This is just wrong

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:06 pm

on so many levels

http://www.forthehunt.com/auction/ViewI ... m=88392284

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:13 pm

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:26 pm

OH MY GOODNESS, THAT IS PATHETIC.

bigbore442001 · Post by **bigbore442001** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:43 pm

It is different.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:45 pm

Speechless!

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:49 pm

That is just plain igernut

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:50 pm

Better close this thread before marlinman sees this. He will have a heart attack

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:00 pm

What a shame.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:08 pm

I don't necessarily agree that it's ugly; why it has a fine collection wood working skills and examples incorporated in ONE arm.

No, I ain't bidding tho!

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:38 pm

I think it's kinda purty...

azoil · Post by **azoil** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:51 pm

I agree FW. Those posies on the butt stock really set it off don't they??

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:11 pm

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.

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:37 pm

If he will take $50.00 for it, I will bid!!!!!! Art

cubrock · Post by **cubrock** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:54 pm

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....

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:01 am

Going for the pool cue look on that forearm?

Greg807 · Post by **Greg807** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:40 am

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.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:46 am

I think the worst ones are the brass tack decorated stocks

That was pretty for at least one other person, tho

Greg807 · Post by **Greg807** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:55 am

If your post is directed at me I didn't say it was pretty, it just has character, could you do that kind of work?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:56 am

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...

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:58 am

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.

Good point, Greg.
And welcome aboard!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:20 am

That ain't nothin. I saw a .30-40 Kraig once that had been carved from front to back and everywhere in between with the point of a nail. Very unique.

Rusty <><

hornetguy · Post by **hornetguy** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:19 pm

I've always believed form follows function...

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...

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:22 am

Looks like someone needs to call boyds or midway or something...

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:12 am

It's not half bad IMHO. I wonder what the reserve is?

JB · Post by JB » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:19 am

Bubba the gunsmith is alive and well it seems!

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:38 am

It doesn't come close to the ugliest rifle I've ever seen.

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:31 pm

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.