One for the lefties
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One for the lefties
Finished this rifle this week and sent it to Wyoming. A little .40 with an outstanding piece of hard maple for the stock. The customer wanted a plain rifle but nice wood to give it some bling. It also has a poured pewter nose cap also. I like rifle's like this for everyday use myself. The rifle is North Carolinaish and the horn with it is NC style also. Had a customer order five southern horns and this was the first that I finished.
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That is a work of art! I love the pictures on the tree.
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Just got home from work....I don't have many words to say but "Awesome job"is about it. what a treasure that Rifle will be. Wow.
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Those pictures leave me speechless! WOW!
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A beautiful long rifle as they should look. Is that a 13/16 barrel?
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The barrel is "swamped" which means it tapers down from the breech to a waist the tapers out larger again at the muzzle. This barrel is 15/16" at the breech and I think 3/4" at the waist and 7/8" at the muzzle. Once you own a rifle with a swamped barrel you never want a straight barrel again. They make a very well balanced rifle.
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As a lefty I applaud you sir. Very nice.
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Flat out Awesome!! WOW!!
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ditto, my exact reaction. so good to see your work.DadsMod12 wrote:That is a work of art! I love the pictures on the tree.
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Beautiful just beautiful.......
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A few years ago the Curator at the J. M. Davis Museum in Claremore told me that the vast majority of the muzzle loading rifles in their huge collection were 40 caliber. Those old timers knew what they needed for an every day rifle.
Some of my ancestors were among the earliest settlers in North Carolina so I was very interested to see the type of rifle that was popular there. You've done an excellent job and I thank you for sharing your art with us.
Some of my ancestors were among the earliest settlers in North Carolina so I was very interested to see the type of rifle that was popular there. You've done an excellent job and I thank you for sharing your art with us.
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WOW! That's just stunning!
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Thanks guys. I would rather build a rifle with graceful lines and no carving or engraving than poor lines and lots of bling.
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Thanks, I now remember sometime ago you said that you use swamped barrels. It is a fine slender rifle.
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Just a sweet little rifle, fantastic !
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Nice job Hondo!
FWIW, I'm a southpaw but when I was shooting a flinchlock I shot a right handed rifle. One of the old timers in our club pointed out to me that a lot of people shot double barrel fowling pieces with no ill effects so shooting a right handed rifle should be no problem.
FWIW, I'm a southpaw but when I was shooting a flinchlock I shot a right handed rifle. One of the old timers in our club pointed out to me that a lot of people shot double barrel fowling pieces with no ill effects so shooting a right handed rifle should be no problem.
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Rusty, I shoot right hand rifles all the time also. I have never had any issues with shooting right hand rifles and the flash is non issue.
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Just amazing craftsmanship on both rifle and horn! Lot of talent there for sure!
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Beautiful!
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Year ago I assembled a left handed flinter from a kit. It wasn't bad, and shot pretty well. But compared to the works of art you turn out it was a dog. Still I had fun sitting around the refinery control room at night working on it. Not, it wasn't "allowed", but that was the "old" oil industry, not the PC one of today.
Most of the guys I worked with, no ladies your sex wasn't yet represented, hunted, fished and owned firearms. It wasn't unusual for several of us to get together after work to pursue our hobbies.
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I'm left handed but hate making left handed flinters. You can't get a good left handed lock from anyone. They all need work either inside or out and sometimes both. I guess right handed people can't make things backwards even the ones assemblers in the south can't make em backwards. Go figure.
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What about a Siler lock?? They used to be real good locks.
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They are the best ones being made but they still need tuning. But they still usually have a screw out of place or something not lined up. It's like they can't get their machines set up to do thing left handed or something. I have talked to lock makers and they say left handed locks just don't give the payback to be serious about them.
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Make right handed folks shoot left handed flinters and see just how fast they'd demand a right handed version.hondo1892 wrote:They are the best ones being made but they still need tuning. But they still usually have a screw out of place or something not lined up. It's like they can't get their machines set up to do thing left handed or something. I have talked to lock makers and they say left handed locks just don't give the payback to be serious about them.
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That sure is a beautiful rifle. I really like the nose cap. I have a TVM .40 caliber 42" and it's a flat shooting rifle.
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