What to build?

[BobT]

I have a 15/16" straight Green Mountain .50 caliber barrel that is just sitting in the rack taking up space. I'm a novice builder but I'm willing to try about anything. I'm partial to southern style rifles but the barrel seems a little short and heavy to me.

What do you guys think ?

Bob

[T*O*F]

the barrel seems a little short and heavy to me.
What do you guys think ?

We can't think anything, only imagine. 
You didn't say how long it was.

[Roger Fisher]

Well now, Bob how long is that thingee?

I am partial to those workhorse southern Mt rifles, also

I do believe a .50 in 15/16 straight should hang nicely if it is a normal length i.e
around 40 " or v slightly less depending on the shape your in.

Check out some of Ian Pratt's work in that line - slick!!  M Blasts lately had one or more of his in colour!!

[BobT]

Sorry I forgot it's a 36 incher!

I thought I was too young for senior moments!

[40Haines]

I will look for a picture of a Bean rifle that I found  that  had
an 1 1/8 .45 cal bbl on it.

Folks back then, like you now,
would  have had "a 15/16" straight .50 caliber barrel that is just sitting in the rack taking up space".

Like you, they would have been partial to the southern style.

Like you, they ended up grabbing the bbl , a piece of wood and
building what they could.

Just like you.

[Dphariss]

Build a short Kentucky out of it, a 36" 15/16" 50 is not that heavy. I have a rifle with a 42" 7/8" 50 that is almost too light for me.

Dan

[mike e]

In "Notes on Southern Longrifles #2" by Jerry Nobles, there is a picture of a half stock rifle made by Alfred Bearden of Lincoln County, TN. It is a flintlock with a beavertail cheek piece. Bearden used fancy curly maple and brass furniture. His barrel tangs had the shorter Carolina style pointed tang. I like that rifle because it looks unique. Bearden was in Tenn. but had his own style. He made rifles from about 1820 to 1850. That 36" barrel would be about right to make a similar rifle.