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I have the tooling and skill set to build almost anything but a rifled bore. As I approach retirement I am wondering about scratch building a rifle. I have seen some beautiful examples of rifles made by home craftsmen including a dead ringer for a Marlin model 39.
At one time I was all set to build a .40 cal 44" barrel Ohio Squirrel rifle but had to sell the components to pay bills. (it would have been more of an assembly as the only thing I would have done from scratch it carve the stock)
Any way ruling out so called Black Rifles as I have no real interest in them. If you could build a rifle from scratch anything from a Single Shot break action or rolling block to a Lever or Pump or even semi auto. What would you like to give a try to.
At one time I was all set to build a .40 cal 44" barrel Ohio Squirrel rifle but had to sell the components to pay bills. (it would have been more of an assembly as the only thing I would have done from scratch it carve the stock)
Any way ruling out so called Black Rifles as I have no real interest in them. If you could build a rifle from scratch anything from a Single Shot break action or rolling block to a Lever or Pump or even semi auto. What would you like to give a try to.