Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Machinery...or art?

Fellow blogger and conservative commentator extraordinaire Denney Crane has today posted a note to Santa Claus depicting a nifty new device he'd like to see in his stocking this Christmas.

While this advancement in firearms technology is certainly impressive, your humble scribe here at Sonnet 116 prefers a more traditional approach to gunmaking, the artistry of combining talent, wood and steel, to wit:


The above specimen is a Dakota Model 10, but New Zealand armsmaker Soroka has similarly worthy (and not inexpensive) offerings. Of course, the closest I come to owning such a work of art is a rather pedestrian Ruger #1, utilizing the same Farquharson falling block design.

Nonetheless, I am not unmoved by Mr. Crane's fascination of rapid-fire technology. In fact, I would love to own one of these:


How I love the .45/70!

4 comments:

todd said...

You could shoot alot of poodles with that!

an Donalbane said...

I think that was Mr. Gatling's design objective - there were a lot of rampant poodles menacing the American west back in the day...

todd said...

Illegal poodles are going to be the demise of our country.

an Donalbane said...

Oui! Blame it on ze French...