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10-20-2012, 08:15 AM | #1 |
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Raffle Gun - Any preferences?
I'm going to make a gun for the raffle ...was wondering if there were any preferences on length, # bands, track type, types of wood, scuba (sinker) or freediving?
Have teak, padauk, tigerwood, genuine mahogany, leopardwood, purpleheart, canary wood, wenge (dark brown) & monterillo (type of rosewood) on hand. The gun will be all wood...either mid, rear, or rear handle plus. |
10-20-2012, 10:53 AM | #2 |
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Re: Raffle Gun - Any preferences?
48-50", rear or rear +, tigerwood, enclosed track, freediving, 2-3 bands
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10-20-2012, 11:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: Raffle Gun - Any preferences?
i have found that the best thing to do is give a credit amount , and then do a custom gun for the winner .that way it is always the right gun , and the winner can always pay to upgrade if they want something way more than you had planed
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That does sound like the best way! However, I don't have skills like you...it takes me a long time to build a gun. I'd rather have 4 months to slowly work on the gun, than feeling I need to quickly get a gun done for someone. I like the idea of the gun being there & ready to use...otherwise it's like getting a toy at Xmas, but having no batteries. |
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10-20-2012, 11:59 PM | #6 |
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Re: Raffle Gun - Any preferences?
I wanted the gun from last year but make it more euro style.
I also like the look of alternating lams of different properties. Light dark, tight grain wide grain, etc Enclosed track with front open or deep open. Lot of love on it |
10-29-2012, 07:37 PM | #7 | |
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10-30-2012, 08:06 PM | #8 |
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10-30-2012, 08:27 PM | #9 | |
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I don't remember the specifics of last year's gun, but I do remember how striking the dark stained (and oiled?) wood was. It didn't seem that different than other guns I've seen, but somehow it just was way more pleasing to look at. Maybe it was the finish or the grain (or something), I couldn't exactly define what exactly made the gun so appealing to me. I remember picking it up and showing it to Sheri and asked what manufacturer made this gun... and I could tell she was REALLY impressed as well.
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10-30-2012, 08:30 PM | #10 |
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10-30-2012, 08:50 PM | #12 |
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10-30-2012, 09:16 PM | #13 |
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Maybe put " 2013 Blue Wild Winner " somewhere on the gun also.
If that gun is ever lost, won't be hard to find the owner since they will have the biggest grin on all the pictures taken with it. And it's pretty cool to show your buddies the winner emblem on the boats!
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11-07-2012, 11:24 AM | #15 |
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Re: Raffle Gun - Any preferences?
Big ups to you Wile! i'll be dumping plenty on it as well.
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