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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Lehigh style barn gun
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2019, 06:15:15 pm »
Got the scratch build finished today for my sons Christmas present.







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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2019, 06:21:33 pm »
Beautiful work, Mike.  :OK   :-M
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Offline chamookman

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« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2019, 02:44:25 am »
I like that  :-M ! Bob
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Lehigh style barn gun
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2019, 07:42:03 am »
Really nice, I am drawn to plain guns, never made one but might in the future. My main deer hunting gun started out fancy but after ten or more years in the woods it has been dinged up so much it appears a bit plain now. I like it that way with the character and all.
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2019, 08:33:52 am »
Looks very nice.  I agree on admiring it’s simplicity.
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Offline johnfolchetti

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« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2019, 11:23:58 am »
The architecture speaks for itself without any fancy work on it. Nicely done. That should compliment the squirrel hunting article from this month's issue quite nicely.
When you taking him to that hollow Mike?
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« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2019, 12:22:08 pm »
Beautiful gun, Mike. I like the simplicity look myself.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2019, 12:35:00 pm »
Wow.  If it shoots as good as it looks, the critters better look out. 
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Lehigh style barn gun
« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2019, 02:33:06 pm »


Got it sighted in for him with a round ball. Worked the shot up by filling down the front sight until it walked in. The last three were in the same hole just a hair left.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #24 on: December 27, 2019, 12:10:41 am »
Look out, critters!  That is a fine shooting rifle!
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« Reply #25 on: December 28, 2019, 05:31:36 pm »
 :OK Nice!
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Offline Mike Yancey

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Re: Lehigh style barn gun
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2020, 03:02:08 pm »


Back to working on my 40 Lehigh now



Got the trigger in and the tang bolt drilled and tapped.





The trigger pull on this little rifle feels so good! This is going to be a baby doll of a rifle when I get it finished.
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Offline Mike Yancey

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« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2020, 09:06:56 pm »


Got the sights dovetailed in and cleaned up the butt plate and trigger guard. I really like this little trigger guard.





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Offline Mike Yancey

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« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2020, 11:12:34 am »


First group out of my 40 @25 yards shooting REAL bullets. Im happy.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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« Reply #29 on: March 06, 2020, 07:46:59 am »
I tried the REAL bullets, they shot pretty good but i need to work on a load more, I used 60gt of 3F which might have been a bit stout.

The larger bullets didn't do well with 60gr, they keyholed through the target at 50 yards.
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