It has been a long time building, but it is done!

[Ace Lungger]

Howdy Pards,
30 years ago I had a small remington rolling block action, and built a nice 22 rifle out of it! Bought the complete action for $5.00, but back then I only made $2.35 per hour, and had a wife and son to support! Well most of us have been threw this, but I needed money and a gun collector offered me over a month wages for it, so it went bye bye!
I have allways wanted another, and last year I got a chance to buy a 1867 action, and I have been working on it off and on (do to my back problems) and I just got it finished Wensday.
It isn't very fancy, but I think it will shoot well, it has a 34" long barrel and it is a 45-70! It sure isn't as nice as Sir Charles's rolling block's, but this is a starter!
Thanks for looking.
ACE

[Silver Creek Slim]

Looks nice, pard.

Slim

[Ace Lungger]

Thanks for the kind words Slim. Like i said, it isn't that nice, but I did it my self and it is allways nice to make something out of nothing.
Later
ACE

[Muddy Creek Sam]

Ace,

Damn nice Job.  8)Hope you like the Pics I sent you of my new 38-55.

Sam

[Ace Lungger]

Howdy Sam  ,
That High Wall of yours is SWEET It has all the bells and whistles, which saves you big Bucks!!! Those shoot AWESOME, my friend has one, and it is a tack driver!!!!
Thanks for the Kudos on that old junker I built!
Later
ACE

[Dusty Morningwood]

Ace:
Anything that is a labor of love is beautiful.  Great job!

[Ace Lungger]

Thanks for the kind words Dusty,
Since I got hurt, I have focused on making custom guns and custom leather rigs. It is very rewarding to take a pile of parts and make something work and work right. I missed a very good deal on a 36" bed jet lathe with lots of goodies! And it was cheap! My problems is I cannot stand over 15 mins. and cannot sit strait up in a chair, so when I am leather working, I have a good office chair on casters that I can lean back and relax! I have been shooting for 48 years, i have been reloading for 36 years, i sold all my progessive shotgun loaders, but still have 3 progessive pistol/rifle press, 2 single stages, 4 sets if powder scales and a $1200.00 bullet weight scale, 3 RCBS Powder dumps, and one Blending mull powder dump. 2 years ago, I bought a Cresent 16ga SXS in a box, and had to build firing pins, firing pin holders and springs, the internal hammers, and more! My back won't let me shot factory loads, and since I shot registered skeet for 4 years, I came up with a real nice 5/8oz load to shoot in the 16ga. So I am shooting a 410 load in a 16ga. For 20 years I rebuilt 1911's for all my friends. I just love guns. I have several on the back burner, but allways looking for the old single shot falling block or rolling block actions. I am not very good at fitting wood anymore!
If you every want to talk guns, just pm me and I might or might not be able to help you.
Later
ACE