Jaeger Rifle

[Welchman]

Who makes the most PC copy of a Jaeger? I want one and it doesn't have to made from scratch so a kit will do so who makes the best kit.

Also I'm looking for a builder for the kit if I go that route.

Any suggestions.

Welchman

 

[rich pierce]

"jaeger" is a vague term at best- so it would help to know if you mean a short barreled rifle made in Europe, and if so, the timeframe, etc. It is not hard to make a period correct European rifle as so many signed, dated examples exist. There are of course many styles and architectures, which changed over time as well. It's always best to use an original or a small grouping of related originals as the basis for a project.

The Rifle Shoppe offers a set of components for a Pistor Germanic rifle most would call a "jaeger". I'd want it stocked in European walnut.

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

Depending on the quality of workmanship you are looking for, Dixie gun works and TVM carry Jaeger
rifles that shoot good and will not cost you a limb. I could be wrong but perhaps Jim Chambers has Jaeger kits. He does carry a fine English Sporting Rifle. :v

 

[cptleo1]

Call Wayne Dunlap:

Chambers lock

Rice barrel

Davis castings

Any kind of wood you and he can come up with.

Lepley will inlet and carve it (Included)

At a price I couldn't come close to even mixing and matching suppliers.

I am almost finished with mine (3-4 weeks)

 

[faw3]

OR...ck Track of the Wolf evry few weeks ssomeone has a nice one for sale youcan save yourself the troble of getting it all together. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[Mike Brooks]

I know of no jeager kit other than TRS that even resembles an original jeager.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Amen!

 

[chuckpa]

What do you think of the Davis kit or was that included in your comments?

 

[Mike Brooks]

I don't care for any of them.

 

[Welchman]

who is TRS?

Welchman

 

[mckutzy]

the rifle shoppe

 

[Birddog6]

I don't know of a PC parts set. Possibly the rifle shop has one but have not used them before.

Now as far as building a Jaeger style rifle, lots of places make the parts sets (non-PC) (Some of them claim they are PC but I have yet to see anything proving that) Personally, I try not to let PC get in the way of what I want to build as far as trying to make a duplicate of what someone made 300 years ago. I try to make them the shape & style as best I can for the era but make it as consistant & functional as possible & go on & enjoy it.

I have built several of these rifles sets with parts bought from Tip Curtis & TOW & also had Fred Miller inlet a barrel & rough out the shape on a special blank for me & still working on that one when I have time. I also had Bob Leply rough out a couple blanks for me & inlet the barrels for them & he did a superb job, and I furninh my own parts for these from dif. venders.

The parts sets from TOW, Tip Curtis, and Davis make great hunting rifles. Short, well balanced, really Stout brush rifles if that is what you want. I deer hunted for 6 years with a .54 cal Jaeger & took 3-4 deer a year consistantly with same rifle.

The 31" barreled ones you can figure about 9-11# depending on stock density & the 37" barreled ones figure 10-13# again depending on stock density. And of course the caliber will influence the weight also. The larger the bore the lighter the rifle. On the TOW Jaeger, it is the same shape as the Edward Marshall rifle in the 37" barrel. You can lay one right over the other & same rifle patterns, just dif carvings & adornments. They are heavy but Very well balanced rifles. When you shoulder them you promptly forget they are 12-13# and you can shoot a heavy load very comfortably with them because of the weight & balance of them. On my .62 cal Marshall I shoot 95 grains in it & the recoil is minimal, more of a ? shotgun push than a recoil like you would imagine with a large bore as such. Tremendous knockdown power with a RB and that .62 cal bore. And the .58 is the same way, really devasting on deer & makes a great Jaeger rifle. The .58 is my preference because it is considerably cheaper for the balls vs the .62 cal., in ball price & shipping.

IMHO, if you want a Jaeger, have someone build it & don't worry about it being a duplicate of someone elses PC rifle, have built what you want & enjoy it. A feller only has som many shots on his lifetime.........

:hatsoff:

 

[Mike Brooks]

Properly made , a german hunting rifle can be quite light and handy. I just finished this one. it has a 28 1/2" Getz .62 cal. rifled barrel.. It also has the new RE Davis German lock on it. I made most all the rest of the parts.

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[Tommy Bruce]

Just like all the other pics Mike, that one rates a 10 on the cool factor. Awsome firelock.

 

[Mike Brooks]

Got up too early......What I really meant to mention in that post is the fact that this gun weighs 7 lbs on the nose, pretty light. Think it will kick? :haha:

 

It may buck up a bit. Do you have a close up of the lock and paneling?

 

[Mike Brooks]

It may buck up a bit. Do you have a close up of the lock and paneling?

 

[Okwaho]

It may buck up a bit. Do you have a close up of the lock and paneling?

Really nice rifle there Chicken Man, and I completely agree with your comments above.There's just something about those Germanic hunting rifles and the early Reading and other Berks County guns that turns me on.Maybe that's why I like my old rifle so well and why I lusted after it for some 20 years until I took to heart what Joe Kindig Jr. once told me and bought my " one pearl of great value"

 

So that's the new lock, eh? What do ya think of it?
It's hard to believe that is the wormy stock you showed us 3 weeks ago or so. Beautiful rifle.

 

[Zonie]

Although it doesn't portray a Jeager, my Bastard Gun has a similar German styling.

Its French style lock, thimble's and side plate combined with a American Curly Maple stock and a shortened .54 Colrain swamped barrel represent what could have been made by a German gunsmith in America using French parts. In other words, it is a "Parts gun".
zonie