Author Topic: Silver and steel mounted English rifle (Read 12325 times)

smart dog · « **on:** November 05, 2016, 05:57:51 PM »

Hi Folks,
Finally done with my little English rifle. It will eventually have a matching fowler but I have to move on to other things at the moment. It is stocked in English walnut from Goby Walnut in Portland, OR, Rice 31" 62 cal barrel, and Chambers round-faced English lock. The sideplate and thumb plate are fine silver as is the wire inlay. The other mounts are steel. The finish is slightly reddish-brown tinted polymerized tung oil rubbed back with linseed oil and rottenstone. As always thank you for looking and criticisms, comments, and questions are always welcome.

dave

tlallijr · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:11:19 PM »

Another beauty !

sydney · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:13:15 PM »

Hi--Very nice-I do like the silver wire inlay
Thanks for posting
Sydney

smylee grouch · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:48:59 PM »

Wow, I love that gun. Is there any way you could post a close up picture of the rear sight?

Maalsral · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:49:35 PM »

Absolutely beautiful Dave. I love the architecture. There is a lot of drop in that one.

Was it common not to have a muzzle cap?

Bob Roller · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2016, 06:57:35 PM »

I care little for ornamented rifles but this one is JUST right. Also,the skill it takes
to do this level of work MUST be respected and admired.

Bob Roller

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:02:13 PM »

Most excellent.

Hemo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:12:44 PM »

Finely executed throughout--as expected!

Gregg

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:13:14 PM »

Nice work Dave, on a great little hunting rifle. Don't you love carving English walnut?

Daryl · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:18:22 PM »

That is sweet- bit to much drop for me, but sweet non-the-less. The wire and inlays top-notch!

wattlebuster · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2016, 07:29:48 PM »

Im a plain gun kind of redneck but that there is a might pretty flintlock. It took great skill to make it that nice an you seem to have what it took to get er done

David Rase · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2016, 08:31:42 PM »

That is a beautiful gun Dave! I always love silver wire. One of my builds I will finish next spring will have a good amount of silver wire. Your topic caught my eye as I have a silver and steel Sheets rifle on my bench as I write. Keep up the great work. You and Ed Wenger just keep raising the bar.
Dave

jerrywh · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2016, 08:47:03 PM »

That is a real nice job Dave. Top of the line.

greybeard · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2016, 09:07:50 PM »

My question is how do you top that?
Bob

davec2 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2016, 09:16:12 PM »

David,

As is usual for your work, this English rifle is lovely in both design and execution. I love the breech details (engraving, file work, stock carving). Your engraving is, as always, pleasing and precise, and you have limited the amount of it on this rifle to what I personally consider the perfect coverage.....especially on the trigger guard and lock. The side plate is beautiful in and of itself, and the inclusion of the portrait of David Hume on the butt plate leads me to ask why you chose to include him on this rifle.

Beautiful work !

dave c

bama · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2016, 09:49:17 PM »

Beautiful rifle Dave. Expertly done in all aspects of the workmanship and workmanship to be proud of.

Rolf · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2016, 09:55:38 PM »

Truly impressiv work!! Thanks for posting the Pictures.

Best regards
Rolf

smart dog · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2016, 10:16:56 PM »

Hi Folks,
Thank you for the comments and for looking. The gun was a challenge for sure. Smylee asked for a photo of the rear sight, which I added. I reshaped a jaeger sight and chiseled the shell. I also added a photo showing the muzzle and how my turned horn ramrod tip tucks into the stock. Maalsral, most English sporting rifles during the 18th century did not have muzzle caps.

Taylor, I love English walnut above all other stock woods for all the reasons of carving, color, ease of inletting and planing, strength, stability, etc.

Dave C, thanks for the note. I chose David Hume because I am distantly related to him, but mostly because he was a primary contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment during the 18th century. I always admired his "A Treatise on Human Nature". There will be a companion matching fowler that likely will have a portrait of Adam Smith, another major player in the enlightenment. They represent my Scottish heritage (my grandfather was John Hume Bell).

Thanks again everyone. I appreciate you looking and commenting.

dave

smylee grouch · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2016, 10:44:19 PM »

Thanks for those additional photo's Dave. In one of the other pic's I thought I could see a slight forward lean/cant to the sight and thats the way I like them on English influenced guns. Again, a very nice piece.

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 06, 2016, 12:01:16 AM »

Dave another Masterful piece of workmanship. Thanks for sharing with us. Mike

PPatch · « **Reply #20 on:** November 06, 2016, 12:23:25 AM »

dave dave, awesome... that is gorgeous!

A lot of very nice shorter style rifles showing up of late, I like'em.

dave

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2016, 12:56:00 AM »

Quote from: David Rase on November 05, 2016, 08:31:42 PM

That is a beautiful gun Dave! I always love silver wire. One of my builds I will finish next spring will have a good amount of silver wire. Your topic caught my eye as I have a silver and steel Sheets rifle on my bench as I write. Keep up the great work. You and Ed Wenger just keep raising the bar.
Dave

I have to use binoculars just to see the bar anymore. Skills sure have went out of sight in the last decade!

smart dog · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2016, 01:49:30 AM »

Hi Mike,
Don't kid or underestimate yourself. There is no one I know in the US who understands the architecture of these English guns better than you. When I am planning out an English gun project, I always visit your website to refresh my mental image of what it should look like and that is no exaggeration, Mike.

dave

smart dog · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2016, 02:03:32 AM »

Quote from: David Rase on November 05, 2016, 08:31:42 PM

That is a beautiful gun Dave! I always love silver wire. One of my builds I will finish next spring will have a good amount of silver wire. Your topic caught my eye as I have a silver and steel Sheets rifle on my bench as I write. Keep up the great work. You and Ed Wenger just keep raising the bar.
Dave

Hi Dave and thank you. Ed (and JerryH, Jim Kibler, Mark Silver, and some others) may raise the bar, but I just follow along as best I can. If you have ever seen Ed's work in the hand you know that he is the equal of anyone working today. So to lump me with Ed is a huge honor.

dave

Ed Wenger · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:24:13 AM »

Dave, that's a really nice piece! I would have jumped on the band wagon earlier but have been chasing Bambi.... Wire is well executed and thoughtfully designed. Same goes for the carving and engraving. No way would I even attempt a portrait engraving without tons of practice, and it would still turn out looking like a three eyed Martian... I really like the trigger, too, very graceful. Really nice work all the way around, thanks for posting the photos! Thanks also for the kind words, but with the guys you mentioned (including yourself), I ain't setting no bars either, just trying to stay in the same area code... Congratulations on a very fine piece!

Ed

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