Any Info/Advice Please!!

[Zonie]

une carabine
Congratulations! :thumbsup:

If this is the gun with the Colerain barrel your in luck.
Although I haven't personally seen any of the guns made by OldArmy, I have seen many pictures of them and his talent is obvious.
I'm sure it will be just the thing you always dreamed of.

Colerain is one of the better barrel makers.
A Swamped barrel is a tapered barrel. It tapers from being fairly large at the breech down to a smaller octagon and then about 6 inches from the muzzle it starts to increase in size.
This makes the final size at the muzzle is smaller than the breech but larger than the middle. Hope that makes sense to you.

The old original guns which had hand made barrels were almost always swamped so your gun will be quite "correct" for anything you want to do with it.
No reenactor worth his salt would question a flintlock rifle with a swamped barrel.

Swamping also gets a lot of the excess weight out of the barrel so that rather than being "muzzle heavy" like most longrifles look like they would be it will balance very nicely and the muzzle may in fact feel fairly light.

Again, congratulations on your new rifle.

PS: I just went and looked at the gun you bought. IMO, you got a steal if it is in as good of a condition as it says it is.
The parts alone to build this rifle would cost you over $620. :grin:

 

[JackAubrey]

I have to agree w/ Black hand.Get something now and save for the custom rifle.I'm not one to sell off a rifle,I'm a sentimental sort.Take a look at the Cabelas website.They have a Blue Ridge rifle in flint there for $ 589.00 in .32 up to .54.I am certain sure you could possibly find it cheaper elsewhere,were you to look diligently.The real reason I want to point it out to you is these guns are made by Pedersoli.You will be very happy w/ this gun( and you won't want to sell it!)I have one in .36 calibre flint and am very pleased.Yes,I want a custom as well but right now I buy formula and diapers first! :wink: The styling I think you will find good to the eye and for about the same price as a traditions.Best regards,J.A.

 

[JackAubrey]

Blast! I hate it when I post before reading the whole thread! :surrender: My apologies Zonie :bow: J.A.

 

[Zonie]

No need to apologize Jack. :thumbsup:

 

[J.D.]

I just struck a deal with one of your long time members, "OldArmy" for the Early Lancaster 38" .50 cal Long Rifle he has posted in the classifeds. Finally, the rifle i've been hoping for my whole life. I can not believe in just 3 or 4 days being a member here and i'am getting the rifle of my dreams. :hatsoff: Thanks to all you for supporting me and giving me such wonderful suggestions on finding a desent rifle and it was right here the whole time. :thumbsup:

Good for you. That should be a great rifle for you needs, and IMHO a much better quality gun that the production guns you were looking at.

The Siler lock is one of the best, and replacement parts are readily available, in the unlikely event that you should need them.

Colerain Barrels are pretty good too.

Yep, you did good.

I suggest that you ask Old Army about accurate loads, then shoot the daylights out of it. Take it out in wet weather and learn to make it work in any weather conditions.

Good luck,and enjoy.

J.D.

 

[dbiggers]

I just struck a deal with one of your long time members, "OldArmy" for the Early Lancaster 38" .50 cal Long Rifle he has posted in the classifeds. Finally, the rifle i've been hoping for my whole life. I can not believe in just 3 or 4 days being a member here and i'am getting the rifle of my dreams. :hatsoff: Thanks to all you for supporting me and giving me such wonderful suggestions on finding a desent rifle and it was right here the whole time. :thumbsup:

Good for you. That should be a great rifle for you needs, and IMHO a much better quality gun that the production guns you were looking at.

The Siler lock is one of the best, and replacement parts are readily available, in the unlikely event that you should need them.

Colerain Barrels are pretty good too.

Yep, you did good.

I suggest that you ask Old Army about accurate loads, then shoot the daylights out of it. Take it out in wet weather and learn to make it work in any weather conditions.

Good luck,and enjoy.

J.D.

I suggest that you ask Old Army about accurate loads

Are you kidding me, OldArmy/Mike is my new hero, mentor, coach, teacher, instructor and hopefully life long friend. :bow: He'll probally end up hating me after i've bugged him and asked him a thousand questions. :wink: I hope not, he surely seems to know his stuff & this Work of Art/Long Rifle i'am getting, "that he's made" :hatsoff: is absolutely beautiful and i can't wait to hold her and shoot her. It'll be the one i take to the grave with me, (not to soon I hope) especially if its as good as Mike and everyone say's it is, i'll never sell it. And i'am sure it will be. :thumbsup:

 

[Claude Mathis]

Finally, the rifle i've been hoping for my whole life. I can not believe in just 3 or 4 days being a member here and i'am getting the rifle of my dreams. :hatsoff: Thanks to all you for supporting me and giving me such wonderful suggestions on finding a desent rifle and it was right here the whole time. :thumbsup:

Making dreams come true is just one of our many services. :wink:

 

[torn moc]

UNE CARABINE....didnt anyone tell you that
" This is THE BEST muzzleloading site"
on the whole internet?
Congrats on the purchase!!!!..you Lucky dog :hatsoff:

 

[jimmytheshank]

"[/quote] Are you kidding me, OldArmy/Mike is my new hero, mentor, coach, teacher, instructor and hopefully life long friend. :bow: He'll probally end up hating me after i've bugged him and asked him a thousand questions. :wink: I hope not, he surely seems to know his stuff & this Work of Art/Long Rifle i'am getting, "that he's made" :hatsoff: is absolutely beautiful and i can't wait to hold her and shoot her. It'll be the one i take to the grave with me, (not to soon I hope) especially if its as good as Mike and everyone say's it is, i'll never sell it. And i'am sure it will be. :thumbsup: [/quote]"

