National Road rifle

[Maalsral]

Absolutely fantastic!!!

[whitebear]

   I saw one screw in the very front lobe, another near the hinge......could only see these two.   Could not see any
pins or nails, how in the heck did you hold it into the stock?.........Don

Don as you said there is a screw in the patchbox finial, one on the comb side of the patchbox head in the edge of the decoration and another in the same position on the toe side of the PB head.  The slot doesn't quite line up with the engraving and the slot is a uniform width.  On the rest of the patchbox I would guess epoxy glue cause I sho don't see no mo screws.

[ken]

Amazing work!!!!!!!!!!! makes me ashamed to say I build rifles. Truly and atrist. ken

[mr. no gold]

Yeaaaaah Boy!!! Now we are talking. What a beautiful rifle, flawlessly made. Wow! If I make the trip east, could I come by and maybe we can take it out in the back yard and shoot it? Naw; I just couldn't bring myself to do someting like that. It really belongs under glass, like the piece of art that it is. Thank you for bringing it by.
Dick

[Don Getz]

Back to the patchbox.   Knowing Bill I can't imagine he would use some super glue to hold that thing in the stock.   He could
have made some brass pins to hold it in there, they would disappear when dressed down.   He'll keep us in suspense before
he tells us how he did it..........Don

[tpr-tru]

Don, I think Bill has taken your copper staple idea to a new level.     

[Glenn]

Absolutely beautiful.  Fine work indeed.

[B Shipman]

Don, there's 3 screws. The bottom one is hidden in the glare.  The rest is brass nails dressed down.

[J. Talbert]

Simply spectacular!

Jeff

[Vomitus]

  Beauty!

[Habu]

That's, um. . . . .  I can't find a single point to comment on, because it flows together so well that to describe any point requires discussing the rest of it.  "Beautiful" doesn't seem adequate. 

[Eric Kettenburg]

Wow!  I have to emerge from hibernation just to comment on that - the work is absolutely impeccable!  Truly stunning rifle.

[horseman]

 What a beauty!!  Just outstanding!   

[Dphariss]

Very Nice indeed. Love the Eagle.

Dan

[B Shipman]

Rolf, the carving is basically from an Ohio National Road rifle by James Clark. Muzzle blasts and the KRA both featured this rifle a few years ago.  On the Clark rifle the behind the cheek piece is done in silver inlay and I basically did it in raised carving. The butt plate, highly modified, is also taken from this rifle. Lots of stuff is taken from Fleeger, one of my favorites, but this rifle is BIG for a Fleeger because it's .50 cal.
Shrechmeister, Silver-brass inlay is actually easy.

[gumboman]

Beautiful work of art. And I know it is also a precision shooting instrument.

Would love to know which trigger guard is installed. I have a set of Davis Golden Age Triggers for which I cannot find a guard with a bow long enough suitable for a Lancaster style rifle. The one on your rifle looks like it would work.

[Ed Wenger]

Superb, as usual!  Excellent rifle, thanks for posting!


     Ed