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What a piece of art as you make something to be used and cherished for a friend. You even brightened my day.

What kid of smoke poles are those? So pretty

Stumper, the two that Joe and I are holding are guns that my friend, John Pruitt, made for me. The one Joe is holding is a 12 gauge cylinder bore and the one I'm holding is a 20 gauge smoothie with a restriction choke built into the barrel. Joe's caplock rifle was made by a friend of his but I do not know the gentleman's name. I do know that he has passed away, though.

Darren

So beautiful. Does Pruitt have a web page?I'll probably be looking at getting a couple smoke poles this year

Stumper, Pruitt has a phone number that I can give you and that is it. He is a 79 year old man who makes smokepoles and selfbows for fun. For a gun, he'll charge around $200 plus the price of parts and he'll furnish the stock wood. He'll also have it done in a month or so. It may not be a Danny Caywood wallhanger but it will shoot every time you pull the trigger and I've killed a bunch of game with mine. I usually call up Terry Jo, at Muzzleloader Builder's Supply, order up the parts I need, and have them shipped directly to John. A month or so later, John will ship me a fine rifle or pistol.

PM me if you want me to give you his phone number.

Darren

Very awesome Darren.
I have a rifle kit I got from TOW that I have had for over a year and it's not even close to done yet.
Thanks for sharing with us.

Wow. Great work. Liked the pics.

That's just amazing.