Hello one and all.
I'm a new member on this forum, but not new to muzzleloading. I've never built a rifle, but sometimes sorely tempted to give it a try. Recently, I purchased the attached rife from TOTW not as a kit, but already made. I seriously thought about contacting a gunmaker to have one built, but impatience got the better of me to have already made.
The maker is George Nelson and really know nothing about him except that he is known in certain circles to build Hawken style rifles, so I gambled and took a chance. It doesn't seem to be a Lehigh rifle in a classic sense as I understand, but incorporates possibly a variation of another style that I can't quite put my finger on. It's very well made and the fit and finish is excellent; it really grabbed my attention.
The specs are as follows:
1. Barrel is a 44 inch, .50 caliber swamped Colerain with a 1:56 twist
2. Lock is an L & R Classic
3. Trigger reach is 13 1/4 inches
4. Weighs 7.6 pounds
It balances very, very well. It's a good gun.
I purchased it in late May and have only fired it 8 times. Point of impact is 3 inches low at 50 yards with no right/left deviation off a bench using 50 grains of 3F. I haven't had the opportunity to lately, but am really looking forward to working up different loads, etc.
I attached a few pics. with permission from TOTW since I'm using their photos:
Thanks for looking and please feel free to ask any questions and provide any insight into the styling. At some point I'm thinking of having some work done on the patchbox since the engraving is rather faint.
