Quoting Robin C. Hale in his Tennessee Rifles article 1971
This rifle (fig. 30) from the Turner Kirklandcollection is typical of guns from the Soddy-Daisy School. The
deeply curved buttplate has a heel which is exaggerated in depth and is almost always V-shaped in cross
section. The stock is usually concave on either side of the comb. Tangs are the same width as the top flat
of the barrel, have parallel sides like a strap, and extend to but not up the face of the comb. The forearm
of the stock is generally diamond-shaped in cross-section, as opposed to the "apple-cheeked" cross section
common to the fore arms of many Tennessee guns. Note the very tight scroll of the triggerguard spur.
The left side of the buttstock (fig. 31) shows the style of cheekpiece typical of this school. Note the basic
similarity of the sideplate to that on the Jacob Gross rifle (fig. 16). Incidentally, Johnny Clements, who I
believe was the maker of this rifle, is the only member of the Soddy-Daisy school that I how of who
occasionally used the banana-shaped patchbox. His guns are signed "J.C.," and he even went so far as to
so-identify his bullet moulds. For a poor but serviceable photograph of one of Johnny Clements rifles, I
refer you to plate 66, #1 of Dillin's Kentucky Rifle.
