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Agreed. I've had a "Lewis & Clark" M1803 on order from The Rifle Shoppe for almost two years now. Not to worry; it's shipping next week! I know that for certain as I heard it last November and again just last month! I'd cancel my order if my TRS Baker Rifle was not just so amazing. Baker v...

It certainly does skirt being "fake". That's by plan. It's a replica! It is also safe to shoot and has its value in no way dimenished by shooting. I'm pleased that these are available! It took a great deal of work and planning to create.

Wow! Has anyone seen this? Beautiful http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(yunggbmk24zjahnbmfeuyuzs))/categories/partDetail.aspx?catId=12&subId=81&styleId=280&partNum=AAG-586

A few photos of my TRS Baker rifle: http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker9.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker8.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker7.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker5.jpg...

I have a Rifle Shoppe Baker. The quality of it is amazing, with a perfect wood to metal fit and everything "just so", right down to the markings and stamps. The stock is of English walnut and the barrel is browned. Mine was made by TRS, not from one of their kits by someone else. Search this...

Flintlocks, all. The Mexicans purchased Baker rifles surplus from the British. These saw service at the Alamo, and for many years after. Spare locks were produced and were marked with the Mexican eagle.

I think that's the article that I have. (Thanks, Sean!) Email me at the address above if you'd like to see it. The article tends tends to remove doubt about the timeline, making the equipping of the Expedition with M1803 rifles more than plausable. Lewis made more than one trip to the Arsenal...

I'll forward the email containing the complete Cowan & Keller article to any board member with the computer skills necessary to post it here, and who will agree to do so. The article has excellent photos of the rifle in question. It's a real eye opener. Email me at [email protected]. Remove...

Yes, #15 has beautiful, deep, US eagle proof marks.

I've recently seen photos of rifle #15, thanks to boardmember Sean, in a well illustrated article that he sent to me. The photos above are of a TRS replica. The "Salt Lake City Rifle" has been througly used and abused. The proofs and serial are crystal clear, though. It is something very...

Point well taken. I do rather agree with the point made in the text that Lewis would hardly have been satified with well used, cut down 1792 Commission rifles. So, we know that serial M1803 rifle production did not begin for some three months after Lewis visited the Harper's Ferry arsenal. The...

Photos of my LH Baker rifle. Note that the butt plate is well rounded. I find the rifle to be comfortable to shoot. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker9.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/tsmgguy_photos/Baker8.jpg...

These are scans from the 2007/08 Rifle Shoppe Catalog concerning this rifle. Sorry for the poor quality of the scans: this is my first effort at posting these. After you click on the thumnail, click on "full size" in the upper left hand corner. As you can see, Jess thought this rifle different...

I have been extremely pleased with my Rifle Shoppe Baker Rifle. In .62, it meets all of your listed criteria. It wasn't cheap, and I had to wait for it for a while, but the quality of it is just amazing. Jess can really build a rifle. All of the original proofs and marks are present. I find...

I'm getting somewhat excited as Jess of The Rifle Shoppe tells me that my new replica Lewis & Clark Expedition rifle is almost ready for shipping. As I was ordering this rifle, Jess mentioned that he had the chance to examine what he believed to be an authentic rifle used by the Expedition, and...

Thanks for the link! I have had a TRS Baker rifle for almost a year now and have been very pleased with it. It is so nice that I hardly mind the wait for the "Expedition" rifle. I don't even know what it will look like!

Anybody gotten their Rifle Shoppe Lewis & Clark expedition replica rifle yet? How does it look / shoot?

Has anyone ordered and taken possession of one of the new Lewis & Clark expedition rifles now being offered by The Rifle Shoppe? It would be great if someone could post a few pics, just for drooling purposes!

Thanks, Joel! Just excellent. . . It seems that when what we term flintlock technology became widely accepted, it was referred to as the firelock. Other (earlier) technologies were then categorized by names descriptive of that technology. When the caplock/percussion came along, that is how it...

I really agonized about whether to buy a left handed flinter or not! Because of the potential for problems just as you described, I finally settled on a lefty TRS Baker rifle. It's beautiful and a joy to shoot, but I know that it will have really limited resale value in the years to come.