Charlie Bean rifle on the contemporary blog by member Jim Parker (Bama)

[Topknot]

Guys, check out the Bean rifle on the contemporary blog site by our own Bama.    (Jim Parker)

[whetrock]

here's a link that will get you there:

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2015/09/rifle-by-jim-parker.html

[wattlebuster]

Looked and drooled. Excellent work

[nosrettap1958]

A pure Tennessee Mountain rifle is there anything better??? You could see a Tennessee from a distance and still know its a Tennessee.

I also like the Tennessee rifles by Jack DuPrey.

[J. Talbert]

Jim,

Very nice Bean on the blog.  I like it a lot.

Jeff

[Mike Brooks]

Yup, very nice gun. I have recently been reinspired by mountain rifles since I built that N.Carolina Deep River gun. There's going to be a few more coming out of my shop in the future. I have a couple sets of Ambrose Lawing mounts by the late Myron Carlson set back that I think will be put to use.

[bama]

Hey Tim

Thanks for the kind words here on the board. Thanks to Jeff, Wattlebuster and Whetrock also for your kind words.

I really enjoyed working on this rifle and learned that Tennessee Mountain Rifles are not so easy of a build. I hope you all enjoy it as I thought it turned out pretty nice. There are a few things I would do different when I build another but as I said I am happy with the way this one turned out.

Crawdad and Mike I appreciate ya'll jumping on the band wagaon, anytime you need a boost feel free!

Just funning.

[nosrettap1958]

Bama, you keep building those Tennessee's and we'll keep drooling over them.

[Don Stith]

Yup, very nice gun. I have recently been reinspired by mountain rifles since I built that N.Carolina Deep River gun. There's going to be a few more coming out of my shop in the future. I have a couple sets of Ambrose Lawing mounts by the late Myron Carlson set back that I think will be put to use.

Mike
 Let me know if you need some pictures or measurements from my Lawing to help you on the project  Myrons parts are real close.  Sure miss that fellow

[Mike Brooks]

Don,
 Thanks for the offer of help on the Lawing gun I want to build . Any info, pictures and measurements would sure be helpfull. Yep, I miss that old fella too.  Do you suppose Jerry Nobel still owns the original?
Mike

[art riser]

Ron Borron has plans/drawings for a number of Southern guns... I believe he has a Lawing.

[Buck]

Jim,
Great job, nice gun.
Buck

[KC]

I really like the look of this gun. I like that the patchbox has a small dome to it. I have one from T.O.T.W. for a rifle I'm starting and it's much flatter. I had seen where Mr. Parker had done a couple youtube tutorials on making his patchbox, so I watched those. They were well done and very informative. I had a few questions after watching them, maybe Mr. Parker will be here to answer them, or maybe some of you other veteran gun builders can help:

1. I may have missed it in the video, but I didn't catch the thickness of the steel for making the patchbox. Would 18 gauge be close? I have some of that laying around.

2. What size of piano wire was used for the hinge pin?

3. Does anyone have a sketch or good description of how the catch/release gets installed for the lid on the Bean patchbox?

Thanks for any input.
K.C.

[bama]

KC

I used 16 ga steel sheet. This was a little on the heavy side but was all that I had in the shop at the time.

I use hardened piano wire in 1/16 dia., I got this in a roll from Grangers. It probably is a gage size but not sure what that is.

I made the release from a concrete cut nail. I forged it out to a nice thin point that I could drive into the stock. The cut nail becomes quite springy as it is drawn out. I reshape the nail head to make the catch, I make a small notch at the end of the box and drive the nail into this notch, the notch allows the nail to move back far enough to release the lid. I hope this makes sense to you.

[KLMoors]

Real pretty gun bama.