Last of the Mohicans Rifle

[Bill hughes]

There's a gun builder on Facebook and on YouTube that goes by Kashtuk Bowcraft that is currently building a LOTM rifle. I'm curious to see how his build will be but so far it seems spot on.

He helped me with my Tick Licker replica. He’s great!

 

[GoodRabbitPilgrim]

How close to a French & Indian war era Killdeer rifle would you say the Kibler rifles designs are? Here is a photo of my Southern Mountian version and a photo of a Kibler made Colonial.

Here is Kiblers web site: For builders of contemporary flintlock long rifles

My Southern Mountain
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Kibler's Colonial
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In one video jim kibler stated none if his rifles are true to any period, they're just his general take on stylings from those eras.

 

[DuncNZ]

I read somewhere that when someone questioned Mann about the Killdeer rifle not being historically correct, he got the reply " I am making a film not a documentary "or somesuch .
If you have a copy of LOTM have a look at the ambush scene where the Indians are running out of the trees , then slow it down . all their firearms are bending back and forth because they are made of rubber to prevent injuries to all the actors .

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Hello you got this English man interested as I love flint long rifles. I think guns just evolved by small gunsmiths getting British parts from trading posts Then nationality decided design the frontier man wanted a strong rifle not a delicate beautiful on then larger manufactures evolved then we have different people from the old world bring homeland styles with them. Some makers below were into percussion on a flintlock style. So I went through some American Bonhams auction catalogs all I know a frontier man would want a good rifle Films contain so much crap just entertainment The names below don’t even scratch at the surface with mountain men making and forging their guns and parts Remember the USA is a big big country not like little old England. Ha ha. I wish you well

Ps these three are London style made by me

so here we go American gun makers and styled

french chargrilled style. JA- Bedford county. Farmer Bucks county. Pennsylvania. Slotter and co for Robert Liddke &co. Postley Nelson. Benjamin Bigelow. C F Scholl Marysville. Rickets Mansfield Ohio. A Fluhr Sacramento. Adolphus J Plate San Francisco Hillard. George Goulcher. P Gardner. H Goff
Pensilvania contract made. I M Dixon North Carolina. St Louis style. Whitney Arms Company A composite British made
James WLkace Edinburgh. Korb Germany
John Moll Lehigh County. J P Beck.
New England 1790. Henry Kock Pensalvania.
Robert Dutch Burn Virginia Style.
1816 ASA Wartern. Harper’s ferry 1820. 1816 flintlock by Nathan Starr.
MT Wickham 1816 flintlock.
1814 flintlock. Henry Deringer
1817 flintlock R&D Johnson
1815 flintlock Lancaster county

 

[Tn poor boy]

Architecture is more 1820-ish.
Since we are talking Cooper, look up Mark Twain's "Cooper's Literary Offences".

Mark Twain home place moved to to Norris appl museum.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I can’t keep my barrel still in the wind now, can’t imagine those rubber rifles.

 

[ronaldrothb49]

The movie is set in 1758 on the New York frontier. The rifle he is carrying is golden age Pennsylvania. In my opinion not even close to what he would have at that time and place.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

I choke up when the lady jumps off the cliff.

Great film, historic or not.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I have it on DVD for Xmas....look forward to watching it, only saw about first 30 min one time.

 

[Coinneach]

I can’t keep my barrel still in the wind now, can’t imagine those rubber rifles.

And all those rubber balls bouncing around the environment.....

 

[Coinneach]

I choke up when the lady jumps off the cliff.

Great film, historic or not.

I cant recall her as an actor saying one word in the whole movie, or am I mistaken ?

 

[Cattywompuss]

I cant recall her as an actor saying one word in the whole movie, or am I mistaken ?

She said a couple, but not many. Also, she featured prominently in the last BBC Emma miniseries. Great actress.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

I cant recall her as an actor saying one word in the whole movie, or am I mistaken ?

The perfect woman heh heh.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

And all those rubber balls bouncing around the environment.....

And those rubber ramrods must be a nightmare.

 

[Bill hughes]

He helped me with my Tick Licker replica. He’s great!

Also, I saw the original rifle on display in the San Antonio Planet Hollywood (only reason I ever went in that dump). Nice rifle. I like the light color treatment. Might not be historically accurate, don't know.

 

[toot]

I choke up when the lady jumps off the cliff.

Great film, historic or not.

yes what a waste! I guess that she didn't like indigenous people?

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I wanted to see the film again as I bought a £129 LED projector but seems I never recorded it but I think the sound is better than that acting Happy in this string , I know it’s the wrong string but my cat don’t cate I am making a .6 oval bore kind of Bess 1810 the original 1810. £240 lock was a bit corroded and needed a bit of work but now it’s working perfectly English flint sparks well collected and napped by me from chalk hills nearby Love this forum nice people I have met It’s cold here in England with snow in places Regards from London

 

[TraderVic]

yes what a waste! I guess that she didn't like indigenous people?

Actually, she and Uncas were smitten with one another.

 

[Cattywompuss]

yes what a waste! I guess that she didn't like indigenous people?

She liked one indigenous person(Uncas), and he got murdered by another(Magua) right in front of her. And he also murdered her father and tried to kill her sister.

Murder here being my word for what we do to each other in war.

 

[DuncNZ]

It seems to me we can not rely on Television or Movies to faithfully follow the original book or be historically correct .eg: Peter Jackson turned The Hobbit , which was a small book written for children into 3 massive movies which were , In my opinion , were more like science fiction .