Dixie Tennesse Mountain Rifle

[Griz]

Can any one give me any information about this rifle. I am going to look at one this evening and may possibly buy it. I saw it was made by a japan company. I can't remember the name of the company. My question is how good of a gun are they and do they shoot well? Thanks

 

[TwoShadows]

They look pretty good for what they are.....They are really late period Flintlocks actually. Barrels are a bit rough by the current standards, but quite shootable. Biggest problem was that the frizzen breaks quite easily....and I doubt any are currently available. Not the best sparking frizzen to begin with.

 

[Slowpoke]

L&R makes a replacement lock for the Dixie Mountain Rifle in case the frizzen ever broke.

I use to have a 32 DMR and I liked it except it was a little heavy and the triggers were a little rough. What I did was put a green mountain barrel in mine and put Davis double set triggers and it was a good rifle. Still a bit heavy but a shooter. Another thing to look at is the rifling, it's very shallow.

S'Poke

 

Two Shadows is on the $$$. The Dixie gun copies what was available in the 1820-1920 era (we held onto our front loaders for a long time down here). I would not purchase one for reenactment use in PA.

It is also a bit pricy for what you get in my opinion too. I know that Naragaset Arms will make you a good poor boy with better componants for about the same $$$, as will several others. You can also ask them about coppying lines for older style to fit your era better, if that is a concern.

L&R makes a replacement lock for the Dixie product, but if you add the cost of the new lock ($125) to the cost of the gun you have put a pile of $$ down.

Break it down and build one yourself. BD6 talked Rootnuke through the whole process a week or so ago. He's probably out shooting his own custom gun this week! Buy the time you run all over for a couple of weeks, checking out used guns you don't really want, you could have one built!

precarved preinlet stock $175
green mt barrel 100
Siler lock 100
set triggers 50
trigger guard & thimbles 50
total parts $475

These prices are for good parts. The Dixie is also a very plain, no frills gun. Most people can do better themselves on a "first gun". If the cost exceeds the above total you are paying too much for a used gun. (No you do not pay extra for a factory gun because it's already put togather!)

It's better by far than a TC,CVA, Traditions gun. Probably better than a GPR, though not as flashy.

Call Tip Curtis about getting one of his guns partly finished or in the white. He can also supply you with all of the parts necessary to build if you go that route. I don't have his number but I think TS posted it a while back.

 

[No Powder]

Had one of the early ones,actualy pick it up at Dixie gun works. Used it for years with no problems, sold it to get my smoothbore. It was my first flinter, wish I had it back but that's the way it is with most guns you get attached to them.
No Powder :m2c:

 

[Griz]

Thanks guys for all the input. I probably should have been more specific when I first wrote the post.
This is not my first flinter, actually it is my 7th or so. I am only buying it cause a friend is selling it and offered it to me first. It will be the rifle, an october country shooting bag, and a primer horn all for the low price of 400.00 dollars. The rifle had @ 20 shots through it. My friend that is selling it tore the trigger apart and got it working really smooth but hardly used it. My intentions are to take it down this winter and carve the stock, do some wire inlay and possibly a sliding patch box where the grease hole is. I may try to thin the wood and lighten the weight and looks of it also. or if it works to good to mess with I may just shoot it.

 

In that case, we want to come and play too!!!