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Ferguson Rifle
- Thread starter Mark Nasim
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You may want to check TOTW, they have had a "Ferguson breech loading flint military rifle, .65 caliber, English walnut, with bayonet, display stand, by Narragansett Armes . . . $4,700.00" for some time now. It's available. It's under guns/flintlock rifles. :hatsoff:
I spoke with Steve Sklaney and he asserted he has the orriginal Patent of Ferguson which says it is a straight breech plug. That said I did buy the aformentioned book "British Military Rifles 1740-1840 and found it very interesting . Also interesting however is the infiormation on firing the gun and the bronze tapered screw and the 90 grain powder chamber I spoke of is all their . In the back of the book in appendix six , most of the information is found on the screw, powder charge etc and this was written by E. Cowan and Richard Keller WHO WAS THE VERY SAME INDIVIDUAL WHO TOLD ME OF THE LEATHER WASHER ON THE FERGUSON!!!Now he does not mention it in this book but for sure told me about it on the phone or I would have never known about it . A better interview with him woud be helpful.
I see TOTW has another Ferguson a few bucks less than the Narragansett gun...
Ferguson by Chris Moyer
Ferguson by Chris Moyer
Hi , I realize this is an old thread but now I have finshed the book you recomended, which is very good. HOWEVER please look in the back of that very book where they examine , measure and catolog an orriginal Ferguson and right their you will see they mention the possibility that that very Gun had a leather washer !
If you are ordering raw parts from Jess beware. I ordered parts for simple tower locks and the work necessary to clean them up and put them together runs in the $200-$300 each by a reasonable gun maker. What condition the parts for the Ferguson will be in when you get them is anyones guess. Try to find someone who has done this before and make an informed decision. You could end up with a bucket of parts that will cost you more than an original just to put them together.
My initial experience with Jess was not that bad. I had him build me a Baker rifle which took him a bit of time but hte end result was fantastic. It was my subsquent dealings for lock parts that exposed the very rough condition of the parts he sells. When he puts them together they are beautiful. It just takes a long time. But then so do most other gunmakers I've dealt with. The only place worse I've dealt with is the Discriminating General (another subject).
I finally found it. The reference to a leather washer used on the Ferguson around the base of the breach screw over the trigger guard. My guess is that it may have been used to fill the gap between the breach and the trigger guard when the breach screw was in place for firing so the shooter would not over tighten the breach screw to close that gap even though the trigger guard was in its proper location.
