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
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