My smoothbore build the next few months.

[The Appalachian]

Finally quit arguing with myself and settled on a walnut half stock. It came in today.

~ 38" Colerain 62 cal with full turkey choke.
~ Left handed L&R Classic lock.
~ Single trigger.
~ English trigger guard
~French buttplate
~ L&R matching side plate.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

That's going to be a great project!

 

[tenngun]

The trouble is
You only get to build that gun once
It will bring you years of fun but only a few months of the joy of building.

 

[The Appalachian]

The trouble is
You only get to build that gun once
It will bring you years of fun but only a few months of the joy of building.

You fix that problem by building another, and another, and another. Lol.

This build was planned out and parts brought in from March until August while I was out with hip replacement surgery and building a 50 cal flint longrifle on my dining room table.

 

[MAC1967]

Nice looking parts . . . nice piece of walnut too !

 

[Flintandsteel]

A multi national rifle!
German lock, English guard, French buttplate!

 

[The Appalachian]

A multi national rifle!
German lock, English guard, French buttplate!

It, like the "Tennessee" pattern iron mounted longrifle with the South Carolina trigger guard and German lock that I just finished up, is my interpretation of what I would build were I an 18th century builder with my choice of parts. Some parts I fabricate to my own taste. I make no claim to be absolutely historically correct on anything i build. It suits my eye and that's what I build. I tend to lean towards plain, and functional. I do try to maintain traditional methods (hand tools) wherever practical.

 

[Pete G]

A multi national rifle!
German lock, English guard, French buttplate!

Like Johnny Cash’s car!!

 

[The Appalachian]

It's a '56, '57, '58, '59.......automobile......