.40 cal Flintlock

[Capt. Fred]

Hi Guys- here's a .40 cal flinter I'm just finishing up. This was the set of parts that I got real cheap and got about half way through the project and discovered that the ramrod hole was way out of wack in the stock. I had less than 1/32 inch of wood on the bottom of the stock. :shocked2:

So...I ended up ordering another stock and this is the result.

The parts are from an unknown parts set, .40 cal Rice barrel, I think it is a Chambers large siler, brass mountings, and single trigger I ordered from MBS.

 

[JayDee Flohr]

Beautiful :thumbsup:

 

[mazo kid]

Lookin'good!! :thumbsup:

 

[Chilidog]

Sweet. Good job. :hatsoff:

 

[rabjr]

Looks good to me. :thumbsup:

 

[Don]

Thats real pretty and not overly flashy, nice work.

Don

 

[Capt. Fred]

Thanks guys, Yup Don I wanted to keep it pretty simple. Both to try and stay within my limited abilities and also to keep a simple kind of country look to it.

I don't know about you guys but I always try to imagine who a rifle like the one I'm working on might have been made for in the past. And since I'm a pretty standard blue collar guy, that's who I've often imagined a gun like the one's I build would go to.

I've ordered a Virginia from Pecatonica and I'm thinking that on that one I'm going to gussy it up a bit as if it were being made for a wealthier Virginian settler.

 

[ian45662]

Man thats a real nice looking gun. How many have you built

 

[Capt. Fred]

Hi Ian. I built a Lyman Great Plains Rifle about 20 years ago. Then I got back into it last year and this is my fourth since then. I've built two Hawken style guns in percussion and two of this type of flintlock.

 

[rkmeyer]

Fantastic!!! :bow: What's 1/32nd between friends? :haha:
Dusty :wink:

 

[Capt. Fred]

Thanks Bob. I'm not the type to abuse my stuff but I do use it pretty hard and I'd always be way worried about such a thin spot cracking thru-

I could have installed a wear plate but it would have needed to go from the entry thimble all the way back to the end of the rr hole.

The funny thing is that I have been fiddling with that stock with the bad hole and I think I'm going to be able to use it after all. It is a real pretty piece of wood and I'd love to save it.

I had some epoxy ooze out of the grain when I glued in a dowel in an attempt to repair the problem. I thought that was a death knell but the other night I got to picking the epoxy out of the pores with a needle and I think with an hour or two's work I can get it looking lots better. Then I've just got to re-drill a new rr hole correctly. :shocked2:

 

[agill]

That's a beautiful rifle! :thumbsup:

 

[Chilidog]

I could have installed a wear plate but it would have needed to go from the entry thimble all the way back to the end of the ram rod hole.

I dunno... I've seen some done that way and thought they looked pretty cool. If your redrilling doesn't work, you might try it. Just might look really good.

 

[Capt. Fred]

Yup, you're right, I just might need to. Like I say it is a real pretty piece of wood so I think one way or the other I'll end up using it.

 

[rkmeyer]

Let us know how it went. Good Luck!!!
Dusty :wink:

 

[Marc Adamchek]

It really looks great! You gotta be proud of something this nice coming from your hands. Good Show! as the Brits would say........

 

Fine job on that rifle....looks great

 

[c.jacob.cottam]

All i can say is WOW!

 

[Capt. Fred]

Thanks folks. I fired it a few times with Runnball a week or so ago and it seemed real nice. I've still got to work up a load for it but it started out within a couple of inches of where it needs to be without touching anything.

It is the first .40 I've shot and it had more "umph" than I was expecting. I've shot Runnball's .32 and the .40 was more of a difference than I was expecting. Nothing like my 54's mind you but quite a difference from the .32. Real fun to shoot!

 

[roundball]

Looks like a great rifle there...I envy those who have the skills and patience to build their own.
:hatsoff: