Friday, November 3, 2023

New Work by Adam Daub

 










Photography supplied by Adam Daub.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 3, 2023 at 9:03 AM

    These rifles are so generic, f you have seen one you have seen a thousand, originating nails sell at gun shows real cheap, I prefer Rifles with Artistic Details, fine carving and engraving.

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    1. AnonymousNovember 3, 2023 at 12:43 PM

      Mountain rifle still are Artistic. This particular rifle built by Adam was a bench copy of an original built from a blank and all hand forged hardware. Anybody can build a Golden Age Rifle with cast brass hardware, but to build these "Generic" rifles as you say all parts have to be hand forged to the rifle. You can't just build a mountain rifle with cast parts and it be correct. I've built your so called artisitic rifles with engraved patchboxes and carving and EVERYBODY DOES. not many can build a proper mountain rifle and get them right. Any hand-built rifle Is Artistic.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 3, 2023 at 12:30 PM

    Unlike the highly polished Lancaster rifles built for the Gentry in settled lands— Mountain rifles inculcate the hardships of the wild frontier, and rugged terrain of Appalachia down the old wagon road. These guns were forged for necessity, and survival with what minimal resources they had. A look at the extended barrel tang down the wrist into the comb speaks for its strength to overcome the terrain.

    The artist who build the above rifle brought life into this contemporary bench copy of an original surviving mountain rifle. Down to the handmade sights with subtle engravings. If a Lancaster rifle is a fine wine—mountain rifles are Sour Mash whiskey. It’s an acquired taste that not all can handle.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM

    Today everybody is an Artist,, the title is so over send, building one of these does qualify a person to be called an Artist, an Artist is some one like Ian Pratt, Allan Martin, the Gahagans ,, this Rifle is not in the running to be called Art,, anyone at any time came to this. Josh Wrigthsman s an Artist.. who ever built this has to build many many more to become one.

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    1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2023 at 8:35 AM

      If it wasn’t Art it would not have made the page. This is a bench copy of an original gun. If you don’t like it, you don’t like the original— the recreation was done well.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 5, 2023 at 8:23 AM

    Jim Kibler makes as good as one can be,, affordable ,, perfect lines, in plain to fancy wood. They are nice to handle.

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    1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2023 at 8:34 AM

      You mean a CNC machine makes it. This is a hand built rifle, with hand forged hardware built in methods similar to the 18th century. You’re comparing Apples to Oranges. The imperfections of handmade works add to their beauty.

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  5. Wayne EstesNovember 9, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    Whatever happened to “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all??

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