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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Bob Gerard on October 15, 2021, 04:52:37 AM

Title: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Bob Gerard on October 15, 2021, 04:52:37 AM

I have completed the Pecatonica Tennessee Classic Flintlock LR. It sports some pretty Curly Maple, an A weight swamped .50 Colerain barrel and a Late Ketland lock. It balances and comes up to sight extremely well, and wow it is fast! I put about 60+ hours work into this, and think it was time well spent. It will be going up to Pennsylvania in a few days.
This is a link to a YouTube video of the first shot:
https://youtu.be/gdCc_rm4ryY

(https://i.ibb.co/m0t8cSk/Tenn-60.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PM4Q6tK)

(https://i.ibb.co/4WrDWSp/Tenn-58.jpg) (https://ibb.co/G7S17MR)

(https://i.ibb.co/f4tWj9h/Tenn-50.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hDHN3cP)

(https://i.ibb.co/rw30f3P/Tenn-52.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZMSX1Ss)

(https://i.ibb.co/4NN9zS0/Tenn-54.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s33kn1X)

(https://i.ibb.co/k9857H3/Tenn-55.jpg) (https://ibb.co/61PrMnv)

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: bama on October 15, 2021, 05:02:19 AM

Good looking rig, and she went off fast too!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: old george on October 15, 2021, 05:16:56 AM

Bob, very nice rifle love the wood and the reddish finish. Well done.

george

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: heinz on October 15, 2021, 05:17:40 AM

Nicely done!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Glenn on October 15, 2021, 05:55:51 AM

Very nice and impressive build.  Beautiful wood and finish.  Lock is fast tuned and appears smooth.  My compliments 👍😁

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Bob Gerard on October 15, 2021, 06:20:36 AM

Thank you gentlemen. There were times when I was happy no one was around to hear me  :-X, but all-in-all this was a pretty enjoyable build. The lock is very fast, and when the main spring issue is corrected it will be even better.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Craig Wilcox on October 15, 2021, 07:44:03 AM

VERY nice, Bob.  And always great fun when firing that first shot. Pretty quick lock!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Yazel.xring on October 15, 2021, 12:28:10 PM

Beautiful curl on the stock, nice work!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: J Henry on October 15, 2021, 01:24:40 PM

  Nice!!! loving the color.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Bob Gerard on October 15, 2021, 03:27:30 PM

Thanks J Henry!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Bob Gerard on October 15, 2021, 03:32:42 PM

Thanks Yazel.cringe! I am really glad you like it. I am a big fan of your show btw 🙂

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: 577SXS on October 15, 2021, 03:36:31 PM

Love the wood on it. Nice!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: dieselmech570 on October 15, 2021, 03:53:13 PM

Beautiful job! Care to share your finish/ staining  process? I really like the color you achieved, I understand that all individual woods don't react all the same, but that is the reddish-brown I would like to end up with on my current build.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Robin Henderson on October 15, 2021, 04:02:37 PM

Looks like you did good....thumbs up on that one.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Bsharp on October 15, 2021, 05:07:38 PM

Bob, you do nice work!

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: godutch on October 15, 2021, 06:42:41 PM

  Nice work, congrats!  I'm also throwing in my compliments on the color and finish with the other posts. Those red highlights are striking.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Penske on October 16, 2021, 02:13:25 AM

Bob
Love the wood color, really quite nice. Great job.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Stoner creek on October 16, 2021, 02:20:06 AM

Very nice work. I’m glad that it came out well for you. The last one of those that I assembled gave me fits.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: Karl Kunkel on October 16, 2021, 03:55:06 AM

Love the figure in that stock.  That's a great color you brought out too.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: mountainman70 on October 16, 2021, 03:58:39 AM

Nice rifle Bob. I like that pattern very much. It even looks good as a poor boy smr.
Fast lock,too. Best regards, Dave f 8) 8)

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: elkhart on October 16, 2021, 06:42:50 AM

Beautiful rifle! Good luck on the PA hunt, looking forward to your posts when you get back.

Title: Re: Pecatonica Tennessee Classic finished: Pics and 1st shot
Post by: hudson on October 16, 2021, 07:03:00 PM

love it nice clean lines.