No the thimbals were sand cast and bought from Tip Curtis. The trip to Tip's shop was very worthwhile (8-9 hour drive one way). I brought my Copy of Kindig's "Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age" and he had a couple other books. Between these we were able to look through his extensive inventory of parts to really lay out the parts that fit with the rifle style I was trying to emulate. I simply cleaned and polished the castings and added the flats and wedding band to the extension on the entry pipe.
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I finally finished my flintlock
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Thanks for the compliments.
The next rifle is a scaled down "Boys Rifle" rifle in the style of JP Beck for my 6 year old son. I am actually using a "kit" for this gun bought from Brad Emig (Cabin Creek Muzzleloading). He already has everything scaled down to the right proportions. A shortened 33" Colerain Swamped Profile Octagon barrel in .45 cal. Small butt plate and trigger guard. I am using the Small Siler lock and adding a brass patch box. I still have to cut the patch box down to size and will add a toe plate as well. I plan to add my son's initials with wire inlay and may play with fitting a silver star or something inside the lid of the patch box. Target weight for the compelte rifle is around 5 pounds.
Thanks for the compliments.
The next rifle is a scaled down "Boys Rifle" rifle in the style of JP Beck for my 6 year old son. I am actually using a "kit" for this gun bought from Brad Emig (Cabin Creek Muzzleloading). He already has everything scaled down to the right proportions. A shortened 33" Colerain Swamped Profile Octagon barrel in .45 cal. Small butt plate and trigger guard. I am using the Small Siler lock and adding a brass patch box. I still have to cut the patch box down to size and will add a toe plate as well. I plan to add my son's initials with wire inlay and may play with fitting a silver star or something inside the lid of the patch box. Target weight for the compelte rifle is around 5 pounds.
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Very nice gun. When I started to build my first rifle from scratch I talked to a friend about it and he said "go ahead and try, It may look pretty good or it may look awful but at least you have the pleasure of knowing that you tried insted of buying one off the shelf like most people do." If my first had looked as good as yours It would be wonderful. :bow: :thumbsup:
