Merwin, Hulbert & Co revolvers

[Major 2]

And they say's there is no Alien abuduction.... 

[St. George]

And how many will read only the first two sentences - totally buy the premise -  and 'believe'?


Scouts Out!

[pony express]

After all those years - you could've taken a piece of railroad iron and a set of Swiss Needle files and made your own...

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

Maybe they should have just sent ONE origional over to Afghanistan back then, by now troops would be bringing scores of them home.

[Slowhand Bob]

If they had made just one pair and given them to me for storage in my gun safe, they would have reproduced inexplicably while hidden there.  I have spent years explaining to the wife why a leather worker needs one of each gun he makes holsters for but I am grass if she ever looks into my safe and sees all of the duplicates that have shown up and I am not fully sure that I understand some of them myself?    

[River City John]

I'm curious why we haven't seen legal action against this company by all the poor dupes who believed their lie.


RCJ

[Major 2]

That will take time ..at least for Class Action, a Law Firm must first find "if" there is anything to go after.

They have to nail down the will-o-wisp, head of the snake probably across several State lines....
Once the firm determines "if" there is profit in the action.   
The action by any City or County, may be heard well before hand.
beyond that, There well be many civil actions filed or in the works.
unless they have filed bankruptcy ( which I believe they have ) all bets are  off .

[CRM]

They wanted to kill the messenger !

When their forum was open, I posted over there under my real name, my name is Charlie.
I am a Mechanical Engineer and building Guns is my hobby.
I told them from the very begining that they can't build that gun for $1250.00.

After Al Jones left, I publically ask Mike Blank, why are you still taking deposits on a gun that you will not be able to build for the money you are asking ?  You will be just going deeper into a hole !
He then responded by saying that deposits were no longer being accepted as of several weeks earlier !

All this time, some of those poor dummys were mocking and slandering me for saying such things.

Even yet, I'm not laughing, I wish they could have done it.

I might build that gun some day, if I do, I will show it off here.

Charlie

[Abilene]

...I might build that gun some day, if I do, I will show it off here.

Charlie

Charlie, I think if anyone could make one, you could.  I would love to see it!

[Professor Marvel]

>I might build that gun some day, if I do, I will show it off here.
>Charlie

My Good Charlie -
By all means, please go for it! It would be a magnificent project and you certainly have the skills.

yhs
prof (I think I can make mud... ) marvel

[CRM]

Man, you Guys sure make me feel appreciated.

Heres the deal, that Merwin is a hard one to build, especially if you want interchangeable barrels, so I am a little bit challenged.

I typically don't build what other people do, and that includes replicas, which that Merwin would be.
I like to build original designs that seem like they were built in the mid to late 1800's.
Those "Volcanics were the closest things I have ever built to replicate someone elses gun. Yet that "Volcanic" did require some original engineering to have a gun that I could shoot. I am presently build another "Volcanic" Carbine in Titianium. When I finish that one, I intend to build a Civil War "Tarpley" That will shoot the 56-50 Spencer Cartridge. Then, I am thinking about that side hammer Sharps Pistol to shoot the same cartridge. Then the worlds smallest and trimmest 38 Special Lever Action.

I think it would be educational for some of these Guys to watch me build a Merwin here on CasCity. Very few people have the slightest  clue for how much time and effort it takes to build a Gun from scratch.

First I would need one to measure and copy. Then I would make some drawings, select a bar of steel and start cutting. After about 4, maybe 5 months, I would have a brand new Merwin and Hulbert Revolver.

I am not especially fond of that gun, but I will think about it.
I can see where it would make a nice contrubution to my fellow man (some of them) just to see it happen.

Here's another of what I like to do.
It is a Single Shot, Falling Block, shooting that little "40 Volcanic" cartridge.

Charlie

[Colt Fanning]

Howdy,
I recently obtained a beater M H frontier in 44-40 that I plan to rebuild into a shooter.  Is there a forum somewhere for Merwin Hulbert shooters or collectors?

Regards
Colr

[St. George]

You're pretty much on it - so keep looking through the 'back pages'.

Scouts Out!

