Finally got the pics posted in Photobucket.
Martin's Station is a 1775 frontier settlement in the southwest corner of Virginia at Wilderness Road State Park. (see
www.martinsstation.com) Memorial Day weekend, we opened a gun shop, to demonstrate 1770's gun building to the visitors. As a part of this, we are building a 1770's style rifle, which will be based on three originals that we believe date to this time period.
The butt piece, guard, trigger, side plate, and stepped wrist from the Brass Barreled Rifle (RCA 103), most of the carving and the cheek piece style from the Adam Haymaker rifle (RCA 131), and the lock style, barrel profile, and box carving from the Johanes Faber rifle (RCA 117).
Go to the following to see our progress so far:
http://s498.photobucket.com/albums/rr347/FlintlockAndy/On the left are three albums,
CastButtPiece is as the name says, which is completed.
CastGuard was completed this past Sunday.
MartinsStationRifle is the rifle in progress and will be updated every week.
All the albums are in reverse order, so you need to go to the bottom and back up from there to put them in the proper sequence.
Starting this past Sunday, we intend to cast some gun mounting each second Sunday every month during our Muster Weekends, so both Oct 12 and Nov 9 we will be demonstrating sand casting. Next year this will start in April (we do not intend to do this at the May event due to there be a lot of other things going on).
If anyone would like to visit us or come to demonstrate some 18th century gun building skill and need a place to stay for a night or two, let me know. I have a spare bedroom and a den with a couch that converts into a bed. I'm usually at the gunshop on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Andy
