chasing sheep?
 
Wow wow wow amazing work, craftsmanship and attention to details!! fantastic!! I love single shot rifles and if I could I would buy more of them and that right there would be on my list!! Both of them, what a fantastic combo!! 410(or even a 22lr)for small games and a 7x57 or 64 for everything else.... do you plan on making them in small batches?
Again, fantastic work!!
 
OMG!!! That's some fantastic work friend! Hats off! I do not own any single shots but ya got me wondering what ya would charge for something like that!?
 
I don't visit the gunsmithing forum very often and never saw this thread... wow... amazing project, very impressive journey to your final result. The river hunting thread makes sense now... getting a river trip done takes some serious commitment and resolve, it is clear from this thread you have that internal resolve in spades. You can't "half-azz" something like this... Kudos for envisioning, compiling, performing and completing a monumental task. Personal tastes being what they are, I would feel very petty about ANY criticism... the only change I would have made, would be to leave off the brass shell holders on both guns and to slim and profile the pistol grip down to an elegant Prince of Wales type of grip... I find the grip profile heavy for such an elegant rifle... regardless you have created an impressive masterpiece and learned some amazing skills along the way. Take care and good shooting.
 
hoytcanon said:
I don't visit the gunsmithing forum very often and never saw this thread... wow... amazing project, very impressive journey to your final result. The river hunting thread makes sense now... getting a river trip done takes some serious commitment and resolve, it is clear from this thread you have that internal resolve in spades. You can't "half-azz" something like this... Kudos for envisioning, compiling, performing and completing a monumental task. Personal tastes being what they are, I would feel very petty about ANY criticism... the only change I would have made, would be to leave off the brass shell holders on both guns and to slim and profile the pistol grip down to an elegant Prince of Wales type of grip... I find the grip profile heavy for such an elegant rifle... regardless you have created an impressive masterpiece and learned some amazing skills along the way. Take care and good shooting.
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I must concur, super gorgeous project! I love single shot falling blocks and that one is a beauty, love the chambering as well!
Cat
 
Thanks all!

Blargon, DGY and Silver69: A price on THESE?... that's a good one! haha
Honestly though, Making more of these is very much something I hope to be able to do. Currently however, I've got my hands full getting my shop set up for gunsmithing and barrel manufacture. The federal licencing required to manufacture firearms for sale carries significantly more cost than "simple smithing", and as a start up, I don't need the extra red tape. Barrels are non regulated, however, and a given bore diameter can be marketed to any make/model of firearm reducing the required overhead for said startup.

As to potential cost of such a future build, There are too many variables to drop a number. They would be built to order, giving the customer maximum choice in preferences and would need to have a corresponding price tag. However at the same time, I know enough about manufacturing and business to realize I'll need to invest in the equipment necessary to produce these as efficiently as possible if I am to have a hope of actually finding buyers... (I put 750+ shop hours into building this pair. Such labor would require near London maker price tags)

Hoyt: Absolutely! everyone will have differing preferences and that's just great!(Otherwise we'd all be shooting a generic bolt gun in .308) As I said to Ron Smith when I showed him the finished product, He had the same opinion of the side saddles; "Well Ron, If I was making it for you, I would have happily omitted that feature" (He laughed).

Slimbo: I did get it out on a sheep hunt, alas we saw only ewes and lambs and the rifle never came out of its case...
Here are a few pictures of that trip though...











 
I was thinking at least $7500/each, but that only leaves you $10/hr...:)

Nice to see you still have time for hunting!
 
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