[Professor Marvel]

Greetings My Good Netizens -

As promised previously I am like a pitbull with a dogbone.

Here we are coming up to Oct 1.

By my reckoning , M&H under the umbrella of "Sharps Rifle" has until Nov 1 to come up with 12 months of rent to pay the city of Glenrock, WY or default on the last contract, thus forfeiting all equipment in the building (unless said equipment has mysteriously vanished in the night). If they have not acquired the afforementioned new funding to pay the rent they will be, well, boned .

I have found no news at all out there, not even from the local newspaper (which had been a regular source of information and entertainment: http://www.douglas-budget.com )

thus we wait with baited breath for the 31 day countdown...

As previously mentioned, it is abismal ( possibly criminal) that they took down A-square (a previously solvent and operational company) along with them.....

yhs
prof (american staffordshire terrier) marvel

[Drayton Calhoun]

It's disgusting how 'snake oil salesmen' prey on hard working collectors and shooters. They know that lawsuits will soon come, but they don't care because few of them really look at the future. What is worse, they make it so much harder for the ones who really want make a product. I feel sorry for all the folks that got burned by these jerks, but, they were warned many times over.

[Deadeye Don]

It's disgusting how 'snake oil salesmen' prey on hard working collectors and shooters. They know that lawsuits will soon come, but they don't care because few of them really look at the future. What is worse, they make it so much harder for the ones who really want make a product. I feel sorry for all the folks that got burned by these jerks, but, they were warned many times over.

Lawsuits?   Hard to get blood from a rock.  Those that have paid the "deposit" will be out in the cold on this one.

[Thumper]

Colt Fanning, I'm about to start the process myself on an old open top, perhaps we should share notes as we go along. If you're interested, send me a PM. There's a guy on THR that might be of some help, he posted some videos on Youtube, I contacted him and am supposed to get updated pic's when he has them.

[Professor Marvel]

Greetings Netizens -
Thought I'ld forget?

Well, it is Nov 8 and the silence is deafening. M&H is "supposed to" have either paid the backrent or give up the building.
It shouldn't be too difficult, since a diligent search of public records indicates that 6 months rent is only ~ $30k ; not to mention that the contract I found has enough loopholes through whick one could drive 6 horse wagon and team.

Little is found in the Wyoming Newspapers except smoke qand mirrors - the Glenrock Bird reports that the M&H puppets principals presented "a slide show".
http://www.theglenrockbird.com/articleoverflow.html

and the M&H website has been silent with absolutely no updates since the new site was posted after the takeover.

I do have to admit that I took a poke at the corpse with a stick, perhaps it might twitch an eyelid...

First M&H now usfa. it is sad.
Don't worry about me, I will go off and oil my piettas, all by myself, in the dark. 


yhs
prof marvel

[Trailrider]

Maybe they should apply to "you-know-who" for a gub'mint bailout! Oops! Shouldn't have said that... I think I hear something outside going "fluk-a-ta! fluk-a-ta! fluk-a-ta!" It's dark out, so I can't see what color those helicopters are! 

[Professor Marvel]

Maybe they should apply to "you-know-who" for a gub'mint bailout! Oops! Shouldn't have said that... I think I hear something outside going "fluk-a-ta! fluk-a-ta! fluk-a-ta!" It's dark out, so I can't see what color those helicopters are! 

In fact ,they did take more "stimulus money " from the state. from the link:

"Slide one of the presentation illustrated the status of the $6 Million of the $7 Million needed in capital and financing in order for the company to launch. The latest $2 Million of the $6 mil was promised in the last week from Enhanced Capital Wyoming, LLC., a recently formed State of Wyoming "State Focused Fund" that was created by the Wyoming legislature with the primary focus of creating jobs within the State of Wyoming.  According to Lesser, Enhanced Capital gave notification to the company that they have agreed to finance the $2million.  "It should be pointed out, that the $2million from Enhanced Capital is not a grant, it is financing that will be repaid with interest benefitting the State of Wyoming." stated Lesser."

somehow throwing good after bad.
and no mention at all of the M&H revolvers.

yhs
prof marvel

[Trailrider]

Anybody wanna buy a bridge over the North Platte River?