OK big boy,
Here we go.....
I mentioned how expensive this would be. Now, the cost comes down with the more stuff you have.
It seems you might already have a set-up. Table/bench, vise and basic tools.
The good books have been mentioned. Education has been mentioned. By the way, join the ALR forum.
I have an idea for you to consider.
Let’s look at history.
In the Bakeless biography of Daniel Boone, his first rifle was said to be......
an English Short Rifle.
What is an English Short Rifle????
We really don’t know. We can assume that it is a rifle in the English style that short.
Era......1740s-1750
Boone was a young wagoneer at Braddock’s defeat.
Here we have a basic gun that fits. Short rifles both German and English are mentioned occasionally in Colonial writings.
A brief description......
A English stocked rifle with a 37-38” barrel.
The basics for layout.....
Walnut stock wood to be in the English style ( like a fowling gun)
Barrel.......
Edward Marshall or Isaac Haines profile
Lock.....
Chambers early Ketland, Chambers English or Kibler’s round faced lock.
Furniture......
English fowling gun furniture. Dave Person has 2 tutorial series’ on the ALR forum.... Understanding the English Fowler
Recreating the English Fowler
He discusses furniture.
I got my English BP, trigger guard and lower pipe from Dunlap Woods at a show. They may or may not sell them separately online.
These are the basics to start a gun.
Inspiration...... Boone’s short rifle (English Fowler Pattern)
Lock....
Barrel.....
Furniture.....
With the lock barrel and furniture you can get a basic layout.
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Wood and pattern.......
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Above you can see my old layout. It’s was close enough to what I wanted when I laid it out for the barrel to be “set”.
Below you can see where I went back and made a template from Dave Person’s tutorial.
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Ok......
For the stock above I made a pattern.
I had already had the barrel machine inlet years ago when I took a trip to TVM, Tennessee Valley Manufacturing Jack Garner, not Matt Avance.....
Basically Jack machine inlet the barrel and routed the Ramrod groove to my measurements.
There are several stockers that can inlet your barrel into your if you wish go that route.
At the time I had the opportunity for the trip so I had him “set” the barrel.
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My template......
I hate that all the images from my template are from the back side. I laid it out based on the barrel, buttplate and Dave Persons measurements from his English gun tutorials. I wish there was an image of the layout on the template.
Funny thing......
While I was drawing out this template, I was going by the method in Recreating the American Longrifle.
Barrel
Web
Ramrod
Belly
I was planning to use a 5/16 rod but it was not working out. Something was off. It was much slimmer than Dave’s measurements.
Anyway when I based it on a 3/8 rod it all fell into place and looked right. When I allowed for the 3/8 rod.....
It matched Dave’s measurements.
I know the stock has a exaggerated toe and that came from the buttplate on the pattern.
I would rather rasp off the extra toe wood than not have enough when I fit the plate.
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OK.....
Here it is above cut out. The Ramrod is drilled. The lock is just laying up there for the photo....
It’s now ready for the lock or BP to be inlet......
There’s a couple ahead of it so it may be a while.
I need to get on the ball.
https://emuseum.history.org/objects/31405/rifle-in-the-american-style
Above is RCA 119
It is a keyed American Rifle in the English style.
It is the inspiration of my build.
ham385
I can make a tracing for you of that template if you wish.
