.36 Carolina rifle.

[gunmaker]

Done today, My idea of a Carolina squirrel rifle--sort a ......36 cal. 13/16" straight oct. Green mt.  42" bbl. Curly Sugar maple blank, Chamber's "Ketland" lock.  forged steel trim by me.  8 lb.  Comments welcome as usual, no throwing rocks or------Tom
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[Dogshirt]

NICE wood!

[mtnmike]

Mighty fine shootin iron there,,but it does belong here in Carolina instead of some foreign land don't you think?

[Patocazador]

Very nice indeed. 

Do you do swamped barrels in .36 or is there not enough metal thickness in a ~13/16" or 7/8" barrel?

[sweed]

Thanks gunny! ya really didnt hafta, but Ill be settin ona porch a waitin on ta brown truck.  Looks reeall nice! 

[beowulf]

  another fine piece of work !

[gunmaker]

It's going to NC in fact Mike, soon's I shoot it.  Pato there'd be enough metal for .36 in 13/16" or 7/8" Southern rifle's aren't hugely swamped so the waist would be O.K. at 3/4"....Tom

[Hawken50]

   Beautiful rifle Tom. Someone is mighty lucky.

[Papa]

Tom,
Very nice work, as usual, the wood is exceptional.
Mark

[mtnmike]

Gunny,,don't know how to thank you enough!! I'll be watching for that brown truck ok?

[hotfxr]

What a beautiful piece! (As usual) Do I detect a bit of right cast in the picture of the butt end of the stock? If it is, then I suppose you made this one for a specific customer and it wouldn't do me any good to intercept and divert the mailing process to send it up here since it most likely wouldn't fit me. Darn! Well, back to the cannon then.

[rdstrain49]

 :mini-devil-28492:That is what I've been looking for.

[gunmaker]

hotfxr,  - 3.00" drop @ heel, 13-1/2" pull with 1/4" cast-off.    aqua-fortis to darken curlys, rubbed back and Honey maple stain overlay.   so far 12 coats linseed oil rubbed until palm gets hot to force it into wood....Tom

[sweed]

so far 12 coats linseed oil rubbed until palm gets hot to force it into wood....Tom

Thats th part nobody likes about that finish. If ya aint got some callaus, ya just cant do it right. But it is a fine finish when done properly!  Heck I didnt know anybody else believed!!!

[Hanshi]

That's one good looking rifle.  My .36 SMR has a 3/4" x 38" barrel so a 13/16" barrel is way beyond strong.  I've got a .45 with a 13/16" barrel.