H.E. Leman

[Hud]

Finaly finished my Leman, though you all would like to have a look..

It is an assymbly of parts from TOTW. Here is the break down:
36" GM 15/16 barrel, H.E. Leman Stock, L&R Ashmore lock, Davis Hawkens trigger, and Silver furniture. I finished the stock with LM Walnut stain and True Oil, I like the looks of the dark stain against the silver furniture. I would have done the stock in walnut, but it was more expensive and I was trying to keep the parts under $500.00, if I remember right I think the parts were around $460.00.

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[tnlonghunter]

Looks great. When you said that you thought about doing it in walnut, I assume you meant getting it stocked in actual walnut wood. Was TOTW going to actually send you a pre-inlet walnut stock or was it a stock blank that you would inlet all of yourself? I've really wanted to do a rifle in walnut stock with silver hardward (no stain, just oil), but I don't have the experience or inclination to inlet and shape the whole thing, so I'd be interested to know if they would actually pre-inlet barrel and lock for you. Thanks.

 

[Hud]

TOTW does have a walnut stock available for the Leman rifle, the stock is shaped and the barrel is inlet and the ramrod hole is drilled, but that is all. The lock and triggers are not inlet.

 

[faw3]

Maybe you should ck I got the cat 2 days ago and if its the same one? H.E. Leman it does come inletted for lock,trigger, trig plate,and guard, so maybe you should call. Fred :hatsoff: but its mapel. That is a first place :bow: rifle in pics, really good looking build.

 

[rebel727]

That's a real nice rifle gun ya got there. :thumbsup:

 

[spitfire]

Nice Rifle :thumbsup: !The silver is a interesting contrast and beutiful:applause: !

 

Firstl let me say nice work, I especially like the two tone lock finish, and the dark finish of the wood. I have one observation though, and it's just that, not criticism. Why the Hawken triggerguard. Of the trade rifles of the 1820's, 30's, and 40's, the one distinguishing feature of there archetecture that sets theme apart is their trigger guards. Most of the fullstocks were of a Lancaster style generally. Of the Leman's, Dimick's, Derengers, Tryons, J. Henry, and J.J. Henry's this is there greatest seperating feature. Some examples are

Leman

Tryon, and

J.J.Henry
This is what I feel is why the other plains eifles are so much more interesting than the Hawken, that everyone else has. Nice work on the rifle. Bill

 

[Hud]

I agree, with you Bill. I don't know if I could call it a Leman because it is not completely correct. I just call it that for lack of a better name. I would have used a Leman trigger guard, however, I could not find one in Silver. So I had to improvise, and considering that it was a "plains rifle" I figured that a hawken's trigger guard would work.. Besides I'm not much into creating rifles that are period correct, or copies. I have just allways wanted a rifle that was trimmed in silver, and I liked the Leman stock. What I really wanted was a full stock Hawkens, but they were over my buget at the time.