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< 16ga. Guns ~ A Lefever and a Husky walk into a bar... |
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:01 pm
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...and decide they like each other's company. These are my two current main squeezes, an 1896 6lb 6oz special order Lefever 12ga 30" cyl/f damascus ejector gun, and my Husqvarna mod. 100 16ga hammer gun. After collecting Husky's for a while, I've been itching to have another Lefever. This one is a gun I used to own, and it was made available to me again out of the blue. It's an amazing pheasant gun. Now I just need a good boat duck gun. Maybe a Husky underlever gun?? Or a boxlock?
The Husky 16 is one I've been working on the last couple years. I bought it as a cheap project gun with a poorly done re-stock as you can see below, and converted it to straight grip, added a 1" extension to a checkered butt, raised the comb 1/4", custom checkered it, custom grain (I had to cover the entire stock in caramel enamel due to all the alterations, so I added grain from scratch. I may change it later to a different pattern entirely.), and chukar art on the forend, a custom metal forend tip that I made just to dress it up a bit, re-laid the bottom rib, reblued the barrels, and just had it re-case colored. That's a ton of work, but this 6lb ic/xf gun is an amazing chukar gun, so it is worth it. This is what it looked like when I bought it:
Thanks for letting me share
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Sun Apr 08, 2018 6:53 pm
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Location: Lilburn, GA
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Beautiful guns for sure!! Who did the case color if I may ask?? Remarkably close to original Lefever , in my opinion anyway.. For a duck gun, how about a F grade 10ga fishhook? It most definitely came out of Syracuse as a duck gun, and needs t be a duck gun again!! |
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:27 am
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Thanks. Justin at Classic Case Colors in Idaho did the case colors on the Husky. I don't remember who did the colors for the Lefever, but they are a bit too strong imo for that gun. I'm going to tone them down a bit.
Your F grade 10 sounds interesting, but feeding it no tox ammo would get expensive. |
_________________ Gun art: www.marklarsongunart.com
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The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:42 am
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Pretty guns Mark! |
_________________ I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:10 am
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Quite a transformation on that Husky. Beautiful work as usual. |
_________________ An elderly gentleman, his faithful dogs, and a 16 ga SXS. All is right with the world. |
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:26 am
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Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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Mark, beautiful work as always! You sure are talented. As a side note to those who may be interested, Mark has done a few of his stock enhancements for me in the past. The finish is still holding up, no issues or problems. So if you want your sows ear stock to look like a swan, Marks the guy!
Best,
Greg |
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:27 pm
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Mark, very, very nice. Gil |
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:15 am
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Location: thick and uncivilized places in the Allegheny Mts.
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Mark
The word talented doesn't begin to describe you. |
_________________ Going into coverts becomes less a chase with the sole purpose of killing; it remains important to find game but the gratification-and I keep coming back to that word-is in the beauty of finding it. George Bird Evans A Dog, A Gun, And Time Enough. |
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:34 am
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 4:53 am
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Mark definitely has a Gift. |
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:39 am
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I'm still wondering why the Husky walked into the bar after watching the Lefever bang into it.
Nice job on the artificial graining. |
_________________ Only catch snowflakes on your tongue AFTER the birds fly south for the winter... |
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:25 am
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Beautiful guns, Mark. Stunning!! |
_________________ Mark |
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:11 pm
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Thank you for the kind words everyone. As an artist, I never expected that my art would spill over into the gun arena, but since it has, it has made it a lot more fun. I love finding new interesting diamonds in the rough to see what I can make of them... |
_________________ Gun art: www.marklarsongunart.com
Gallery art: www.marklarsonart.com
The man's prayer from the Red Green Show: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to. I guess." |
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Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:46 pm
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I would be happy to own either. Love your guns |
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Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:57 am
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Sweet looking doubles!
Along with your fantastic work, it looks like Justin does some nice case coloring. |
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