The Art of the Longrifle with Ian Pratt

[Yazel.xring]

https://www.ilovemuzzleloading.com/blog/the-art-of-the-longrifle-with-ian-pratt

This week I知 talking with Ian Pratt, contemporary artisan, about the Art of the Longrifle. This is a pretty wide subject we're talking about this week, but Ian brings some interesting insights to the conversation. This episode isn't so much about the technical nature of Ian's work, it's more about the influences and thought processes he goes through to create contemporary art using a flintlock muzzleloader as the canvas.

It may get a little funky for you, we go back in time pretty far, but this is definitely one of my favorite conversations from the show. Thank you again, Ian, for coming onto the show to chat with me

[Woodland]

I have really enjoyed your last handful of podcasts.  You are doing an outstanding job of walking the line between keeping the interest of the more experienced folks and not excluding the newcomers.  Bully for you!  keep it up.

Jon

[Yazel.xring]

I have really enjoyed your last handful of podcasts.  You are doing an outstanding job of walking the line between keeping the interest of the more experienced folks and not excluding the newcomers.  Bully for you!  keep it up.

Jon

Thank you kindly Jon!

[Bob McBride]

Well done Ethan. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

[Yazel.xring]

Well done Ethan. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

Thanks a bunch Bob, means a lot.

[Curtis]

Most Excellent!


Thanks for posting Yazel!

Curtis

[Craig Wilcox]

Thanks, Ethan.  I got into longrifles after I saw one for the first time,  Been shooting and making guns for a long, long time, but they were all of the more modern firearms.

Had a very small gunsmith business in a little town in Oklahoma, and one of the salesmen offered me  a factory made "Kentucky Longrifle" at a very low  price.  I had owned muzzle loaders before, the first was an 1863 Springfield .58 caliber ex-Union Army standard.

But this gun, a Pedersoli, was amazing for the long barrel, and the fancy patchbox.  And when I took it out to sight it in, at 100 yards the first three shots made a little clover leaf just to the left of center.

Then a customer had a kit that he asked me to put together for him.  It was FUN!

And now I sit here in my 20' x 24' "shop", with probably a dozen or more muzzleloaders, the only centerfire is the old semi-auto pistol hidden in a drawer.

I have become entranced by the slim, excellent, beautiful rifles and smoothbores.  And the idea that I can build one was, and is, like a fairy tale.

This old guy intends to keep at it with the firearms created years before the common era - they are FUN!

[T.C.Albert]

I think it痴 great what you are doing with this whole series Ethan.
Sincerely,
TC

[Yazel.xring]

Most Excellent!


Thanks for posting Yazel!

Curtis

Thank you Curtis! Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks, Ethan.  I got into longrifles after I saw one for the first time,  Been shooting and making guns for a long, long time, but they were all of the more modern firearms.

Had a very small gunsmith business in a little town in Oklahoma, and one of the salesmen offered me  a factory made "Kentucky Longrifle" at a very low  price.  I had owned muzzle loaders before, the first was an 1863 Springfield .58 caliber ex-Union Army standard.

But this gun, a Pedersoli, was amazing for the long barrel, and the fancy patchbox.  And when I took it out to sight it in, at 100 yards the first three shots made a little clover leaf just to the left of center.

Then a customer had a kit that he asked me to put together for him.  It was FUN!

And now I sit here in my 20' x 24' "shop", with probably a dozen or more muzzleloaders, the only centerfire is the old semi-auto pistol hidden in a drawer.

I have become entranced by the slim, excellent, beautiful rifles and smoothbores.  And the idea that I can build one was, and is, like a fairy tale.

This old guy intends to keep at it with the firearms created years before the common era - they are FUN!

Thank you for sharing Craig, I love hearing this stuff. Keep up the great work.

I think it痴 great what you are doing with this whole series Ethan.
Sincerely,
TC

Thank you TC. Your books and work have been an asset to my interests, thank you for taking the time to listen.

[DHouse]

Great episode, really enjoyed it. You do a good job of keeping the questions flowing and letting the guests talk. Ian was a great guest as well and I really liked the parts where you dove deep into what inspires Ian, as I think it inspires others, did me anyway. This is a great resource for guys like myself who can't make it to shows and talk to like minded folk with a passion for flintlocks. Keep 'em comin'!