Robby

Enjoyed all of it, story and pictures. Thank you. Robby

Big old Tom walked by my shop this morning, all alone. Got my blood up!!!! Robby

Sounds idyllic OMG, and ideally I would be carrying my hand made osage longbow and ash wood arrows. Robby

I could never understand you guys that camo up from head to toe. You hunting or making war on this poor creatures. Ah well, to each his own, if it makes you feel bad a.................................. Robby

At, I do sell one occasionally. I enjoy making them and try to make as much of it as I can. Sometimes kind of fancy, sometimes kind of plain.

I will be. I had one walking over the crusty snow outside my shop door last week. He looked pissed off! HAH! Robby

I finished up a .36 caliber western Carolina rifle a few weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to sight it in properly, what with the crap weather we have had, but I see some woodchucks in its near future. Something about the plain and rugged beauty of these guns that captured my imagination so I made one. Robby

I thought maybe I could stir up a little more interest in old time muzzle loading. This is a .40 Cal., 44" barrel, iron furniture. Its very light and a dandy small game rifle, though in other states, deer can are legally taken with this caliber. Robby

Being a new guy here I hesitate to wade in on this, but, what the heck. I've been around awhile, long enough to remember when the compound bow showed up. Oh, the hue and cry from the traditionalists, and again when the mechanical release was legalized, etc.the crossbow. Anyone that knows me knows that I like hunting with, what many would consider the more 'primative' impliments of game taking, and they also know that I never ever fought against what kind of gear my fellow hunters choose to use. I may argue when in the course of the season they should be allowed, but never "what" their choice of weaponry is. In a free society, its not what you can do that causes problems, its people, weather politicians or our own peers, telling us what we can't or shouldn't do that causes the problem. In this case ten pages worth. I don't care if A man wants to hunt with a slingshot that he paints black, or a semiautomatic rifle that comes off the shelf already that color. As long as they're well practiced, ethical and follow the rules of fair chase their okay by me, enjoy the wonders of the great out of doors and the ancient art of hunting. Its none of my business and shouldn't be any of yours, especially based on some weird perception that evokes such a wide and shifting variety of baseless arguments. So look into your own heart and try to discover what your real problem is. Robby

That is a fowling gun I made, it is about the equivalent of todays 16Ga.. The calls are Maple. I have made them from a variety of woods like Poplar, Osage, walnut and Black Cherry which makes a very nice call. Pretty exciting when you realize that the big Tom down the woods is talking to, you! Robby

Thank you At. That was a five round string at 50 yards about ten years ago. Getting old, I have trouble with the iron sights these days, but if I'm having a good day and the light is just right, it will still hold a good tight group.

Thank you fellows!!! Glad to have found this place. Grampy, when ever you are ready I am happy to share anything I have learned. Robby

sbuff, Well faux striping was done, mostly in the cap lock era and mostly it was applied by hand. It is a 1:66 or 1:72, I don't remember. Robby

Never, It is sugar maple, the curly grain doesn't show up in every tree. It is that variation that was commonly used back in the day, and today as well for that matter. The color is achieved by applying a reagent called Aquafortis, which is a nitric acid and water solution with iron chips thrown in till they dissolve. It is applied to the stock and heated till it attains the color you see. It really makes the grain pop. The finish, if I remember correctly is a boiled linseed oil of my own making. Robby

I truly love turkey hunting. I've never taken on with a center fire gun. A large part of the fun for me is making the equipment I hunt with, gun, calls, and other associated accouterments. Robby

Well, one of them anyway. .54Cal., 44" swamped barrel. Robby

I hope this picture comes out okay, my first attempt here. These heads I forged myself, they are spade shaped and sharpened all the way around. Mounted on wood from an ash tree that I sacrificed for this purpose. Robby

I just found out about this site and being a life long New Yorker and life long Hunter, I thought it would be a nice place to visit, learn, and share. I absolutely love the climate and geography of our state and absolutely abhor the Liberty stealing politics of it. I enjoy making primitive archery equipment, flintlock rifles, fowling guns, and hunting with them. I'm retired and will continue hunting as long as my health will allow, and probably even if it doesn't, HAH! Robby