Carolina Gun / Iron mounted

[Shiloh]

Buy ya the 1991 VDO of Hershel House build a Kentucky rifle , the Bill Newton NW gun build manual , free from me , and when ever you get in a bind holler at me .

Got the book. Need the video. Where can I get a copy?

 

[Coldfingers]

Sorry for the confusion Rob, I was asking about the cut down canoe gun that you posted a pick of a page or 2 back.

I will see if I can get a vid of the bore scope going down the barrel. That is not the extent of them and they go all the way around the barrel. I will post up a new thread.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Got the book. Need the video. Where can I get a copy?

FWIW, both Muzzleloader magazine and Deer Creek Products sells them, video with a companion book. I can't post links due to my company's firewall ...

 

[Rob M.]

Sorry for the confusion Rob, I was asking about the cut down canoe gun that you posted a pick of a page or 2 back.

I will see if I can get a vid of the bore scope going down the barrel. That is not the extent of them and they go all the way around the barrel. I will post up a new thread.

Ah man , I'm sorry to hear all that . The shorty was 26" long b

Got the book. Need the video. Where can I get a copy?

Best place is get it from the library , free that way . Its for sale on Amazon ...check Dixie and Track of the Wolf too

 

[Rob M.]

FWIW, both Muzzleloader magazine and Deer Creek Products sells them, video with a companion book. I can't post links due to my company's firewall ...

Thanks bud

 

[Tradbow]

Very cool . Start looking at different designs and see what ya like .

I’m pretty sure it’ll be a Carolina trade gun in a 62 bore. Looking to see what was the appropriate hardware with the appropriate wood. I’m in no hurry as I still have a Kibler Woodsrunner kit to put together but have to wait on my shoulder to heal first.

 

[Rob M.]

I’m pretty sure it’ll be a Carolina trade gun in a 62 bore. Looking to see what was the appropriate hardware with the appropriate wood. I’m in no hurry as I still have a Kibler Woodsrunner kit to put together but have to wait on my shoulder to heal first.

Brass hardware , walnut or beech stock ,46" barrel was standard but make it what you want , many were cut down

 

[Tradbow]

Walnut w/42” barrel. Don’t care for brass but if that’s historically correct that would be the route I would go. The natives liked items that shined so me don’t want to draw attention unnecessarily

 

[mikesto44]

American Pioneer video has all the gun building videos on CD. You can Google it or call the Log Cabin shop in Lodi Ohio. I have the old VHS tapes of Herschel and others.

 

[Rob M.]

Walnut w/42” barrel. Don’t care for brass but if that’s historically correct that would be the route I would go. The natives liked items that shined so me don’t want to draw attention unnecessarily

You can go with a NW trade gun ....less brass on it ....can even go with iron mounted if ya want

 

[Rob M.]

Walnut w/42” barrel. Don’t care for brass but if that’s historically correct that would be the route I would go. The natives liked items that shined so me don’t want to draw attention unnecessarily

Or you could build a French Fusil de Chasse ....its iron mounted

 

[Rob M.]

Thumb plate ....mark your center line , look at position of an original and place according , peen the plate to round it a bit , anneal it first .....then place it in position and trace it ....

 

[Rob M.]

Inlet it down , inlet black , inlet deeper ..., epoxy and .then pin her down ...done . Clean it all up tomorrow

 

[Tradbow]

Or you could build a French Fusil de Chasse ....its iron mounted

I live just above the river swamps in middle Georgia. I believe I’ll have to go with a Carolina gun when I get ready to build another gunn

 

[Rob M.]

I live just above the river swamps in middle Georgia. I believe I’ll have to go with a Carolina gun when I get ready to build another gunn

Oh yeah , that would be very appropriate gun for ya

 

[Cayman like]

Rob, the beautiful finishes on your guns are worth the price alone.

 

[D.Summers]

My brother, where did you get all of your talents? It's pretty amazing! Oh, and by the way, Miss Johanssen told me that she was looking into your official "Celebrity Card" so that you can snag some free coffee!!

 

[D.Summers]

We'll see how she does!!

 

[Rob M.]

I appreciate the compliment bud but I'm not a good builder . I mean I'll build someone a good gun , not gonna peddle off a piece of junk on someone but .....when I see the work of a good builder it makes me a little embarrassed of my work . I have still yet to figure out how to sharpen a chisel correctly ! LOL ! And I'm not talking about fancy rifles or such , checkering , over engraving , a premium curly stock and a flintlock covered in incised and raised carvings .... I can appreciate the work but its gaudy and over the top to me, no appeal to me in the least , I dont like it but ....a good builder ....his flowing lines , his impeccable inletting with out the least little gap , the barrel inlet perfectly ( 3/4 showing at muzzle ,1/2 at breech ) , perfect balance and finish ... Love it . Ken Netting comes first and foremost when I think of a d@mn good builder .

 

[Rob M.]

Just cleaned it up a bit ... I wanna start refining the comb and buttstock in general then come back to this area and bring it all together ....