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< 16ga. Guns ~ Just call me Ahab...H&H 16 |
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Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:02 pm
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Joined: 30 Nov 2011
Posts: 1698
Location: Minnesota
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Cool gun there UDF. Thought of you yesterday when I saw a high grade Lefever 16 at a shop. |
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Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:30 pm
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Joined: 07 Jun 2020
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Lovely gun and excellent project. |
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:29 pm
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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fn16ga wrote: |
Beautiful gun , I sure even more so when your done with it.
How long are the barrels .
Oh ya I want first dibs when you decide to sell this one .
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Barrels are 30" long.
I'll start a dibs list. |
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:40 pm
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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Savage16 wrote: |
Cool gun there UDF. Thought of you yesterday when I saw a high grade Lefever 16 at a shop.
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Thanks! I appreciate that. |
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:12 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Posts: 1943
Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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Mark, other than removing the "lovely" cheek pad and filling holes, have you found any structural issues to the stock? Looks like some nice wood underneath. Gil |
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Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:17 pm
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Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2170
Location: Florida
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UncleDanFan wrote: |
fn16ga wrote: |
Beautiful gun , I sure even more so when your done with it.
How long are the barrels .
Oh ya I want first dibs when you decide to sell this one .
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Barrels are 30" long.
I'll start a dibs list.
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I guess I'm behind Dave E on that list . |
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Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:34 am
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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Gil S wrote: |
Mark, other than removing the "lovely" cheek pad and filling holes, have you found any structural issues to the stock? Looks like some nice wood underneath. Gil
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No not yet. I don't see any cracks. The stock was hollowed out at some point, with a solid plastic extension added. It doesn't really matter though, as I'll be filling the entire cheek area in with lightweight wood epoxy resin if it's dished out underneath, replacing the extension, fixing any cracks that do show up after disassembly, and then covering over the repairs and re-graining into the existing grain. Not sure how far I'll go yet with the custom artwork, although I do have a couple concepts in mind, incorporating some gold and silver leaf vine/leaf patterns from H&H engraving I like. I'm going to pattern it today to see if any stock adjustments are necessary before I get started with the stock. |
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Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:06 am
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Joined: 18 Aug 2010
Posts: 399
Location: Ballymoney Northern Ireland
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Mark that's a nice buy , look forward to seeing it finished and out after game this season it couldn't have went to a better home it just needs a bit of your creative TLC, happy hunting with it WJ. |
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Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:39 pm
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wj jeffery 16 wrote: |
Mark that's a nice buy , look forward to seeing it finished and out after game this season it couldn't have went to a better home it just needs a bit of your creative TLC, happy hunting with it WJ.
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Thank you very much. i patterned it and shot some skeet with it today, and it handles the long crossers very well with those long barrels. I imagine it was probably originally designed as a driven pheasant/grouse gun. One can only imagine the game it has taken over the last 110 years. |
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The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:12 am
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Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 438
Location: thick and uncivilized places in the Allegheny Mts.
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Well done Capt Ahab well done. |
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Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:49 am
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
Posts: 1310
Location: Western WA
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I’m almost at a loss for words. You actually found Moby Dick in the ocean of 16 ga guns, harpooned him, pulled him aboard, and stowed him away in your locker. Well done Cap’n!
B. |
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Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:58 am
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Location: The Great Northwet
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Brewster11 wrote: |
I’m almost at a loss for words. You actually found Moby Dick in the ocean of 16 ga guns, harpooned him, pulled him aboard, and stowed him away in your locker. Well done Cap’n!
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Aye Matey! I would say I'm enjoying me booty, but you might get the wrong idea. |
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The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:02 am
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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Location: Western WA
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...and we might as well close out all the new “look what I found“ posts here for the foreseeable future. It will be hard to top this one, unless someone shows up with Number 2.
Cheers
B. |
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:06 am
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Posts: 1943
Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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Here's a website that maintains a data base of matched pairs and those attempting to locate a match: http://www.matchedpairs.com/#
I ain't forgotten those harpoons.
Moby |
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Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:41 am
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Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 1973
Location: Maine
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Nice acquisition, UDF! |
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