Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Craftsmanship => Gun Building and Repair => Topic started by: Reactor on January 06, 2020, 05:42:14 PM
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I sent out my Rice barrel to get jugg choked. I asked that the wedding bands (2) be cleaned up and there was a tool score mark on the barrel. I asked if he could clean that up "since it would take me a lot of time to sand it out by hand". I also stated that if he couldn't not to worry i would do it by hand.
This is what I got back. OUCH!!!
Not very historically correct. Irreparable, I hope Rice has another in stock. More $$
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DANG!!! (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/shocked/big-surprise-smiley-emoticon.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)
Where did you send the barrel to have the work done?
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I'm going to give the guy a chance to make it right before I put his name out there. His website states that he is a gun builder so I never thought that this is what he would do when i asked to "clean up the two wedding bands". I had nicked them when I was filing the barrel so i thought he could just smooth them out for me. A ten second job with some very fine sand paper, 400 or higher. Much easier to make them clean while turning on a lathe. Same with the tool mark just a little sandpaper when spinning on the lathe is what I asked for. I hope he makes this right. I had the barrel lugs soldered on, inletted and ready for pinning. Now I'll have to purchase a new barrel, jugg choked from Rice and try to get three new lugs in the right spot on the barrel. $250 for a new barrel plus shipping and jugg choking. I don't know what Rice is charging to jugg choke the barrels but I'm in for another $400 most likely.
I was hoping to get this fowler completed this month.
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Seems to me that the one that made the ill-advised changes may be footing most of that charge for a new barrel.
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Danny Caywood refused to foot any of the bill for a new barrel. He said it was only cosmetic and these bands are historically correct. Hmmmm. Has anyone see barrel bands on a New England fowler that look like these. I never asked him to change the barrel bands. He said he was only trying fix Rice Barrel's mistakes. He was quite abusive in his e-mails and refused to talk to me. I will never do business with this guy again. He even kept my check for jugg choking the barrel.
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Danny Caywood refused to foot any of the bill for a new barrel. He said it was only cosmetic and these bands are historically correct. Hmmmm. Has anyone see barrel bands on a New England fowler that look like these. I never asked him to change the barrel bands. He said he was only trying fix Rice Barrel's mistakes. He was quite abusive in his e-mails and refused to talk to me. I will never do business with this guy again. He even kept my check for jugg choking the barrel.
Yep!!,...... that's Danny Caywood! ::)
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I guess it's too late to stop payment on that check. 😡
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note to self...No Danny Caywood
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Man, thats horrible
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Hmmm,,,
On "Danny Caywood's" site, the picture of a Fowler (if you blow it up / magnify it) shows maybe 2 or (3 Rings maybe), but nothing like what he did to your barrel... :o
I just finished looking at - at least 50+ pictures of Fowlers, and I see nothing with that many Rings... He screwed up / plain and simple...