Posted: 9/30/2016 12:13:26 AM EDT
Found in related videos in the stock smoking thread:
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Found in related videos in the stock smoking thread:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAzJOULyx5c
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Wow, I have never seen this and I am simply amazed. The craftsmanship was outstanding, and I personally had never really given the subject much thought. He made this masterpiece in 12 days... simply amazing.
He made this at 19... EDIT: I was able to find one he sold, which brought 10,000 bucks. Probably worth every damn penny too 
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Wow, I have never seen this and I am simply amazed. The craftsmanship was outstanding, and I personally had never really given the subject much thought. He made this masterpiece in 12 days... simply amazing. He made this at 19... EDIT: I was able to find one he sold, which brought 10,000 bucks. Probably worth every damn penny too http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns080.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns083.jpg That's one pretty rifle. |
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Wow, I have never seen this and I am simply amazed. The craftsmanship was outstanding, and I personally had never really given the subject much thought. He made this masterpiece in 12 days... simply amazing. He made this at 19... EDIT: I was able to find one he sold, which brought 10,000 bucks. Probably worth every damn penny too http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns080.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns083.jpg If it was a CW gun, it was sold at a loss for 10k. They're more than that when they first sell and there's a considerable waiting list. |
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Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Quoted:
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Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Don't know about tons but yes a few dozen maybe. Check out Brad Emig's stuff |
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Quoted: Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Quoted: Quoted: Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. |
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Wow, I have never seen this and I am simply amazed. The craftsmanship was outstanding, and I personally had never really given the subject much thought. He made this masterpiece in 12 days... simply amazing. He made this at 19... EDIT: I was able to find one he sold, which brought 10,000 bucks. Probably worth every damn penny too http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns080.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k570/suzkat11/Gusler2/3horns083.jpg That is certainly a modern interpretation by a modern master. |
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Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. Quoted:
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Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. While that truly is a amazing display of craftsmanship, I agree that being able to replicate tools and techniques that were obsolete over 100 years ago is really "national treasure" level. I view this as fascinating but more in an artistic sense than in a practical sense. Kinda like the guy who built the 1:16 scale German railroad guns. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. Quoted:
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Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. Not really. People were doing it before. And others have been doing it well since, including at C. Williamsburg. Jus Brennan's guns are in an entirely different league than W. Gusler's. And he makes his own locks, etc., as well. Just his locks alone go for 10k and up. I love it all, I"m just saying I wouldn't use the term national treasure. Then there's the Houses in KY. They were the one's asked to make the guns for last of the mohicans, patriot, master and commander, etc. They are master blacksmiths as well. I've been around W. Gusler personally. I'm not sure that he's even making guns anymore. The new crop of guys doing it are better than ever before. |
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Quoted: Not really. People were doing it before. And others have been doing it well since, including at C. Williamsburg. Jus Brennan's guns are in an entirely different league than W. Gusler's. And he makes his own locks, etc., as well. Just his locks alone go for 10k and up. I love it all, I"m just saying I wouldn't use the term national treasure. Then there's the Houses in KY. They were the one's asked to make the guns for last of the mohicans, patriot, master and commander, etc. They are master blacksmiths as well. I've been around W. Gusler personally. I'm not sure that he's even making guns anymore. The new crop of guys doing it are better than ever before. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. Not really. People were doing it before. And others have been doing it well since, including at C. Williamsburg. Jus Brennan's guns are in an entirely different league than W. Gusler's. And he makes his own locks, etc., as well. Just his locks alone go for 10k and up. I love it all, I"m just saying I wouldn't use the term national treasure. Then there's the Houses in KY. They were the one's asked to make the guns for last of the mohicans, patriot, master and commander, etc. They are master blacksmiths as well. I've been around W. Gusler personally. I'm not sure that he's even making guns anymore. The new crop of guys doing it are better than ever before. I've met him, too, and we'll just have to agree to disagree on his staus as national treasure. Wallace had to figure out how to recreate the process of forge-welding barrels on his own and he inspired or trained the succeeding waves of flint rifle smiths, many of whom have, as you observe, developed the skills to make the really fancy stuff. I would put among them Jerry Wilhelmi. Certainly, the Houses have learned from him, too. |
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Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. Quoted:
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Wallace Gusler is a national treasure. Is that a little over the top? Tons of guys out there have the same skills. Not really. You can name the number of folks who forge-weld and then rifle their own barrels and make their own locks on one hand. And most of them learned from watching Wallace do it, first. The japanese value the living craftsmen of various skills, like blacksmithing, woodworking, paintine, swordmaking, etc, and their government calls and identifies them as national treasures. What do we have here? Retard musicians who suck without all their synthesizers, and thug football players. And criminals and traitors like the clintons. It really needs to collapse and reset here. Drain the swamp. The survivors will flock to skilled people like this guy. |
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Quoted: That guy is pretty old now, and the rifles he has built go for lots of money. He was the head gunsmith in williamsburg. Absolute master of the art. I think he's 75, now. He was 27 when that was filmed. Last I heard, he was still working, making rifles like this 2014 rifle:  His work has not suffered noticeably and still stands up with that of all but maybe one or two contemporary makers. |
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that's a really good video, seen it several times.
back in those days, a single decent rifle was family treasure. notice the part where they want to cast brass fittings and have to break down and melt brass finished goods since raw brass wasn't allowed to be exported to the colonies. |
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I think he's 75, now. He was 27 when that was filmed. Last I heard, he was still working, making rifles like this 2014 rifle: http://distinctionhr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dist0216_gunsmith_103.jpg His work has not suffered noticeably and still stands up with that of all but maybe one or two contemporary makers. Quoted:
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That guy is pretty old now, and the rifles he has built go for lots of money. He was the head gunsmith in williamsburg. Absolute master of the art. I think he's 75, now. He was 27 when that was filmed. Last I heard, he was still working, making rifles like this 2014 rifle: http://distinctionhr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dist0216_gunsmith_103.jpg His work has not suffered noticeably and still stands up with that of all but maybe one or two contemporary makers. GD could fuck up a wet dream. I challenge every purse-swinger in this thread to look at the photos posted here before posting any text and to ask thine self if your post is worth more than these photos. If not, let's just enjoy the craftsmanship, hey? |
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Quoted: GD could fuck up a wet dream. I challenge every purse-swinger in this thread to look at the photos posted here before posting any text and to ask thine self if your post is worth more than these photos. If not, let's just enjoy the craftsmanship, hey? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: That guy is pretty old now, and the rifles he has built go for lots of money. He was the head gunsmith in williamsburg. Absolute master of the art. I think he's 75, now. He was 27 when that was filmed. Last I heard, he was still working, making rifles like this 2014 rifle: http://distinctionhr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dist0216_gunsmith_103.jpg His work has not suffered noticeably and still stands up with that of all but maybe one or two contemporary makers. GD could fuck up a wet dream. I challenge every purse-swinger in this thread to look at the photos posted here before posting any text and to ask thine self if your post is worth more than these photos. If not, let's just enjoy the craftsmanship, hey? For those who want a peak at who Wallace is, what drives him, and what he is still doing, this is a good read: For those who doubt how good a builder Wallace Gusler really is, I quote from one of the comments to that article: "20 years ago while visiting Gunston Hall with Master Longrifle maker John Bivins of Winston Salem N. C. , I adked John who he thought was the best Longrifle maker, without pause he replied Wallace Gusler. John told me that Wallace taught him all that he knew as a maker." Who was John Bivins? John (RIP) was the guy the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hired to build PA-style long rifles for the Bicentennial, in 1976. Bivins has been dead since 2001, but his work still stands among the best. |