Knob mountain stock question

[Woodsrunner79]

So I'm perusing knob mountains stocks and I see one labeled "kill deer". Pardon my newbie ignorance but what rifle is it patterned after? I liked it BTW.

[Shreckmeister]

Last of the Mohicans?

[Woodsrunner79]

I thought perhaps, but wasn't sure. It's got nice, almost Lehigh valley lines to it.

[Dennis Glazener]

If its the pattern that I am thinking about, its the one that Fred Miller used to duplicate the rifle used in the movie Last of the Monarchical. It has a tremendous amount of drop. I saw the pattern about 15/16 years ago when I visited with Fred. He told me that was the pattern he used. I forget who the builder was.

Dave Keck bought all or most of Fred's patterns. Some neat patterns.
Dennis
 

[Woodsrunner79]

Do you think it'd make a decent rifle mated to a 46" c weight in .54?
Or given the drop and caliber am I just asking for bruised cheeks and a soar shoulder.

[looper]

From what I understand, it was a figment of the imagination of the director of Last of the Mohicans and not really based on an historical gun. The director wasn't very familiar with actual guns from the era and was pretty adamant about what he wanted, even if his idea wasn't period correct. I wouldn't think it would make a very good shooting gun.

[Woodsrunner79]

Fantasy or no, I still think it looks like a pretty stock. Besides it could take any direction I wanted once it's on the bench.

[utseabee]

You won't get bruised cheeks and a sore shoulder if that style rifle is built to fit you. I certainly would not be afraid to shoot it. Just my two cents.

[Smoketown]

'Twas Mr. Wayne Watson what built the "killdeer" rifle.   

http://www.waynepwatson.com/

Cheers,
Smoketown

[Woodsrunner79]

Wayne's got a nice site and nicer inventory. But the 0's at the end of some of said inventory are why I'm building my own.