may parents are headed up north for a month so they wanted to give me my birthday gift early. what I got I sure as hell was not expecting and I don't even know what to think.
but first a little back story
my grandfather who i never met was a tool and die maker in ashtabula ohio where i grew up. he taught both my father and my uncle everything he knew and both my dad and me uncle continued making there own flintlock and cap and ball rifles and pistols for many years as a side hobby. right before i came into the piture my uncle and my dad had a falling out and they litteraly went 20 years without speaking. so i never met my uncle. since guns were my dad and uncles thing, my dad stopped making guns all together. i ended up a collector myself but it was always purchased things. well about 5 years ago my uncle and my dad were reunited and they are like best friends again. well my dad who is 70 years old and my uncle who is now 73 have spend every single day for the past 6 months making me my own custom rifle from the two the them. the best part is the barrle and the lock are both HAND MADE by my GRANDFATHER!!! the stock is made out of a solid piece of tiger maple from the farm in ohio. i am speachless
but first a little back story
my grandfather who i never met was a tool and die maker in ashtabula ohio where i grew up. he taught both my father and my uncle everything he knew and both my dad and me uncle continued making there own flintlock and cap and ball rifles and pistols for many years as a side hobby. right before i came into the piture my uncle and my dad had a falling out and they litteraly went 20 years without speaking. so i never met my uncle. since guns were my dad and uncles thing, my dad stopped making guns all together. i ended up a collector myself but it was always purchased things. well about 5 years ago my uncle and my dad were reunited and they are like best friends again. well my dad who is 70 years old and my uncle who is now 73 have spend every single day for the past 6 months making me my own custom rifle from the two the them. the best part is the barrle and the lock are both HAND MADE by my GRANDFATHER!!! the stock is made out of a solid piece of tiger maple from the farm in ohio. i am speachless
