SOLD Gorgeous. 50 Virginia Rifle (needs lock)

[BigSkyRambler]

This is a really gorgeous and well crafted. 50 Virginia style flintlock rifle that is missing its lock. It has a 42.5"×1" straight taper barrel with hooked breech. Bright shiny bore. Twist is 1:66ish. Top flat has Don Golcher in script. The Birdseye Maple stock has lots of relief and incise carving with silver accents. Brass fittings all are engraved. LOP is 13.75". Weighs about 10lbs. The inletting for the lock is slightly larger than the drop in Golden Age lock sold by Track of the Wolf. Depends on your anesthetic desires. Could a always use the frontier replacement lock theme. The best option, if you have patience, a few basic tools and a few hours, is the Chambers Gunmakers Lock, also from TOTW. I have too much going on with a move to do this. Pricing this at about half -
or less - than I would list if complete. For you gun builders, there could still be plenty of meat on the bone to take this on. $900 + Shipping.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

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[BigSkyRambler]

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[Songwriter]

When I first saw the name on the barrel, it looked like “Don Toucher”, as in “don’t touch her”.
I wish I had the confidence to tackle that lock… and had the money.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

When I first saw the name on the barrel, it looked like “Don Toucher”, as in “don’t touch her”.
I wish I had the confidence to tackle that lock… and had the money.

It could be a T, now that you mention it. Script is always confusing.

 

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[steg49]

I did a quick search on Don Goucher and found a contemporary maker in the 1960 -1970 period by that name. The rifle in the thread was very fancy like this nice example. Also interesting that it has a screw in tourch hole, I haven't seen a lot of orginal rifles but I have never seen that before (maybe just my lack of experance with orginal flintlocks). Very nice rifle well worth all the work that went into it construction, if from the 1960-1970 period a lock may be easy to find. Just my thoughts. steg49

 

[BigSkyRambler]

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[BigSkyRambler]

I did a quick search on Don Goucher and found a contemporary maker in the 1960 -1970 period by that name. The rifle in the thread was very fancy like this nice example. Also interesting that it has a screw in tourch hole, I haven't seen a lot of orginal rifles but I have never seen that before (maybe just my lack of experance with orginal flintlocks). Very nice rifle well worth all the work that went into it construction, if from the 1960-1970 period a lock may be easy to find. Just my thoughts. steg49

I never thought of searching this forum.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/flintlock-id.132014/#post-2269143

 

[Art Caputo]

Nice rifle! Perhaps the only time you will ever see a Mahi Mahi(Bull Dolphin) inlay on a flintlock!