Another Recreation

[The Crisco Kid]

The lighting got better so I took another photo and updated it.

 

[Pete G]

“I” Fordney is Jacob Fordney.

 

[nhmoose]

Great looking rifle

 

[NorthFork]

Fantastic build! You should be proud of your work!

 

[Notchy Bob]

“I” Fordney is Jacob Fordney.

Right you are! Thank you.

I found additional photos of the same rifle shown in post #17 online right here: Jacob Fordney Percussion Rifle

In this case, the seller attributes Jacob Fordney by name, which the other seller did not. We note that Jacob had a contract to supply rifles for the tribes to the US Government in 1837. However, I'm not totally convinced that this original (as shown in post #17) is one of them. I suppose there might have been some variation among the rifles he supplied, but images of the ones I have seen show full octagon barrels and patchboxes. I think it is possible that this original may have been restocked around a Fordney barrel, although you would not necessarily expect a checkered wrist, a Late Lancaster characteristic, from a frontier gunsmith, although the existence of re-stocked rifles is well documented.

I don't want to hijack this thread! Maybe I already did, in which case, I apologize. The ultimate point was that The Crisco Kid's "recreation" would have been right at home on the western frontier.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob