For the Tennessee Rifle fans, #138

[Birddog6]

This one is just off the bench Sunday & on the way to a new home. A beautiful piece of fiddleback walnut but was a real bear to work with, as it was super dense & hard to cut even with a Microplane. It is hard to believe such a huge heavy blank ended up such a thing rifle, seems like there should have been at Least to rifles in that blank ! :hmm: Built to customer specs, with a tad of modification from traditional, as he said he wanted something different, not the standard banana patchbox. I ended up with this, with a lil simple line graving on it. I know it is not everyone's cup of tea but he likes it, that is what matters. The rifle shoulders exceptionally well with that B-50 barrel x 44".
I wish I could build 50 dif. ones & just hang them on the wall & look at them, then just pick a dif one each week to shoot........ :thumbsup: Man, wouldn't that be Great !! :grin:

Specs:


Upper East Tennessee Longrifle.
Fiddleback Black Walnut Stock.
Rice .50 cal "B" weight Swamped Barrel x 44".
Modified Chambers Ketland Flintlock.
Chambers White Lightning Vent Liner.
Modified Davis Set Triggers.
Extended Over-the-Comb Tang.
Handmade Nosecap, RR pipes, Patchbox, Toeplate,
Sideplate, & Triggerguard.
Toeplate & Buttplate Copper Riveted.
All iron is aged.

Weight 7.5#
LOP is 13 3/4"
Drop at Heel is 3 5/8"
LOP 13 3/4

Thanks for looking .

Keith

:thumbsup:

 

[LRB]

I'm not a real fan of Tennessee rifles, but that is really nice Birddog. Well done!!!!!!
:thumbsup: :hatsoff: :applause:

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: Very Nice!!

 

[MSW]

great looking rifle! i like, especially, the patchbox release.

 

[Vaino]

Great looking rifle and I've now pushed a similar one to #3 in line....this "plain" rifle surely does show off your excellent architecture and workmanship seeing it doesn't have all the distractions. Nice job on the aging....Fred

 

[david50]

very,very nice. really like the tang.

 

[redwing]

That is real nice, fine work BD. :thumbsup:

 

[bob243]

Another beautiful rifle. Thank you for sharing. I did my first Tennessee last summer, and they have really grown on me. I'm looking forward to starting another, and your posts provide some great inspiration. Thank you.

 

[Tommy Bruce]

I've always been partial to the earlier rifles with the wide butt plates and thicker lines but the more I look at these Tennessee and southern mountain rifles the more I think that I need one!! That is a great looking rifle, the new owner will be proud!

 

[chance]

WoW!!!!

 

[Dave K]

Not only do I like the whole gun, but the attention to detail. The copper rivet looks good, I just noticed the hole in the top jaw screw for a tommy bar. That has got to be a good user touch as well.

 

[ehoff]

Great looking rifle!

 

[sbhg]

You just can't beat steel and walnut, brass :barf: :shake: :idunno: fooey.

 

[Anonym]

Wow, now that's SHARP! :hatsoff:

 

[grey8833]

ZOUNDS!!!!

How in the 'ell did you get that tang over the comb :hmm: . Sorry, way too cool. :shocked2:

Mike F

 

[davy]

Beauty brother! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[nchawkeye]

Looks good, clean, elegant but simple...Good hunting rifle...

 

[Little Wattsy]

WOW!! :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[Bean]

Tremendous beauty! I do love your work. Maybe one day I can be blessed with half your skill.

 

[Capt. Fred]

Real nice Keith! Those dang tangs are wizbang thangs!!