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Offline Herb

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Monica's Rifle
« on: August 02, 2009, 06:34:14 AM »
Here is my last rifle.  Number 34.  Built for Monica to hunt deer with, a .50 caplock.  Based on a Henry Albright rifle in Whisker's book "Gunsmiths of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania", page 65.  She wanted caplock, nickle silver hardware,  inlays including the sun, moon and stars, and a different hunter's star.  It has a Rice B weight 38" swamped barrel, blued steel.

The sideplate location caused me problems, but I solved them.  After this photo, I  engraved Monica's name on the plate.  I cut the stock from a blank.

Here is the changed hunter's star plus a 2000 Sacajawea dollar I added in.

I sawed the patchbox from a blank.  The ball puller is threaded in to keep the other parts from falling out.



The lid lifter spring is made from a piece of hacksaw blade.
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2009, 02:06:35 PM »
Monica should be pleased. Very nice deer rifle.

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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2009, 03:55:12 PM »
Very nice hunting rifle. Ed
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2009, 04:00:50 PM »
Looks like a great hunting rifle, Herb- she should be pleased.
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 08:38:42 PM »
I really like what you did to the patchbox innards.  Nice touch.
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 09:14:01 PM »
Herb, I like it a lot!!

The only thing that jumped out to me as a suggestion is to work on the drawing of your C scrolls & volutes  particularly the one right behind the cheekpiece. Also make sure the lines in the carving of the  C are not parallel. I don't think they are but they are awfully close.
The inside of the patch box is terrific

If Monica doesn't like it I can send you my address. ;D

Thanks for sharing the pics!
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2009, 11:13:21 PM »
now she cant say you didnt give her the moon and the stars  nice look deer dropper
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2009, 01:06:52 AM »
cool, nice job
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Re: Monica's Rifle
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2009, 05:59:30 AM »
Tim, thanks for your comments.  It is very hard to carve a pretty volute.  And I see that Henry Albright's carving lines were not parallel in his rifle!. 
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