Jaeger rifle

[heinz]

Shumway's book on Jaegers is informative.  The book Jim Chambers sold is even better. Many Jaegers are iron mounted and so could be forged and filed. The mounts for sale are really not typical and represent a narrow range of the Germanic style.
The acanthus leaf is pretty common however throughout the 18 century. I have an unsigned 18th century Jaeger.  Dr Shumway thought it from Northeastern Germany. It has no buttplate and. Crescent shaped cheek piece with a straight wrist. I posted it on the Contemporary Makers blog last year.

[Majorjoel]

The locks that were made in Germany in the 19th century were mostly presicion instruments of the highest order. Often referred to 'like a fine Swiss watch".       

[Majorjoel]

   

[Bob Roller]

I just finished a pistol lock styled like this one for a man
who is making a copy of a pistol once owned by Andrew
Jackson.The internals were also the same with the exception
that the "fly"in mine is held captive by the bridle.
Thanks for showing this rifle.

Bob Roller

[Ron Scott]

Most of the Jaeger parts offered are based on Contemporary designs and have varying degrees of authenticity.  In my class offerings at the NMLRA seminars, I have provided parts,investment cast from original Arms.  This years offering allows the student to build a Vienna Jaeger Rifle or a Felix Mieir Fowler that uses rifle style mounts. There may be surplus mounts available available after the June seminars.

[Long John]

When a jaeger rifle is built with a wooden trigger guard like the one shown in Captchee's post, is the trigger guard whittled out of the stock blank or is it made from a separate piece of wood and let into the stock?  I can't tell from the pictures I've got.

Thanks.

John Cholin

[Shootrj2003]

Do the English boil their rifles too? >:

[Ron Scott]

Wooden Trigger guards are made up and fastened to the stock.

[Chris Treichel]

A while ago I mentioned the lack of Jaeger parts options... looks like Track is stocking more parts now includng one that looks like a 19th century style guard but in brass and not wood or horn.

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/929/1

[Acer Saccharum]

Wooden guards usually have an iron or steel strap inlet on the outside centerline, probably for strength and fastening the stock bolts to. I don't know, because I never saw one apart. I would think fruit wood such as apple or pear would be nice and dense, carve well and be pretty strong.

[Majorjoel]

I have seen quite a few germanic wooden trigger guard guns using the wrap around metal strap that Acer describes in their construction. This double uses iron "washers" that are artistically shaped and inlet into the wood giving strength to the mounting applications. I have never taken these apart to see the details of inletting, and never will. Some things are best left alone. The wood on this piece is definately not the same tree used for stock and trigger guard.       

[SuperCracker]

I have an early German breechloader with a horn trigger guard that I'm restoring. It's later than you're talking about but I do have it apart so I got a couple of pics of the TG and plate. It has no metal reinforcement but it does have a reinforcing rib that is hidden in the stockwood.