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05-30-2020, 09:26 AM | #93 | |||||||
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I call it my Southern Mongrel rifle...
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05-30-2020, 11:02 AM | #94 | ||||||
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Don't you just hate rivet counters? ( a term my son used when showing his restored 1943 Willys)
Handsome gun and it looks like you knew what you wanted. First rate quality. What caliber? I would like to find a small bore (36 caliber) Flintlock. I have a Thompson Hawken with .36 and .50 barrels (which I think were made by Green Mountain) |
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05-30-2020, 11:38 AM | #95 | ||||||
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A beautiful rifle! What’s not to like about that?
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05-30-2020, 12:10 PM | #96 | ||||||
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If you look closely.... The Lock is a siler lock, wich has that pointed end to it. This was common on German Locks.
"True" Southern Mountain rifles, would have used a rounded, English style lock, Ketland, etc. I was not "patterning" my rifle from a "known" Southern Mountain rifle. Was just wanting a good quality Long Rifle that I liked, so I ordered things I had seen and liked. It's a 45 cal, This was sort of the build info.... I did have help from a very good friend, who is very experienced with Long Rifles.... A lot of the metal work was done by him, 1. because he knew how to do it, 2. because he had the right tools. DeHass 45 caliber 42" barrel, Large Siler lock by Jim Chambers, and extra curly maple stock from Pecatonica River. Will be stained with aquafortis, and finished with a hand rubbed tru-oil finish. All metal parts will be browned using Laurel Mountains browning re-agent. BTW, after I took those pics, I toned down the ramrod, it was still bare hickory when I took those pics. What's funny is if you look at Track of the Wolfs Southern Mountain rifle build, it has a siler lock as well. I sort of used this as pattern for my riflle. I liked it, so that is sorta what I built. https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categ...INT-PARTS-LIST
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05-30-2020, 12:16 PM | #97 | ||||||
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I love it, and it will make a nice heirloom for my son.....
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05-30-2020, 05:17 PM | #98 | ||||||
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In 1974 a gun shop had a curly maple blank and a .45 barrel by a renown maker, he had given 10.00 in trade for them so i gave him 10.00 and 2 years later i had a percussion rifle made to my idea of what i wanted. It has sights from a german pellet rifle the butt(steel)from a winchester .22 rifle a Thompson center patch box and the rest came from Dixie.
The gun shop owner offered me 1500.00 for it saying he had many guns made in Canton Mass. but was sure that was going to be the last one The early makers used what they had and made it to suit themselves just as you and i did Beautiful job and i wish you many years of enjoyment from it. |
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05-31-2020, 07:16 AM | #99 | |||||||
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Joseph, don't think that higher grade guns don't get shot. There are many here that are "shooter-collectors."
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05-31-2020, 09:39 AM | #100 | |||||||
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I'll be picking up a graded Fox or Parker at some point, maybe some of each... Just have not run across the right gun, for the right price yet. And, yes it will get hunted, and it will get shot a lot. :-)
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