My flintlocks
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ACP230
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Good lookin' shootin' irons!
smokemaker
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Gorgeous flinters Ed.
Dave Markowitz
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That's a nice pair of smokepoles!
What kind of locks and barrels? Did you make the stocks from blanks or were the precarved? Details man!
What kind of locks and barrels? Did you make the stocks from blanks or were the precarved? Details man!
The barrels are Green Mountain on the 45 and a Rawls on the 50. The locks are Siler. The wood on the both were inlet for barrel I did the lock, trigger and butplate. They were also drilled for the ramrod. The 45 was my first and I learned a lot from it. Like how I drilled the holes in the lock in the wrong place. Most things were fixed on the 50. I tried my hand at raised carving on the 50 and was pretty happy. The 40 I'm working on now will be pretty plain. Basicly a southern mountain/Tennesee rifle. No patchbox and all iron hardware. I got all the parts from Muzzleloader builders supply in Ozark AR. I figure I have about 50-60 hours in each one. So far I probably have that much in my current one and I'm not done. I didn't have a model to go off of so I was looking at lots of books. Learned how to brown parts, scrape wood and other things. It was really a fun experience. The only power tool I used was a drill for the holes in the lock, tang and trigger.
RON in PA
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Really nice!
Stickjockey
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What did you use for reference material/how-to info? I'm thinking about trying this myself.
Swamprabbit
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Drooooool....
Truly great looking pieces of work. I really envy those of you who can do this. I've been wanting to try it for a long time but never had the nerve.
Truly great looking pieces of work. I really envy those of you who can do this. I've been wanting to try it for a long time but never had the nerve.
"What did you use for reference material/how-to info? I'm thinking about trying this myself"
I have an older man(80) who lives near my parrents. I would go visit him every 4 or 5 months and look at his rifles. He has built 83. He was a wealth of info. He leant me 2 books. One was a paperback and the other was hardback and both were old. I also went to the public library and checked out books on flintlocks. Most just had pictures but I would use those for help. www.trackofthewolf.com also has pics online. I did a lot of looking. muzzleloader builders supply is about 2 hours from me and they quickly became my friend. They don't have a walk in store but were more than willing for me to stop by and watch and learn. After I built the first one I was so happy and proud of it. I then looked at some that others had built and realized I have a long way to go. But you know what, it shoots straight and my second was built better. You can start with a kit or buy the pieces and build it from scratch. I went with the pieces. Some of it is scarry the first time like drilling the flash hole, because I kept thinking if I screw this up there goes the barrel, but its really not hard. I recomend anyone to try. They like lots of other things however are addictive. I now really want to take a deer with a flintlock rifle I built myself.
I have an older man(80) who lives near my parrents. I would go visit him every 4 or 5 months and look at his rifles. He has built 83. He was a wealth of info. He leant me 2 books. One was a paperback and the other was hardback and both were old. I also went to the public library and checked out books on flintlocks. Most just had pictures but I would use those for help. www.trackofthewolf.com also has pics online. I did a lot of looking. muzzleloader builders supply is about 2 hours from me and they quickly became my friend. They don't have a walk in store but were more than willing for me to stop by and watch and learn. After I built the first one I was so happy and proud of it. I then looked at some that others had built and realized I have a long way to go. But you know what, it shoots straight and my second was built better. You can start with a kit or buy the pieces and build it from scratch. I went with the pieces. Some of it is scarry the first time like drilling the flash hole, because I kept thinking if I screw this up there goes the barrel, but its really not hard. I recomend anyone to try. They like lots of other things however are addictive. I now really want to take a deer with a flintlock rifle I built myself.
DillHarris
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Be sure to share the .40 when you get the chance. Those look great.
Stickjockey
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Thanks, Ed.
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