I'm certainly glad to see Mike has another fan. Congratulations on your new rifle there bud. Mike's good people. And his gunmaking gets better and better with each one he makes. I know you'll be very happy with that rifle. He's made two pistols for my brother, a pistol for me, and right now he's currently building me a Late Lancaster with a 44" swamped barrel in .50 cal, curly maple stock, and polished furniture. Sometime this next coming year, I've asked him to build me a LOTM "Killdeer" rifle. As you can see, I've come to love his work so much, that he's the only person I'll buy from. And I wouldnt worry about Mike getting tired of a lot of questions. He's listened to me ramble often enough. :yakyak:
But seriously, he's made my experience a pleasant one when it comes to building me absolutely beautiful guns. You really should check out all the guns he's posted in the forums. That last one he made, the Virginia rifle is really SWEET!
Again, congratulations on your new rifle! :thumbsup:

 

[oldarmy]

Thanks for the kind words :redface:
The Lancaster is "used", but well cared for.
I liked the rifle and enjoyed shooting her.
Glad it is going to a new member of the forum.
Don't know if I am doing him a favor or not.
Flintlocks are demanding creatures..shoot me, shoot me.... clean me, clean me :grin:
Always trying to get that "perfect load combination"
Wish this forum had been around when I bought my first GPR. I might still have the rifle.
Sold it in a fit of frustration, along with a pedersoli later on.
Wasn't until I found this forum that I REALLY LEARNED ABOUT muzzle loading.

 

[dbiggers]

UPDATE!!!

My New (well new to me) Custom Made .50 Cal New Lancaster, Flintlock Long Rifle, from OldArmy, will be here in a couple of days. :grin: :applause: I'am so excited :rotf: Hopefully it will be here this Friday, but that may be pushing it, more likely monday or tuesday. When it does arrive, that big loud thundering, booming, ground shaking sound you hear, will be me jumping up & down for joy. So hold on tight to something. I'll definately post up my first outing with her at the shooting range to let you all know how she did. :thumbsup: Thanks again to everyone for the wonderful advice and comments. :hatsoff:

 

[tjohnson56]

All I can say is aim small and have a blast, sure wish I had a custom coming in the mail for me! :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[dbiggers]

All I can say is aim small and have a blast, sure wish I had a custom coming in the mail for me! :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

Oh my friend, don't wish "PRAY" the good Lord can't give it to you, if you don't ask for it. :thumbsup: Between my prayers and the good Lord in Heaven, i wasn't on this site but 2 or 3 days begging for someone to tell me which filntLock should i get and the amount of money i could safely spend. The top 2 responses were, "1st, get a GPR" to see if i would like flintlocks, and "2nd was to save up and get a "Custom" Long Rifle" so i asked the good Lord if he'd help out with this and that i know, he knows, how bad i'd like to have a custom long rifle, but couldn't afford it. Well, guess what?? Like i said, in only 2 or 3 days of being a member here, "BAM" there sit a custom FlintLock in the classifides, a "New Lancaster" Long Rifle, with all the trimmings and a .50 cal no less. If you don't believe in the power of prayer, you just look at all my opening posts on here, about my "DREAM" rifle being a .50 long rifle. And look what happened in just 3 days. I'am sorry, to call this a coincident is just stupid :nono: . Thank you, My Lord and Saviour, "Jesus Christ" a big thank you to "The Muzzleloading Forum and its creators, for being here and a super big thank you to "Mike Woodbury" :bow: (aka) "OldArmy" for making such a fine work of art and thanks again to all of you, my fellow members for digging in there with all the helpful suggestions & support. :hatsoff:

 

[james travassos]

I GUESS YOU NEVER HEARD OF LUCK!

 

[jimmytheshank]

Prayer, luck, whatever he did, it worked. I too have experienced the joy of owning some of Mike's gun's.So much so that I have 2 orders currently being worked on by him, and two more next year. While I never made it a matter of prayer myself, I do consider it a blessing to have met Mike and a privilege to own his works of art, which his guns really are. And I am proud to call him friend. Although I will admit, prayer has had a hand in working out a situation that came one time. Anyway,I share une carabines enthusiasm over getting an excellent rifle at a great price. I had been waiting MANY years to own a custom muzzleloader. And now I cant stop myself. :redface:
You enjoy that rifle une carabine. Wait till you see what oldarmy's gonna be displaying in the forums over the next few months. Your not gonna wanna have just one! :thumbsup:

 

[Emet Huntsman]

Prayer trumps luck every time.
Blessings,
The Parson

 

[jimmytheshank]

True that. :thumbsup:

 

[oldarmy]

You are embarrassing me :redface:
Just hope he likes it when it gets there.
BTW
Your Sitting fox kit is done Jimmy

 

[jimmytheshank]

:haha:
Would'nt be said if it wasnt true buddy. I got your e-mail about the Lehigh. Post the pics so the rest of the guys can see your latest work Mike. Maybe une carabine and the rest will send you some kits to build for them. Especially when he gets that Lancaster. He wont wanna have just one! :thumbsup: :stir:

 

[oldarmy]

No,
I can't..it's not really my work.
Ray at Sitting fox did the carving and built the rifle.
If you want to post pics of it.
That's fine.
You should start a new thread if you do.