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I guess Mr. Hoyt has done a couple dozen barrels for me, both new ones and ones he bored out and rerifled. Always has sent the barrels and an invoice. One of the last craftsmen that I know of who would trust a customer to pay.

The super thin stocks on certain style rifles were a problem even in their own day. Read the ledgers from most early rifle builders and there will be many more notations for repairing a stock or restocking than there are for complete new rifles.

Have tried all commercial sources, just hope someone has one gathering dust in a parts bin.

Have two of them. While looking a lot alike one is longer than the other. Shorter one is 6 1/4" and other is 6 5/8" long. Please measure your stock and see which one you need.

Looking for a patch box lid or complete patch box for an early style Hopkins & Allen "Heritage" model under hammer. Hope some one has one taking up space in a box or drawer. Any condition would do.

I've done dozens of them. Some were more complicated than others but just about any can be done, just depends on time and money.

If the threads are damaged to the point you can't recut them Track of the Wolf has oversized taps and nipples in +.05 increments...often I've salvaged them by going .10-.15 oversized.

It is sad but after auctions I've frequently had people bring in a reproduction pistol that the auctioneer had said was original. They thought they were buying a "real" antique. Auctions can be the ultimate "buyer beware" market.

If it is a stainless steel model I have a used barrel. It has some light pitting about midway down the barrel but not bad and still very shootable.

A real favorite of mine is the J. Henry "British " style. Put this one together with correct lock from "The Rifle Shoppe"

This is an "American" or Lancaster style J. Henry trade rifle I built for a customer a year or so ago. It is historically correct for the early fur trade period.

I've used white lighted arrow nocks for many years but they are getting harder to find and pretty expensive. Have tried other colors but never happy with them so these just may be a better idea.

It looks like it might be one of Larry Zornes locks. He made castings that were used by several builders back in the 70's and 80's.

You can actually control the color and texture by how you card off rust between coats. For a classic "English" type brown where steel is shiny but brown use a carding wheel and buff all rust scale off the parts but for a more rustic "old" look use denim or burlap to just knock down surface rust...

If you are near the Okla. City area I'd like to invite you to come out and shoot with us. We have 2 and sometime three matches a month.

Life was tough no matter what you did. Kit Carson's father died while felling a tree on their homestead and most men were considered "Old" in their mid forties. Studying the order invoices from the major fur companies seem to show they were all over the board on the caliber rifles ordered. Just...

Have to agree with most comments about they being fun at reasonably close ranges, past 50 yards that little pill really loses energy and affected by wind. They also tend to foul very quickly so swabbing every couple of shots is needed. Get yourself a metal range rod with a muzzle guide and...

Many old time builders only did certain parts of the build and then let good woodcarvers such as cabinet makers do the embellishment same goes engraving. Have seen many rifles from the same builder with obviously different engraving or carving styles.

Background clean up is the HARDEST part! Time consuming and tedious but makes all the difference.

They tend to vaporize when exposed to open air, you are lucky to have found it.