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2nd rifle done, TN style halfstock

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tshrcav8r

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I finally finished by second rifle. a tennesse style halfstock. It has a 36", 3/4", .36 caliber Green Mountain barrel and Chamber's late Ketland lock. I have sightly reshaped a set of Davis double set triggers. I used a Bean style buttplate and trigger guard. I narrowed and tapered the bow on trigger guard as it looked too wide on the stock. I made the side plate as I didn't like the one that I had purchased. I used a TVM patchbox with I reshaped to round the ends. I have yet to make the patchbox springs. I poured the nose cap using lead free plumber's solder. The underrib is maple and attached to the barrel using 4 underlug staples. The legs of the staples were shortened and soldered to the barrel. The metal parts were browned using the browing solution from Davis. The lenght of pull is 13 3/4". The drop is 3 1/4", which is a much as I could get. The stock was wide enough to get 1/4" of cast off. I moved the buttplate as far toward the right side of the stock as I could. The stock was stained using Klein's orange and golden brown stains. The finish is Permalyn sealer and Wakhon Bay's Tru-Coat.

All the parts were supplied by Troy from Stonewall Creek Outfitters, except for some minor parts like screws and pins. Troy helped alot with by shortening the stock and ripping the remaining piece of stock into a piece suitable to make the underrib. He also shortened the barrel to 36" and recrowned it. Troy is a great guy to deal with and I would highly recommend him.

I think that if I had to do it again and using a 3/4" barrel, I would leave the barrel just a little longer, maybe 38 inches instead of 36"

Thanks for looking, please feel free to make any suggestions that might help me make the next build better.

Thanks again, Tim

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tsharrison said:
The underrib is maple and attached to the barrel using 4 underlug staples. The legs of the staples were shortened and soldered to the barrel.
That's a beautiful rifle, Tim. Doesn't look like a second gun.

That maple underrib is very interesting. That's something I've never heard of. Is that a southern mountain rifle thing?

Spence
 
As far as references, I had read on several forums that halfstock TN rifles did exist, but have never seen one. As I look at posting on the forum, I always archive the pictures of rifle that I like. On this rifle, I used pictures of Ken Guy's eastern tenneesee as a general guide line for the stock architecture, the one with the penny inlaid on the cheek. As fitter had responded, many new england rifles had wooden underribs. When I saw pictures of those rifles, I liked what I saw and decided to try one. After the rifle stock was shaped, I started drawing the outline of the nose cap on the stock. After drawing it a couple of times, I felt like the longer forestock looked better than a shorter one. Somehow the longer forestock seemed help with the overall flow of the rifle. I don't know if this is right or wrong, I just went with the flow.

Thanks for looking and your kind comments, Tim
 
Hey neighbor, I'm curious as to how you mounted the wooden rib to the staples. Wooden wedges through the staples? Metal wedges? Epoxy glue?

Beautiful rifle by the way. Good job. Bill
 
The underrib is pinned to the staples using 1/16 inch pin stock. The thimbles are pinned as well. Tim
 
Really like your rifle. The architecture is right on and the color and finish produced a nice, soft
effect. Have been using the LMF sealer/Wahkon Bay Trucoat finish for a number of years and have found it to be very easy to apply, moisture proof and the low sheen eliminates the need for using steel wool or pumice to lessen the shine. This finish also looks like it's not there because it's mainly in the wood. Again....nice going....Fred
 
Great looking rifle Tim! I love seeing you built a TN 1/2 stock. Not many folks build them but there were plenty around. Reshaping the triggers is a nice touch and goes a long way toward making it look like the old boys used to build. The architecture is dead on. Love the comb. Something a lot of folks miss on a E. TN rifle.
Cheers,
Ken
 
Tim,

Nice looking work. Shape of the buttstock & comb are just right, color is right, lock & trigger set look good, & just a good looking rifle all-in-all. Nice job. :wink:

Keith Lisle
 
great looking rifle ... gotta trh that under rib thingy on an underhammer which i'm designing in my head.

(work is boring- building isn't)

make good smoke!
 

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