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<blockquote data-quote="Locksley" data-source="post: 1826041" data-attributes="member: 1107"><p>Yes I have the foxfire books and I was on farms back in the 1950s with my grandparents and saw and did a lot of the things in the foxfire books. A farmer in Tennessee and Kentucky back then killed his hoggs and built barns with his hands. </p><p> I have met John Bivens and he tought me back in 1984 M/L rifle carving at the longrifle school at Western KY university. I have met and he Linton Mc Kenzie tought me M/L rifle engraving at that school Western KY university and at Troy state University over in North Carilina. I have met Jim Chambers on his place over in North Carolina also and talk about the history of the longrifle in our country and watched him working on rifles custom ordered by guys. I bought the nicest piece of currly maple stock blank I ever saw from Jim Chambers there one night because it was to short for the rifles he builds and was just right to make a rifle like one I saw in the books on longrifles. I was a fairly good shot and could make a decent rifle , not as good as those masters in the foxfire books though. I got disabled before I got good enough. LOL </p><p> I did fit a custom barrelled mauser 98 rifle action in the wooden stock while setting up in my bed in my basement bedroom in Antioch once or twice though . But my son will have to sight it in and use it now , it sure is a nice 308 Winchester though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Locksley, post: 1826041, member: 1107"] Yes I have the foxfire books and I was on farms back in the 1950s with my grandparents and saw and did a lot of the things in the foxfire books. A farmer in Tennessee and Kentucky back then killed his hoggs and built barns with his hands. I have met John Bivens and he tought me back in 1984 M/L rifle carving at the longrifle school at Western KY university. I have met and he Linton Mc Kenzie tought me M/L rifle engraving at that school Western KY university and at Troy state University over in North Carilina. I have met Jim Chambers on his place over in North Carolina also and talk about the history of the longrifle in our country and watched him working on rifles custom ordered by guys. I bought the nicest piece of currly maple stock blank I ever saw from Jim Chambers there one night because it was to short for the rifles he builds and was just right to make a rifle like one I saw in the books on longrifles. I was a fairly good shot and could make a decent rifle , not as good as those masters in the foxfire books though. I got disabled before I got good enough. LOL I did fit a custom barrelled mauser 98 rifle action in the wooden stock while setting up in my bed in my basement bedroom in Antioch once or twice though . But my son will have to sight it in and use it now , it sure is a nice 308 Winchester though. [/QUOTE]
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