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45 Cal.
Kind of a long story, but I've been working on a number of gun projects in my shop over the last 4 or 5 years and have really lost motivation (plus gotten involved in a lot of other projects) and found myself unable to finish those projects. I have a friend who builds part-time, commercially and he agreed to a deal whereby he'll complete my projects and I'd give him most of the remaining stock wood and project wood that I had in the shop (he drove away with a full Toyota Tacoma bed full of stock blanks and various other curly maple, walnut, cherry, curly ash and even a piece of zebrawood). I also gave him a really nice set of micro carving chisels and tools and a few various other items. He's happy with the deal (says that he easily got the better part of the deal) and so am I because frankly I realize that I wasn't going to work on or finish those project guns anytime soon.
So, one of the six guns that he'll be completing is a Rice southern classic barrel, an English style lock (I think an L&R classic) and a blank of wormy American chestnut. I initially had the barrel bedded by Mark Wheland, inlet the tang/breech myself and drew a Rupp profile on the stock before realizing that A) I don't really care for the Rupp style and B) I don't know that a Chestnut stock would be fitting for that style of rifle. What I do think might be more historically correct and more appealing to me would be more of a generic Appalachian style barn gun, either with iron/steel furniture or perhaps done in a poor boy style with antler on the top of the butt (no actual buttplate though), a bone/antler toe plate and either a poured pewter nose cap or possibly a cap made of horn (I gave him a couple of horns, several antlers and even a few pieces of mammoth ivory too).
I've done a search and have found a few examples, but many/most of those were more of a Carolina style southern gun and I really want more of a generic PA/VA style maybe. Can anyone point me in the right direction of a resource for plans or pictures or does anyone have guns that they've built in a similar style that they'd share photos of? For what it's worth, if the English style lock won't/doesn't work for this style very well, I could also have him substitute for some brass furniture and a small Siler lock that I sent with him too, but was planning to use that stuff on a Lancaster gun that's in the lot. Really interested in thoughts or photos that anyone might be willing to share.
So, one of the six guns that he'll be completing is a Rice southern classic barrel, an English style lock (I think an L&R classic) and a blank of wormy American chestnut. I initially had the barrel bedded by Mark Wheland, inlet the tang/breech myself and drew a Rupp profile on the stock before realizing that A) I don't really care for the Rupp style and B) I don't know that a Chestnut stock would be fitting for that style of rifle. What I do think might be more historically correct and more appealing to me would be more of a generic Appalachian style barn gun, either with iron/steel furniture or perhaps done in a poor boy style with antler on the top of the butt (no actual buttplate though), a bone/antler toe plate and either a poured pewter nose cap or possibly a cap made of horn (I gave him a couple of horns, several antlers and even a few pieces of mammoth ivory too).
I've done a search and have found a few examples, but many/most of those were more of a Carolina style southern gun and I really want more of a generic PA/VA style maybe. Can anyone point me in the right direction of a resource for plans or pictures or does anyone have guns that they've built in a similar style that they'd share photos of? For what it's worth, if the English style lock won't/doesn't work for this style very well, I could also have him substitute for some brass furniture and a small Siler lock that I sent with him too, but was planning to use that stuff on a Lancaster gun that's in the lot. Really interested in thoughts or photos that anyone might be willing to share.
