Finally got pics of new TVM

[bchannell]

I was asked to post these earlier, and just got busy, so here's my new Late Lancaster .40 flinter from TVM. I am really happy with this rifle's looks, but I haven't had time to shoot it yet, maybe this next weekend I'll set aside some time to at least initiate it into the clan. It has a 38" straight 13/16" barrel and super premium++ wood. I love to look at wood, so I didn't get a patchbox, some may not like that, but it's still a pretty gun to me.

 

[BrownBear]

Yowsa! One of the biggest problems with TVM is the photos on their site, especially their Jaeger. They aren't doing themselves any favors with those photos, because there seems to be something "off" to their proportions due to the camera. I've since seen better photos than theirs of the Jaeger, and it doesn't even look like the same gun. Yours of their Late Lancaster help prove my point! Well done, and great looking gun.

 

[shootemup]

Very nice, congratulations. :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

Beautiful looking Flintlock for sure !!
:thumbsup:
I've had Matt built a couple of Virginias for me the same way...SP++ wood / no patchbox

 

[mazo kid]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Thanks for sharing!

 

[Rhett Griffith]

Beautiful rifle! :thumbsup: Have fun shooting it!

 

[Hoser1268]

Beautiful rifle!!! Here is a stupid question. How do you remove the barrel for cleaning?

 

[fitter]

You don't have to.

 

[wattlebuster]

Shes a looker an I bet she will shoot good as she looks :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

How do you remove the barrel for cleaning?

I do it as follows:

1) With the rifle on a carpeted area I remove the tang bolt;
2) Using a proper sized straight punch, carefully push the pins part way out one side; (I always push out to the left side)
3) Gently pull them the rest of the way out with pliars, sticking them onto a piece of tape in their order from the muzzle backwards, to keep them aligned to their respective holes;
4) While holding the barrel tightly in the bed by hand, I lay the rifle upside down on the carpet and with the other hand bump the heel of the stock "up and away" from the tang end.
5) Carefully lift the barrel the rest of the way out, and clean/dry/lube it;
6) Carefully lay the barrel back in the bed and tang mortise, then gently push the pins back into their same holes, from the same side they were pulled out;
7) Reinstall the tang bolt.

 

[Haleh]

:thumbsup: Nice looking rifle.

H.Hale

 

[Mike Brooks]

You don't have to.

In fact, the gun isn't designed to have the barrel removed for cleaning. If it were it would have a hooked breech and sliding keys.

 

[roundball]

I think it needs to be remembered that back in the day, a simple straight tang breech plug was much cheaper and easier to make than the two piece tang and breechplug hook coupling configuration of a hooked breech design, just as it's cheaper and easier today.

 

[hanshi]

That's a really nice rifle. I can say that because you ordered basically the same thing I did. Mine is a .45x36" rather than 38" and GS instead of brass. No patchbox either. You have good taste. :thumbsup:

 

[paulvallandigham]

Thanks, Mike, for taking the time to tell this poster HOW TO CLEAN His barrel without removing it from the stock. Maybe your buddy, Fitter, will add something to what you have said. :thumbsup:

 

[lonehunter]

Thats a sweet lookin rifle! Grats! :v

 

[Glenfilthie]

What is a TVM?

 

[Zonie]

In this case a TVM is refering to a rifle built by Tennessee Valley Manufacturing. http://www.tennesseevalleymanufacturing.com/catalog.php?category=suggestions

They offer a number of rifles plus the parts to build them.

 

[Maestro]

I thought the OP was referring to Tennessee Valley Muzzleloading :idunno:

 

[shootemup]

Thanks, Mike, for taking the time to tell this poster HOW TO CLEAN His barrel without removing it from the stock. Maybe your buddy, Fitter, will add something to what you have said. :thumbsup:

:haha: You guys really tickle me sometimes. Paul, by busting those guys’ chops about not answering the question, while not answering the question yourself, you just did the same thing. I've done that before too.

The reason, of course, is residual anger from previous discussions. We’re all guilty of that at times I guess ”“ I used to think it was vitriol spilling over from the political forum, but it wasn’t. We just get bent at each other and that frustration manifests itself in other discussions.

Okay, Hoser1268, here’s how I clean my fullstock longrifles:

Plug the touch hole with a toothpick. Be careful not to break it off, it’s bad when you do that (don’t ask how I know).

Mix up your favorite cleaning solution ”“ some guys use hot soapy water, others use plain cold water. I use Murphy’s Oil Soap in lukewarm water.

I pour the barrel about half full, then start pumping with cleaning patches. I do this until the patches come out clean. I empty the barrel and run a couple more patches with the cleaning solution down the bore (be sure to get the entire length of the barrel clean). I normally have some sort of rag wrapped around the muzzle to keep water from going under the barrel, but don't get the idea that I'm sloshing a lot of water around here. I'm not.

I usually run 3-4 dry patches down the bore, maybe even tilt the barrel downward for a minute.

Lube the barrel inside and out with your favorite oil ”“ I like Ballistol.

Be sure to clean all around the lock ”“ I usually take mine off. It only takes a minute and it makes cleaning it easy. Same soapy water, be sure to hit the bottom of the frizzen. I wipe the lock down with a very light coating of Ballistol, but others might say to use something else here. Ballistol works okay for me, been using it for years.

I wipe down the wood (a couple of times per year I use furniture wax).

I stand the gun in a corner, muzzle down, for a day or so before putting it away.

There are as many ways to do this as there are people who do it ”“ hope this helps.

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