Pic of Half stock Flintlocks

[Dennis Henthorne]

Ok I have some parts and some extra time. I would love to see some pics of half stocks in a flint!

 

[Bushfire]

This is an unfinished one by the builder who’s doing mine currently. It’ll be very similar to this.

 

[sheba]

Here s one

 

[Dennis Henthorne]

This is an unfinished one by the builder who’s doing mine currently. It’ll be very similar to this.

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Beautiful!!!

 

[Dennis Henthorne]

Here s one View attachment 260690

and a lefty to boot!

 

[Gtrubicon]

Finished this a couple months ago.

 

[Norman Brooks]

Half stock smoothbore. .72cal/12 gauge.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

Ok I have some parts and some extra time. I would love to see some pics of half stocks in a flint!

The Association of Ohio Longrifle Collectors pdf newsletters have pics of early halfstocks.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Horrible picture … but a beautiful 50-cal flint rifle modeled after the one owned by the legendary Sam Houston, Texas. As built by Brian Anderson.

 

[VAN]

Put this together from a bunch of parts. Leamon Trade Rifle precarved stock, 45cal 33" barrel pinned instead of wedges and L&R flintlock. I plan to reshape the lock panels a bit when I have time.

 

[Coldfingers]

Trade gun by Doc white, .62 smooth

 

[Grenadier1758]

I will have to show my photo of my Harper's Ferry Rifle.

 

[rich pierce]

Are you looking for originals?

 

[Notchy Bob]

I don't have one of my own to show, but I have saved a few images of interesting old guns from the internet. I think all of these have been posted on the forum before, but maybe not all in one place.

This one is from a German builder named Gustavus Erichson, who immigrated to Texas in 1838:


There are more photos of the Erichson rifle in The Texas Gun Trade 1780-1899, by Chris Hirsch. Mr. Hirsch also has a short write-up and more pictures of this rifle on his website, The Texas Gun Trade.

I think this would have been called a "rifle mounted smooth-bore" back in the day:



It was made by John Derr. A lot of old rifles were reamed smooth after a period of use, when an owner figured a shotgun would be of more use than a rifle, but I believe this one was probably originally smoothbore, considering the relatively light octagon-to-round barrel and the fusil front sight:



This next one, originally flint but converted to percussion later on, is English, made by W. & G. Chance of Birmingham, likely between 1790 and 1820. Reportedly .577 caliber, with a 30.5" barrel. It's a beauty!


The percussion conversion looks rather crude compared to the workmanship of the rest of the rifle. This was on the Tortuga Trading website, but since it has already sold, I hope it's okay to post the link to their website. You'll find a bunch more pictures there. Anyway, this Chance rifle suggests to me where the Hawken brothers might have gotten some of their inspiration.

Finally, here is a self-portrait of a young Swiss artist named Peter Rindisbacher:


Rindisbacher moved to the Red River colony in southern Canada in the 1840's. He produced a lot of artwork, primarily paintings of the local native and Metis people. This drawing shows excellent detail of the clothes, the gun, and the accoutrements, right down to the carving on the base of his buffalo powder horn. I suspect the half-stocked flintlock firearm would have been British, since the Hudson's Bay Company had a virtual monopoly on trade in Canada at the time.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

 

[tnlonghunter]

I don't have one of my own to show, but I have saved a few images of interesting old guns from the internet. I think all of these have been posted on the forum before, but maybe not all in one place.

This one is from a German builder named Gustavus Erichson, who immigrated to Texas in 1838:

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There are more photos of the Erichson rifle in The Texas Gun Trade 1780-1899, by Chris Hirsch. Mr. Hirsch also has a short write-up and more pictures of this rifle on his website, The Texas Gun Trade.

I think this would have been called a "rifle mounted smooth-bore" back in the day:

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It was made by John Derr. A lot of old rifles were reamed smooth after a period of use, when an owner figured a shotgun would be of more use than a rifle, but I believe this one was probably originally smoothbore, considering the relatively light octagon-to-round barrel and the fusil front sight:

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This next one, originally flint but converted to percussion later on, is English, made by W. & G. Chance of Birmingham, likely between 1790 and 1820. Reportedly .577 caliber, with a 30.5" barrel. It's a beauty!

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The percussion conversion looks rather crude compared to the workmanship of the rest of the rifle. This was on the Tortuga Trading website, but since it has already sold, I hope it's okay to post the link to their website. You'll find a bunch more pictures there. Anyway, this Chance rifle suggests to me where the Hawken brothers might have gotten some of their inspiration.

Finally, here is a self-portrait of a young Swiss artist named Peter Rindisbacher:

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Rindisbacher moved to the Red River colony in southern Canada in the 1840's. He produced a lot of artwork, primarily paintings of the local native and Metis people. This drawing shows excellent detail of the clothes, the gun, and the accoutrements, right down to the carving on the base of his buffalo powder horn. I suspect the half-stocked flintlock firearm would have been British, since the Hudson's Bay Company had a virtual monopoly on trade in Canada at the time.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

I like that English rifle alot. There are some nice ones on this thread. Half stock flinters may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I rather like them.

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Here s one View attachment 260690

Can you tell us more about this one?

 

[nkbj]

My favorite is just a TC fitted with a Green mountain .61 barrel rifled by Mr. Hoyt.

 

[Herb]

Top is a photo of the Bridger Hawken. In the white, my second copy of it. Third, my first copy of the Bridger Hawken. Next, one of my Kit Carson copies with a Pecatonica precarve (too slim in the butt). Last, a .58 halfstock flintlock I built, based on a Hawken rifle. And below, a mule deer I killed with the .58 flintlock. Friend Carl Jackson drove me on the hunt.

 

[reddogge]

Use to be a T/C Hawken.
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