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Offline oldtravler61

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Chris Evart flintlock
« on: December 07, 2017, 12:51:07 AM »
  Hopefully this is the right place for this.
  A little while ago I received my lock from Chris.
 To say I am very happy. The lock is as smooth as glass to operate. It also sparks exceptionally well...
  Can't wait to build a gun around it...Hopefully the gun I build will be worth of such a excellent lock...
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2017, 12:58:15 AM »
 ??? ??? ???...  What style rifle you going to build around it, Mike ... give us  some hints ... bbl length & cal, type wood, etc. ... post pix of your progress ... !!!  ;D ;D ;D
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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2017, 04:00:47 AM »
I really like the one I got from him. It is also smooth as glass. The guy knows his stuff. Good luck on your build
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2017, 05:19:11 AM »
I got mine a while ago, nice lock as I figured it would be. Don't have a clue what I'm going to build around it or when.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2017, 06:19:09 AM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on December 07, 2017, 05:19:11 AM
I got mine a while ago, nice lock as I figured it would be. Don't have a clue what I'm going to build around it or when.
Mike,
I bet if you started your own topic on "what to build with this lock" you could get some help from the experts on the ALR.
David
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2017, 06:40:30 AM »
Hey Mike, David's right, if you ask nice I'm sure you could get some advice. Maybe you should make one of them Hawkins I hear so much about.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2017, 01:10:59 PM »
What style of lock is Chris building ... pics please ..
Dimensions ... ect ..

I haven't heard about these before , so please enlighten me !!

Allen
« Last Edit: December 07, 2017, 01:12:27 PM by AMartin »
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2017, 03:17:26 PM »
Quote from: AMartin on December 07, 2017, 01:10:59 PM
What style of lock is Chris building ... pics please ..
Dimensions ... ect ..

I haven't heard about these before , so please enlighten me !!

Allen

 Allen, this is the lock they are talking about:

   http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=45711.msg449043#msg449043


   Tim

 
« Last Edit: December 07, 2017, 03:22:45 PM by Tim Crosby »
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2017, 03:36:07 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on December 07, 2017, 05:19:11 AM
I got mine a while ago, nice lock as I figured it would be. Don't have a clue what I'm going to build around it or when.
Why not an early Iowa flat land rifle, better known as a EIFL rifle :D
Dennis
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2017, 05:02:57 PM »
Quote from: Dennis Glazener on December 07, 2017, 03:36:07 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on December 07, 2017, 05:19:11 AM
I got mine a while ago, nice lock as I figured it would be. Don't have a clue what I'm going to build around it or when.
Why not an early Iowa flat land rifle, better known as a EIFL rifle :D
Dennis
That's probably where it will end up..... :P
We do have hills in Iowa, you just have to know where to look. One of the highest points in the county is right behind my house. Hard to see the top of it....of course I don't see well anymore.... ;)

Come to think on it, I think I'll have weader run one of my fowling gun stocks, I don't have one and I'm going to get the barrel back from him and the stock pattern and call it quits on kits......I ought to have one of those while I still can, I designed  it to fit me as an upland gun!..... ;D I'll even stock it in Iowan Walnut!
« Last Edit: December 07, 2017, 05:06:39 PM by Mike Brooks »
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2017, 08:29:55 PM »
Thanks Tim ....

I remember now .. !!
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2017, 10:42:12 PM »
  Well I am surely no expert....But I had a crazy idea....of making an early Virginia style...southern influence....Any suggestions would be much appreciated..seriously they would... Mike I've hunted Iowa those aren't hills...Dennis not sure what that gun,is u described....
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2017, 11:48:31 PM »
I think the F. Klette rifle would be a good inspiration for your build with that lock.  Also the Woodsrunner rifle and RCA 124.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2017, 12:20:29 AM »
Quote from: oldtravler61 on December 07, 2017, 10:42:12 PM
  Well I am surely no expert....But I had a crazy idea....of making an early Virginia style...southern influence....Any suggestions would be much appreciated..seriously they would... Mike I've hunted Iowa those aren't hills...Dennis not sure what that gun,is u described....
Yep, they seem more like mountains. ;)
 Western IA is very hilly as is NW Iowa, anywhere with in miles of the Mississippi. Lost of limestone bluffs. Many of our smaller rivers in NW IA are lined with limestone bluffs as well. Good  trout fishing up there I hear.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2017, 02:51:22 AM »
Hi Mike,
I am sorry but these are mountains.  My house was at the base of those about 100 yds from the sea.  I was kept awake one night by a humpback whale snoring while sleeping on the surface.  You know life is good when that happens.

dave

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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2017, 02:57:54 AM »
Quote from: oldtravler61 on December 07, 2017, 10:42:12 PM
.Dennis not sure what that gun,is u described....
Oh, it was to be a protype for an all new style for Mike to start :D
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2017, 06:21:50 PM »
  Dave Mike an I we're referring to Iowa. No sea but the nastiest black locusts thorn trees ever.
  Mike's got great deer hunting an fishing there.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2017, 10:17:53 PM »
Mike Brooks.......father of the Iowa "Thornberry School"    ;D   

Has a nice ring to it!

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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2017, 01:03:18 AM »
Hi Oldtraveler,
I just like yanking Mike's chain.

dave
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2017, 04:15:01 AM »
Dave so do I..
Ops...now he knows....
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2017, 04:26:15 AM »
Quote from: Dennis Glazener on December 07, 2017, 03:36:07 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on December 07, 2017, 05:19:11 AM
I got mine a while ago, nice lock as I figured it would be. Don't have a clue what I'm going to build around it or when.
Why not an early Iowa flat land rifle, better known as a EIFL rifle :D
Dennis


I think Mike should really branch out and build a "fusil court en Louisiane" (Louisiana short boat rifle) from the 1770s when Louisiana was ruled by the British.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2017, 05:08:39 PM »
Singlemalt would like to see a pic of that gun.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2017, 06:28:41 PM »
I  haven't heard any whales snoring around here but if you listen closely you can hear catfish pass gas occasionally..... :P
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2017, 08:02:52 PM »
Hey Guys, thanks for all the kind words. I cannot wait to see what rifles these locks end up in. I have the parts to do another batch, but just haven't had the time yet. Hopefully just after Christmas I can get started on them.

Cheers,

Chris E.
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Re: Chris Evart flintlock
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2017, 08:38:26 PM »
Quote from: AMartin on December 07, 2017, 01:10:59 PM
What style of lock is Chris building ... pics please ..
Dimensions ... ect ..

I haven't heard about these before , so please enlighten me !!

Allen

Hey Allen, Sorry to miss you at Dixon's this year. Hopefully we'll see ya this coming year. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods and Merry Christmas!
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