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Hey Brookwood...
toad67
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Thought about you and your smokepoles when I seen this..
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Very cool and thank you toad for the heads up! I have a book or two on care and parts break downs for many Civil War era muskets. My main interests are a bit earlier than Civil War. Pennsylvania Longrifles also known as Kentucky rifles are what I have studied, collected, and built for the past 25 years or so.
This is my very first build from a blank piece of semi curly maple that I did some 20 odd years ago. It has a 50 caliber rifled octagon to round barrel.
This one above is a 40 caliber rifle with a swamped light weight 38" barrel. Built back in 2010.
This is a magnificent original example of the work of Frederick Sell. Born in York County Pennsylvania in 1781, died in Littlestown PA in 1869. Sell was also a Captain in the War of 1812.
Nice show and tell....
Looking good sir!
Can you tell us about the locks on the two examples of your builds?
Bob
Bob, the top rifle has a Large Siler Flintlock that came from Jim Chambers and the 2nd rifle has a Deluxe Siler flintlock also from Chambers.
Thanks for sharing
Such rifles show pride and craftsmanship
From their maker unlike today's mass produced firearms but that's comparing apples to oranges
Close I have is the mass produced Thompson center muzzleliaders . I have a tc 58 ,54, 50 ,and most of a tc 45 I was piecing together parts for some yrs ago I need to finish the 36 cal always seemed to be just out of my budget .
But nothing as handsome as your rifles . congrats on your work and collection
Thanks all for the compliments! Just a note, now days the prices for muzzle loading parts have really gone up a lot compared to just a few short years ago. A lock from Chambers is getting very close to 300 dollars. A good barrel from one of the few supplier\makers is easily another 300 to even a bit more. When you buy furniture castings in brass or steel along with a nice wood blank, you can very easily have 1200 to 1500 dollars tied up in just the basic parts to build a nice longrifle.
Fortunately, for me, I have over stocked on building supplies back when things were much more affordable. I probably have what it takes to build several rifles and a couple smooth bores with what I've accumulated.
Just finished a very simple "Poor Boy" style rifle in 45 caliber that I used a nice piece of Birds Eye maple. I say simple but heck with my hands all messed up for nearly a year, this one took me nearly that year to get it done. Not complaining though! I really do enjoy doing this!
I have never made it to Gettysburg Ken. I have made several excursions to member only shows put on by The Kentucky Rifle Association that they hold annually in Mars Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburg. I've seen some really incredible pieces of American history there!!! Many owners of such will even let you carefully handle their fine guns as well! I own a plethora of books, many written by some of those fine fellas that attend these shows and for this obsessed advocate of these fine old guns, actually seeing them in person really blows me away!!
I will definitely put this on my bucket list! Thanks Ken!
Brooks if youever need a hard to find part, you may try a local shop, used to be called mountain state muzzleloaders, the two brothers spit up and renamed it Cains outdoors it is located in williamstown wv, Boaz really the owner Ed cain is almost retired if not by now and it is run by his son scott cain and daughter, they have almost closed the walkin shop and have gone exclusively to selling on internet. They are old school flintlock and percussion sidelock, but the modern inlines have just about put them out of bussiness, I think that is why they changed to selling parts over internet.