Tell me about your guncart

[Nine Toe Jim]

Did anyone happen to notice that it looks like Rattlesnake Jack in one of those original pictures? Wow has he been around that long??

NTJ

[RattlesnakeJack]

Well, I dunno Jim ...

I did a blowup to check and, except for some similarity in girth,
I just don't see the resemblance!

[Nine Toe Jim]

YOur right RSJ I just noticed the horns. Right age group wrong person HAW!

[Badlands Walker]

Dem' sure is some nice lookin' gun carts pards.  This is the one I prefer.  I designed & built this myself back in 2004 out at the ranch.  You can get a good look at it on my old pard's Coal Valley Hoss' webpage at: http://www.kansascas.com/ and iffn' you have a hankering to build one, just shoot me an email & I will get them plans right out to ya.

Ya'll have a great day, ya' hear! 

[boot strap jack]

BW that is one nice coach. I need to build one myself. Is it heavy? What kind of lumber did you use? How close to scale is it, or at all?

[Badlands Walker]

Boot Strap, thanks for the kind words pard.  The stagecoach fills the back of the old Ford Pick-up if that helps pard, lol.  I would guess the weight at about 45 to 55 pounds and it is made mostly of pine.  The wagon wheels are the most expensive part of the creation so, you may want to look around to get the best deal possible.  I had a pard tell me it's probably a little under 1/4 scale?

If you're interested in the plans for this thing, (instructions, diagrams & photos) shoot me an email (eosimages@suddenlink.net) and I will get them right out to ya pard.

[Arcey]

Seen one of them coaches, up close 'n personal, built from those plans by Texas Ant, Mechanicsville, VA. Very, very nice. Ant tells me he got some technical advice from BW by phone.

Me? I wouldn't attempt it. Ant is a craftsman. I'm a hack with a jigsaw who knows his limitations.

[Adirondack Jack]

That's a fine lookin stage!!!

Meanwhile, for something entirely different, I put this lightweight cart together.


four guns, folding, removable integral front "box" bucket.


Wheels and handle are salvaged from a an old "goat cart".


Bucket serves as ammo tray and cooler with a foam insert inside.

Haven't used it yet, but I think it'll be ok.

[Adirondack Jack]

Awful nice lookin' werk.  I'd just hate ta push (pull) it some places I shoot. Ya need small 'n light.  Real muddy in places too.

When I was a kid, Mechanics Illustrated had plans for a scale '03 curved dash Oldsmobile.  Really like to convert them plans o'er to electric motivation 'n make a gun cart outtah the thing.  I'd have ta have a trailer to take it places but that ain't difficult ta come by.

Pipe dreams...

Somewhere in my junk, I have a copy of that MI issue.  Arthur Godfrey and a buddy of his were selling those cars as kits (they had the olds and a ford), pushing em to folks in the then new gated retirement communities where they woulda been legal to use.

It's a big machinist job to build one, but it wure would be neat

[Arcey]

Happy ta hear someone else remembers it, Jack. Startin' ta think I might have just dreamed it. Would be a unique cart.

[Adirondack Jack]

Happy ta hear someone else remembers it, Jack. Startin' ta think I might have just dreamed it. Would be a unique cart.

http://cowboy45special.com/1901Olds.html

[Arcey]

That's it. Thanks. It's been a long time.

[Dick Dastardly]

Most gun carts I've seen share a common problem, or two.  Ever since I've been allowed to carry a gun, after my 6th birthday, I've been taught that the end of the gun with the round hole is where the violence comes out.  In other words, I hate looking down gun barrels, especially my own.

To that end, I've designed a minimalist gun cart that won't require the operator to look down his gun barrels when he's moving the cart.  It's a two wheel design that folds up easily and can be hung on wall pegs when not in use.  It'll transport easily, haul all the ammo needed for a full annual match and hold up to Four long guns.  I'm making Two of 'em.  One each for my Two Sons in Law.  They are great pards to shoot with.  My daughters made good choices.

Ok, I'll post photos when I get the first one finished.

FWIW, my own gun cart has me looking down the barrels and it'll get replaced when I'm done with the first two carts.  I'm thinkn' it will become a garden tool cart for my bride.  She will get a kick out of having a cart to move her garden stuff around in.

Stand by for photos in a couple of weeks.

DD-DLoS

[Flash Powder Hal]

Recently finished my own guncart,

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7182544

A little differnt then most,

but I like it 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Looks good ta me, pard.

Slim

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

                                                           That will work, well done


                                                                     tEN wOLVES 

[Relentless Renegade]

New to this forum and am enjoying.
2nd year in CAS. Built a couple carts now to try my hand at them.

[Black Powder]

RR - That there is a darn good lookin' cart.

BP

[Relentless Renegade]

Thanks Black Powder!

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Howdy there Relentless Renegade 


           Nice job on the cart pard, that should raise some eyebrows at your shoots , well done 


                                                        tEN wOLVES