David Crockett Rifle

[flinchrocket]

I’m sure Davy would have been thrilled to drag that through the Kentucky woods. Very nice rifle, congratulations.

[Percy]

Very very nice! Details and finish are excellent. Thanks for sharing.
 

[Bob Gerard]

A beautiful rifle, wow !

[Kmcmichael]

Outstanding! Did you heat blue those screws? Nitre?

[TommyG]

Thanks.  Yes the screws are heat blued.

[guido]

Very nice! hope to see you and gun at Kempton

[Justin Urbantas]

You did an excellent job. I have the parts to build one myself, and might start to tackle it this fall.  I got the set of drawings made by Houston Harrison, a collection of pictures of the original, and of the ones made by Caywood.
I got the patchbox offered by MBS, and a .45 cal barrel by Colerain.
Fess Parker's Davy Crockett had a big part of getting me into muzzleloading, and I love York and Lancaster rifles.

[yip]

 on an scale between 0 -10 i give it a 15!  BEATIFUL!

[TommyG]

Thank you Yip & Justin for your comments.  Justin you will have fun building this one as there is so much reference material you can use being it is attributed to George Schroyer.  Like you, I followed the Harrison drawing for the basic stock architecture, then used a combination of Schroyer's carving and engraving elements.  Good luck with your build and looking forward to seeing your progress.  I did put this one in the fair at Kempton this weekend, will post the results in a couple of days.  TommyG

[KC]

WOW! Beautifully done. I like everything about it.

[J. Talbert]

Years ago I was lucky enough to see and handle Houston’s rifle that the plans you used reflect.
I’d say your rendition stacks up pretty nicely with that gun and that’s some pretty high praise.
Nice work!
Jeff

[wpalongrifle]

Tom, Great Rifle and interpretation!!! Was glad to have opportunity to hold it. I was stumped to whom made it. Good job 👍

[Turkeycreek]

Beautiful work all the way around! Great job on the mountings!
TC