I'm beginning to get it...

[Muddly]

Been taking Vixen ( my custom flintlock .50 long rifle) for walks lately. She carries like a dream, and I couldn't be happier.
Also noticed I'm the only one I've seen carrying a long rifle. In Pennsylvania!
Anyway. I'm not giving up my " other" muzzleloaders, but I am developing a profound appreciation for the flintlock long rifle.
Now if a fine buck, or a plump tasty should wander by...

 

[tnlonghunter]

There's really nothing quite like them. Neither for balance - carried or shouldered - or for aesthetics. Would love to see some pics.

 

[Muddly]

She's a " schimmel" type, with a 7/8ths x 36 inch Getz barrel ( says Chuck Dixon) .50 caliber 1-70 ( near as I can tell) twist. Large Siler lock. Sparks like a blown transformer.
Nice piece of maple. Proof that only God can make a tree...
When I showed her to Greg Dixon, he said she was made by Jim Correll. Mr Correll was one of 3 Master gun builders at the Jacobsburg Historical Society. Greg put the build date in the 1980s. She was almost unfired when I got her.
I fixed that.

 

[Peregrine]

A beautiful rifle.

 

[ord sgt]

According to Mr. Chuck Dixon, " Schimmel - A Pennsylvania German word for a plain longrifle." This came from a book called " The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle."

 

[Bob McBride]

According to Mr. Chuck Dixon, " Schimmel - A Pennsylvania German word for a plain longrifle." This came from a book called " The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle."

I think, but am not certain, that ‘schimmel’ was a sort of slang word for something that was plain or had certain unusual characteristics.

 

[ord sgt]

Schimmel was used for "barn gun" or a white horse. The word has a number of interoperations. All from the Pennsylvania Dutch.

 

[Roundball2319]

Beautiful rifle. I myself love the look and curves of a simple plain Jane. The natural grace is alluring.

 

[ord sgt]

The schimmel rifle had a minimum pieces of furniture. Often there was no butt plate and only one thimble. May have lacked a side plate and have a plain wood stock.
This example looks beautiful.

She's a " schimmel" type, with a 7/8ths x 36 inch Getz barrel ( says Chuck Dixon) .50 caliber 1-70 ( near as I can tell) twist. Large Siler lock. Sparks like a blown transformer.
Nice piece of maple. Proof that only God can make a tree...
When I showed her to Greg Dixon, he said she was made by Jim Correll. Mr Correll was one of 3 Master gun builders at the Jacobsburg Historical Society. Greg put the build date in the 1980s. She was almost unfired when I got her.
I fixed that.

 

[Silky921]

Beautiful gun. Flintlocks really are the best.

 

[lonniels]

Very nice!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Very nice indeed.

 

[bud in pa]

Beautiful piece!

 

[Muddly]

Thanks all. She is plain for sure. No butt plate,no side plate or washers, an iron triggerguard and one thimble. She does have a brass trigger though.
Hussy...

 

[Flinty Scot]

Well named. She's a slim beauty all right.
Somehow a touch of bling, in that trigger guard, seems appropriate.
She's understated but definitely not "common".

 

[Treestalker]

Been taking Vixen ( my custom flintlock .50 long rifle) for walks lately. She carries like a dream, and I couldn't be happier.
Also noticed I'm the only one I've seen carrying a long rifle. In Pennsylvania!
Anyway. I'm not giving up my " other" muzzleloaders, but I am developing a profound appreciation for the flintlock long rifle.
Now if a fine buck, or a plump tasty should wander by...

Someday, perhaps, if you find yourself in a secluded mountain valley that looks like it was dropped in place right out of the 18th century and you are carrying Vixen, you will get the bug and she will command your loyalty forever more. The secluded valley thing happened to me in N.E. Georgia while on a trek from my farm job when I was 19 Y.O. (Even corn choppers need a break, LOL!). Oh my Lord. The beauty of nature untouched by the hand of man. Almost. I understand they put in a four lane highway close to there some years later. I never went back, so the memory of what Georgia may have looked like back in the dream time remains. I didn't have a longrifle then, but that came along very soon. I'm 65 and can barely hold up a gun now thanks to past injuries and degenerative bone disease, but still I tinker. A true love purer than the water of an Appalachian spring. How blessed are we few, we happy few!

 

[Treestalker]

She's a " schimmel" type, with a 7/8ths x 36 inch Getz barrel ( says Chuck Dixon) .50 caliber 1-70 ( near as I can tell) twist. Large Siler lock. Sparks like a blown transformer.
Nice piece of maple. Proof that only God can make a tree...
When I showed her to Greg Dixon, he said she was made by Jim Correll. Mr Correll was one of 3 Master gun builders at the Jacobsburg Historical Society. Greg put the build date in the 1980s. She was almost unfired when I got her.
I fixed that.

Right there is proof that less can be more. Schimmel means 'mold' or 'moldy' in the language of a German, but I love the simplicity of your rifle, and I don't see any flies on it. Best gun for the woods. I understand many of he original working men's longrifles were starkly plain but with good wood, all brass furniture and perhaps a brass patchbox. The carving and engraving cost money, and figured into the final price. That's a Beautiful rifle Muddly, may it long make good smoke, and good meat!