Tarbe, is that picture an example of one your having built. That is more my style. And more likely in my price range
Yes, this is what Bailey calls his "Base Rifle" which is, to my way of thinking, not very "base"!!Tarbe, is that picture an example of one your having built. That is more my style. And more likely in my price range
Quite an endorsement, coming from you Sir!You will love it. The one I own is simply perfection.
You'll never know unless you try!!This thread is killing me…
I’m the “I’d rather shoot a Winchester, and spend the rest on a hunt” guy…
But now I’m thinking… “one really nice rifle in the safe ain’t gonna kill nobody”…
The problem is… I’m going to venture a guess that fine rifles are like international hunts… they are addictive… and the first one leads to a second one which leads to a third, etc…
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The only people I know of that can build a single shot approaching the elegance and usefulness of a Bradshaw might be Hartmann & Wiess of Hamburg.Quite an endorsement, coming from you Sir!
Of course they are. Fine taste and the appreciation of quality extend into all sorts of areas. I may be wrong, but I suspect you aren't sipping two fingers of Old Crow or Southern Comfort in the evening.This thread is killing me…
I’m the “I’d rather shoot a Winchester, and spend the rest on a hunt” guy…
But now I’m thinking… “one really nice rifle in the safe ain’t gonna kill nobody”…
The problem is… I’m going to venture a guess that fine rifles are like international hunts… they are addictive… and the first one leads to a second one which leads to a third, etc…
The only people I know of that can build a single shot approaching the elegance and usefulness of a Bradshaw might be Hartmann & Wiess of Hamburg.
My 7x65R
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I may be wrong, but I suspect you aren't sipping two fingers of Old Crow or Southern Comfort in the evening.![]()
Or at least I sincerely hope not!
The most important quality in fine craftsmanship is the creation of perfect form to perform a function. In the case of the Bradshaw it is designed to deliver a single bullet in exactly the right spot. Every element of the rifle is designed to fit seamlessly with the marksman to perform that function. Excess weight, bulk, and form are eliminated - not to create a "light" rifle like many of these mountain rifle abominations - but to eliminate anything that doesn't work with the user to achieve function. The world is full of functional rifles that exhibit imperfect form.What makes other rifles less elegant and useful?
Trying to learn here,not being argumentative.
Sorry for derailing the thread.
Thank you for recognizing the golden ratio used in your rifle. The “rule of thirds”, lines of beauty and the constant pursuit of simplicity is what guides my design efforts.The most important quality in fine craftsmanship is the creation of perfect form to perform a function. In the case of the Bradshaw it is designed to deliver a single bullet in exactly the right spot. Every element of the rifle is designed to fit seamlessly with the marksman to perform that function. Excess weight, bulk, and form are eliminated - not to create a "light" rifle like many of these mountain rifle abominations - but to eliminate anything that doesn't work with the user to achieve function. The world is full of functional rifles that exhibit imperfect form.
The magic ratio in art and craftsmanship is 1 to 1.68. It as also expressed as the rule of thirds. That ratio creates the flow and proportion in all exceptional creations. Truly gifted artists and artisans employ it without conscious thought. Things just look correctly balanced. Others, like Leonardo da Vinci employed both the ratio and a grid system to assure perfect proportion.
None of this has anything to do with embellishment, though to look correct, it most follow a similar ratio with respect to both the engraved surface and rifle as a whole.
Other than the overall design, the best place to observe the 1 to 1.68 rule on the Bradshaw design is the relationship shared between the action, under lever, and grip. Another is in the way the stock is designed and how it flows proportionately into the grip and then on through the action and long thin sweep of the barrel.
It is a very elegant creation.
You Sir are a flea scratching barbarian. As my dear departed mother would say (often while referring to Yankees) there is no accounting for taste.Red Leg, since we can’t argue over politics. Let me be disagreeable here.
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