Author Topic: Favorite style rifle (Read 11314 times)

Drew3 · « **on:** February 14, 2016, 05:02:37 AM »

What is your favorite early style rifle? Virginia, Christian Springs, Early Lancaster, ect.

wattlebuster · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2016, 06:26:52 AM »

Virginia with the wide flat buttplates 1750-1760ish

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2016, 02:52:06 PM »

I like them all.

Lucky R A · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2016, 05:05:55 PM »

What is your favorite kind of car?

Red head, blond or brunette? ---it is a personal choice.:>)

Ron

grabenkater · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2016, 05:16:35 PM »

Quote from: Mike Brooks on February 14, 2016, 02:52:06 PM

I like them all.

What about Hawkins?

sz · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2016, 05:48:29 PM »

My favorites are the ones that load from the muzzle.

But some of those that load from 30 round mags are pretty cool too.
What makes them especially cool is how much the liberals hate them.

WadePatton · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2016, 06:09:36 PM »

Don't have a favorite in early guns.

I like later, slimmer, longer guns-especially with crescent buttplates and usually iron furniture. This could change somewhat, there's time yet. No rush.

Well truly I like 'em all, don't really play "favorites" with anything. But I know what I've studied and have not.

Also, note that some will find Christian Springs just as blasphemous as Hawkins.

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2016, 06:15:59 PM »

No way could I say just one. Like fowlers (Mike Brooks style) Soddy-Daisey because of there simplicity hunting man's gun. Finally the early Lancaster style. Ok I like them all . For contemporary the Woodbury style from the House brothers.

thimble rig · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2016, 06:39:30 PM »

Yeah I like them all from Match locks on up.Amazing how they could do all that work by hand,and no lighting but candle and sunlight.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2016, 06:58:33 PM »

Most of the time I like the style of the one that I'm working on at the time. But when I page through a book such as Kindig's holy book of the golden age longrifle, I like the style of the one in front of me at the time. I kinda-sorta repeated my self there but in general it's just about all of them.

hudson · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:07:34 PM »

I like them all also. Working on a target pistol similar to a Billinghurst. California rifle next, kind of like there looks. Have a few of those new fangled cartridge things but have read they are just a new fangled thing and are going out of stile.

Keb · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:12:43 PM »

I appreciate most of them excluding the modern produced ones by companies in any country other than North America. I can say the same for automobiles. I'm union, dadgummit. However, I do favor them old fowling guns from the Hudson Valley to the northeast. I have little interest in percussion era guns.

Cory Joe Stewart · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:14:22 PM »

Just like all personal choices, it can change. I had no interest in shooting or building southern mountain rifles. Then I was asked to build one and now I love them. My other favorite are early rifles such as the Christian Spring's and early Moravian rifles. So I am at both ends of the spectrum.

Coryjoe

Joe S. · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:33:15 PM »

I'm kinda partial to simpler iron mounted guns.The real fancy brass and silver ones have a certain charm and do respect the workmanship that goes into one but I'm more of a meat and potatoes kind of guy.Not saying they are gaudy but may be a little over done in my opinion.

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:36:45 PM »

Quote from: Grabenkater on February 14, 2016, 05:16:35 PM

Quote from: Mike Brooks on February 14, 2016, 02:52:06 PM
I like them all.

What about Hawkins?

A good Hawkins gun goes with out sayin'.

Hungry Horse · « **Reply #15 on:** February 14, 2016, 08:07:24 PM »

I have a preference for Southern iron mounted guns, simply because the hardware is often so individual. But, I also have a soft spot for early guns with folk art carvings instead of classic scroll work. Much for the same reason.

Hungry Horse

jerrywh · « **Reply #16 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:03:18 PM »

To use for what?? Or For what purpose?

grouchy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:47:24 PM »

Barn guns of course! ned

David Rase · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2016, 11:37:01 PM »

For me, it is hard to improve on the classic triangular buttstock lines of Lancaster rifles, Ferree, Dickert, Haines, Gomph etc.
David

chubby · « **Reply #19 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:29:55 AM »

I like to see them all to and build what they want!!but with my build (no neck )I like and use the Lancaster style with the wider butt and less drop,for shooting and hunting. like said before ya gotta like em all!! Chubby!

PPatch · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:38:05 AM »

I like them all too but I have two early virginia style kicking in the shoot for late next summer.

dave

t.caster · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:13:45 AM »

EARLY FLINTLOCKS. Both Colonial, German are what I prefer to build. But I enjoy seeing all flintlocks.

flehto · « **Reply #22 on:** February 15, 2016, 04:28:48 AM »

My favorites are a S. Hawkins, J & S Hawkins, early Lanchester and Burks County LRs by Shuler. Actually...all LRs are nice....Fred

Longshot · « **Reply #23 on:** February 15, 2016, 02:43:44 PM »

Berks and Bucks.

g rummell · « **Reply #24 on:** February 15, 2016, 03:53:29 PM »

Quote from: Lucky R A on February 14, 2016, 05:05:55 PM

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Ron

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Author Topic: Favorite style rifle (Read 11314 times)

Drew3

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