Ferguson sporting rifle

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Thanks everyone.

I rust blued the small parts and hope to get the barreled action done next week.


I finished shaping, sanding, whiskering and staining the stock and started to apply some tung oil.


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[gunmaker43]

That is really something alright. Just a question--on use. As it's not really a muzzle loader, can it be used in season, or is it a target rifle ? ...Tom

 

[Jason Lewis]

i doubt very seriously that any game warden would even know the difference. that being said, it wouldn't stop me from hunting with it.

 

[KABAR2]

Fantastic work!!! :hatsoff: Something I have comtemplated but never have seriously started...
just wondering iron ribs didn't really start till the 1800's.... a wood rib would be more in keeping with the era....

 

[cynthialee]

Even if he couldn't use it during the muzzle loading season he could use it for the regular rifle hunt.

 

[M. De Land]

It was almost certainly accomplished with a jig guided tap after drilling and reaming the hole to minor thread diameter. MD

 

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In response to Tom Knight and Medic 302

Let's just put it this way, I didn't build it to NOT hunt with! :wink:

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While a wood rib may be correct, in the only Ferguson sporting rifle photos I've seen they have a metal under rib.

Personally I don't like a wood under rib.

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[Jason Lewis]

In response to Tom Knight and Medic 302

Let's just put it this way, I didn't build it to NOT hunt with! :wink:

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attaboy!

 

[frogwalking]

This is a work of art. I have never seen a civilian version of the Ferguson, and your's is beautiful.

 

[Wes/Tex]

This is going to be one nice rifle in the end and you're doing a cracker jack job of building it! :hatsoff:

 

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Thank you again everyone for the kind words.

I rust blued the barreled action and under rib.


I like to let the metal finish cure for a week or two before assembling a gun.

It won't be long now :wink:

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I built a flush cleaning fixture so I can clean the barrel without it removing it from the stock.



In order to use the fixture, remove the breech screw and install the cleaning fixture in the action. Plug the vent and hook a hose to the hose barb. Flush with water. We'll see.

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[cynthialee]

Waiting with anticipation to see it all put together and complete.
Not taking anything from the other excellent builders here, but this has been my favorite build thread to date.

 

[kaintuck]

:thumbsup: me too!

Building this rifle " with" him has been nice......waiting on him to shoot it, then his NEXT build can be a witworth!!!!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

doubt very seriously that any game warden would even know the difference. that being said, it wouldn't stop me from hunting with it.

I would hunt with it too, no doubt, but flintlock or not, it's a breechloader, and not legal in many states for the ML season, regardless of whether or not you think you'd get caught. I sure would not put that much work into something so unique and beautiful to then risk having it confiscated by some ham fisted LEO who puts it into a damp evidence locker and returns it rusted beyond all recognition. And I happen to be a LEO, and know that most don't have any desire to care for property taken as evidence that might be valuable and one day returned to an owner.

LD

 

[cynthialee]

Looks like a front stuffer and considering that it has a ramrod available, one could go through the bother and load it in the traditional fashion down the muzzle. Bet most LEO looking at it would see the flintlock and leave it at that.

 

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I put the Ferguson together.










Feel free to ask any questions or give an opinion

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[kaintuck]

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That turned out real nice, something to be proud off. There is ALOT of TLC in that work.....
Put your info and comments on a piece of parchment and place it under the buttplate......because in hundred years, it will really be gaining interest!

Now.....what's your NEXT project??? :hmm:

 

[pargent]

:thumbsup: :hatsoff: Personaly I would prefere a classic English shape to the butt, nice work .