Author Topic: Frontier made rifle (update) (Read 4719 times)

B.Barker · « **on:** June 05, 2020, 05:51:46 AM »

Here's a rifle that's been in the works for about three years. I went at this one as if a smith in a frontier settlement built it from parts he had and some brought to him by a customer. It has a French trade gun lock and side plate along with rammer pipes from a trade fowler. The butt plate is forged from sheet brass with a thin sheet brass muzzle wrap. The trigger guard is cast brass and has a .54 rifled barrel. The overall style is of the Reading school so the smith must have came from there or was trained there before moving out on the frontier. Still have a ways to go before it's finally finished, maybe it will get wrapped up before the end of the year.

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P.Bigham · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2020, 06:01:48 AM »

From your description I wasn’t expecting it to be so finally finished. I like these builds a lot.

smallpatch · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2020, 06:26:05 AM »

Brian,
Nicely done! I like it a lot!

J. Talbert · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2020, 06:36:36 AM »

Nice one Brian.
Tells a good story.
I’ve always liked that cheek piece carving, and yours is well done.

Jeff

Greg Pennell · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2020, 06:39:35 AM »

Looking good Brian...nice lines. Are you keeping this one?

Greg

BOB HILL · « **Reply #5 on:** June 05, 2020, 01:54:38 PM »

Well done, Brian.
Bob

alacran · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2020, 02:41:20 PM »

I like this rifle a lot , there is no need for a story to justify it.

Stoner creek · « **Reply #7 on:** June 05, 2020, 03:06:05 PM »

I’m all about that Reading stuff. Great!!

Bob Roller · « **Reply #8 on:** June 05, 2020, 03:07:58 PM »

Looks fine to me and what else are you going to do to it ?
Take it to the range and shoot it.

Bob Roller

Percy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2020, 04:02:47 PM »

I like it a lot, well done. Time to take her to the range and see how she shoots.

Percy

mountainman70 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2020, 04:31:16 PM »

I like it ,too. Good story. I have one similar under way. Keep on building. Looking good. Dave F

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #11 on:** June 05, 2020, 04:40:54 PM »

LIKE!

Telgan · « **Reply #12 on:** June 05, 2020, 06:01:32 PM »

Like it a lot Brian - Especially your carving and the side plate engraving

borderdogs · « **Reply #13 on:** June 05, 2020, 09:28:51 PM »

You did a nice job and I like the concept. Years ago I saw a smooth bore musket that was made around the time of the American Revolution that was made with a hodgepodge of parts. The guy who had it was a friend of mine who bought and sold antique rifles and handguns. He went looking though his library to try to locate where it might have been built and concluded it was probably built in NY or New England. He dated the lock to somewhere in the 1740's I dont remember anything else about it. But it was obvious that all the parts came from different guns. I remember the hand made screws though and on a walnut stock that saw hard use. It was pretty neat and definitely had a "look". Dont think it was frontier made but it proved out the idea of never throwing anything out.
Rob

ScottH · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2020, 12:09:03 AM »

Like it a bunch!

Great architecture, just enough decoration, no entry pipe??, overall very attractive gun.

B.Barker · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2020, 01:31:26 AM »

Mike, thanks for the info on the muzzle brass wrap. Didn't have a piece of brass thin enough so I pounded out some.020" stuff to about .012".

Bob the steel needs to be finished up and the wood will get some patina with more coats of oil.

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2020, 04:35:51 AM »

Very nice...I like it a lot...Oldtravler

Cobweb · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2020, 07:54:29 AM »

Now that's one cool looking rifle right there!
Thanks for sharing …..

Big John

hanshi · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2020, 01:28:24 AM »

Excellent! Now, I like that.

Marcruger · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2020, 07:17:02 PM »

She's a beauty Brian.

B.Habermehl · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2020, 10:35:52 PM »

Really nice. Just needs a bit of TLG (Tender lovin grunge) or a bunch of shooting enjoyment to make it more believable to match your back story. This gun looks like it’s ment to be used. Can’t wait to see it when your finished. BJH

alacran · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2020, 02:57:08 PM »

Quote from: B.Barker on June 06, 2020, 01:31:26 AM

Mike, thanks for the info on the muzzle brass wrap. Didn't have a piece of brass thin enough so I pounded out some.020" stuff to about .012".

Bob the steel needs to be finished up and the wood will get some patina with more coats of oil.

What exactly was the info on the muzzle wrap? I was given a large roll of .014 brass and have been thinking of what to use it for. I have enough to do thousands of guns.

B.Barker · « **Reply #22 on:** June 09, 2020, 04:05:49 AM »

The brass is just wrapped around the stock and bent over into the barrel channel and it's held in place by the barrel. The barrel channel needs a tad bit of relieving so the brass lays in proper.

Mike Lyons · « **Reply #23 on:** June 09, 2020, 04:55:56 AM »

Very nice looking rifle Brian. That architecture looks like it makes a comfortable gun.

Cory Joe Stewart · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2020, 04:33:47 PM »

Fantastic!!

Cory Joe

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