Half stock rifle question

[newknapper]

I am just curious were half stock rifles normally cap locks or were they flint lock rifles also. I am new to all this so forgive my ignorance. The reason why I ask is I would like my next rifle to be one of these but don't know much about them.

[greybeard]

     I don't  think you can go wrong with a late haff stock flinter.
      Bob


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[Gaeckle]

Mostly percussion

[Mike Brooks]

You'll see a few very late period 1/2 stock flint guns in places like NC. ca. 1830's.

[rhbrink]

There was one built in Texas www.texasguntrade.com/texassportingrilfes.htm 1840's I think?

RB

[Daryl]

These two were built in British Columbia.



This one in Montana.

[newknapper]

These two were built in British Columbia.



This one in Montana.

The top rifle is kinda what I had in my mind, but with iron hardware and no patch box.

[Bob Roller]

These two were built in British Columbia.



This one in Montana.

My choice is the bottom one.Looks more English and I have one started if I ever
finish it. Barrel is in the wood and lock can be cobbled together from bits and pieces
laying around on the bench. Butt plate and trigger guard are in a drawer.

Bob Roller


The top rifle is kinda what I had in my mind, but with iron hardware and no patch box.

[rhbrink]

Here is another half stock made like an English  rifle that was built in England during the war of 1812 you will have to click on the rifle picture and go way down to see it but it's worth the trip and all the beautiful rifles you'll have to look at before you get there. http://jwh-flintlocks.net

RB

[Daryl]

These two were built in British Columbia.



This one in Montana.

My choice is the bottom one.Looks more English and I have one started if I ever
finish it. Barrel is in the wood and lock can be cobbled together from bits and pieces
laying around on the bench. Butt plate and trigger guard are in a drawer.

Bob Roller

My choice too, Bob. That is the English .16 bore, that Dphar built a number of years back. It's a deer killing machine.

[Joe S]

It's a deer killing machine.

Yup.  It just about kills Dan too, every time he pulls the trigger.

[somehippy]

Could I get a little more info about the middle one?That skinny short little forend is very appealing.

[gumboman]

There is a Joseph Manton half stock fowler at the NRA museum housed inside Bass Pros shops in Springfield, MO. It is a beautiful piece and is an excellent example that shows half stock flintlocks were made during the early 19th century in Great Britain. Here is a link to a video showing this elegant piece.

[Joe S.]

Look up an old post by Captchee here,theres a fine looking original flint half stock from a Texas collection but probable made in the East by Erickson.

[relffir]

Let's not forget the M1803 Harpers Ferry .54 cal half stock rifle.Track does a pretty nice kit of it.

[JCKelly]

Capt'n John G.W. Dillin (y'all remember him?) Laidacker Collection, Plates 7 & 8, #1 & 2
C.T. Stahl and I.G. Wren, late half-stock "Kentucky" rifles.

Flint New England, specifically Massachusetts, rifles were commonly 1/2 stock.

Believe this topic was discussed here earlier, some time in the last coupla years.

[Hungry Horse]

I'm sorry, but the gun somehippy is integumentary with, looks to me like it was the victim of some building mishap that left very little forearm to work with. The stumpy forearm with the rear sight perched forward of the nosecap doesn't look like a design anybody actually planned.

  Hungry Horse

[somehippy]

Ah, I see.  Thought i looked a little "off" somehow.  Being new to all this I wasn't sure if it was recreated from some "school" or not.  However that sounds like a reasonable explanation to me Hungry H orse.  Neat looking none the less, to me anyway lol.