Jack Duprey on the Blog

[Ken G]

If you want to see one dandy of a Soddy rifle then check out Jack's rifle on the blog this morning.  As good as it gets in my book.  Jack really does a nice job on these.  I love the patchbox!

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[Mike Brooks]

WHAT IS THIS? IRON MOUNTED WEEK? I love these guns, this one is VERY cool. I really like the cheek piece and the unfilled walnut stock. What's up with the patch box? How does it work? I like the looks of it. If I keep seeing these things I'll be getting inspired to build a few.....

[G-Man]

Hi Mike - It's hard to see in the photos, but the patchbox is simply an iron plate held in place by those two big wire staples at the front and rear, that slides out straight backwards with the wire to guide it, and a little spring catch at the rear just to keep it shut snugly.
  
I handled this gun at the show - very cool. It has that real severe Soddy architecture with the line of the wrist carrying all the way back through the cheekpiece to the diamond shaped buttplate.    Jack builds some really stylized neat stuff.

It was fun to see two nice interpretations of Soddy influence at the show - Ken's and  Jack's.

Guy

[Ken G]

Jack's guns are pure breed Soddy.  As extreme as it gets with that linear running cheek piece and very pronounced diamond shaped buttplate.  He had a original on the table with identical looking wood.  Very open grain and dried out looking.  I opened and closed the patchbox and it worked like a dream.  Tight as a tick but slid to open as easy as can be.  Really neat and unique looking. 
Ken

[MagKarl]

What a beauty.  I've been a lurker on this site for a long time now, and I've got to say that this last week has been a highlight as a Southern rifle student.  Make photocopies of any of these great rifles posted recently and they'd all fit right in to Jerry Noble's books. 

[M Tornichio]

This rifle had a feel to it which was exactly like the original on his table. It is extremely hard to describe, but the original rifle had as Ken described, a dried out look to it. It seemed really weather as though it was left out side in a hollow log back in some hollow for 50 years and then was discovered one day. You can just barely tell the extent by looking at the picture. Really cool effect and his version copied the feel exactly. The patch box is really neat also.
Really a cool different rifle. And extreme is a good description both in architecture and antiqued finish.
Marc

[Bill of the 45th]

The main reason we are seeing all these iron mounted guns, is because of all the hours jan spent shooting them on that nice limestone rock behind the museum.  There's much more to come, and not just guns.  Also the next issue of the CLA will probably have lots also, as Mel Hankla was upstairs with a photo studio setup.

Bill