Ferguson sporting rifle

[Wes/Tex]

"Outstanding" is what keeps coming to my noggin'! :hatsoff:

 

[shguns]

Fantastic
I don't see a lock bolt on the opposite side of the lock, how are you holding the lock in place?

 

[SR James]

Scott, the lock bolt goes through the plate from the outside into a tapped hole in side of the standing breech of the barrel. The cock is hiding it. At least that is how Ferguson locks are usually attached.

Sc45-70: How many grains does your powder chamber hold? And what caliber is it?
Nice job, btw.

 

[sc45-70]

Thank you everyone



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[sc45-70]

[quote=Sc45-70: How many grains does your powder chamber hold? And what caliber is it?
Nice job, btw.

The barrel is 50 caliber and shoots .530 ball. the chamber holds 80 grains of 2f.

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[cynthialee]

:hatsoff:

That rifle is gorgeous! A piece of art. I also think you should leave a note to history under the butt plate.

 

[tecum-tha]

A .50 cal barrel shooting a .530 ball?
Not a .53 cal shooting a .50 cal ball?
The original .65 cal shot a .615 British carbine ball...

 

[Wes/Tex]

That rifle is gorgeous! A piece of art. I also think you should leave a note to history under the butt plate.

"Made in the shade, and stirred with a spade" should leave future generations guessing! :rotf:

 

[sc45-70]

A .50 cal barrel shooting a .530 ball?
Not a .53 cal shooting a .50 cal ball?
The original .65 cal shot a .615 British carbine ball...

The bore is .500 the grove is .532 the chamber is .563, you need a ball larger than the bore or it would roll down the barrel when you loaded the rifle. The same principal as a cartridge firearm, when fired the ball will be forced into the rifling.

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