WITHDRAWN Reduced .50 Southern Mountain Rifle

[BigSkyRambler]

Reduced again. This ones genesis is unclear. Either the builder used Dixie Tennessee Mountain Rifle hardware or started with a Dixie Rifle and made significant upgrades. The 41" barrel is a custom .50 with 1:66 twist. Bore is very good with some dust. The lock is similar to, but a little larger than the NOS Dixie lock I have. (Note: Some photos before broken frizzen spring was replaced). Set triggers definitely Dixie style. Stock is typical SMR, so hard to tell. Atypical of the Dixie rifles, this one has an oval patchbox and steel nosecap. Overall the rifle is in excellent condition. Negatives: The frizzen has been repaired and sparks well. Rifle comes with spare frizzen already hardened and fitted to lock. Small crack at lock screw. Weighs in at about 9 lbs. $700 + Shipping.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

More photos.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

 

[brightboy]

Looks like a long Crack at the barrel pins. Has that been stabilized?

 

[Loyalist Dave]

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Name card, partner!

LD

 

[Wyogoat]

Looks like a long Crack at the barrel pins. Has that been stabilized?

I think it’s an attempt at forestock molding. Just a thin line put in to break up the profile a bit. It’s too centered to have not been intentional and I’m sure it would have been mentioned if it were cracked.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

Looks like a long Crack at the barrel pins. Has that been stabilized?

Incised lines. Look closer.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

Name card, partner!

LD

Sorry. It got deleted in a posting SNAFU. In now. Also corrected barrel length.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

Reduced.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

Hump Day Bump Day.
Curious about any concerns.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

A note on this one. You set trigger before cocking, another indication it is a custom gun.

 

[Y2GREY]

What is the diameter of the barrel?

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Another fine BSR offering! These Dixie rifles are well thought of and great little guns.

 

[kh0456]

A note on this one. You set trigger before cocking, another indication it is a custom gun.
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just curious what you mean by you set the trigger before cocking. I never do it that way… but all my rifles can be set before or after. My CVA rifles and my semi custom from TVM can do it either way. Do you mean this rifle can’t be set after cocking?

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

If it is like one of mine (not a Dixie), you can't cock the gun, half-cock or full-cock, without setting the rear trigger first. ODD at first, but you get used to it. Set the rear trigger, go to half-cock, prime or cap, then stay there until a shot is needed. Go to full cock and fire. The half-cock notch is hell for strong, so it is "safe."

ADK Bigfoot

 

[BigSkyRambler]

If it is like one of mine (not a Dixie), you can't cock the gun, half-cock or full-cock, without setting the rear trigger first. ODD at first, but you get used to it. Set the rear trigger, go to half-cock, prime or cap, then stay there until a shot is needed. Go to full cock and fire. The half-cock notch is hell for strong, so it is "safe."

ADK Bigfoot

What he said. One less part in lock, whose name escapes me now. My brain is working on another problem at the moment.

 

[Wyogoat]

just curious what you mean by you set the trigger before cocking. I never do it that way… but all my rifles can be set before or after. My CVA rifles and my semi custom from TVM can do it either way. Do you mean this rifle can’t be set after cocking?

It’s actually the trigger that determines this. Single lever vs double lever.
The only issue in the lock would be if the fly was present. This lock originally had a fly, unless it was lost on disassembly.
The fly prevents the trigger lever from catching the half cock notch on its way down when fired…a single lever doesn’t rebound as fast so it stays out of the way. A double will catch.
The single lever just needs to be set to make sure there’s no pressure on the sear arm as you go to full cock.
Triggers look original and I thought they had a double lever trigger as I recall but they could have been swapped or I could be wrong.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

It's a traditional style. Set trigger then take to half cock. So then at full cock it is already set. No fly.

 

[BigSkyRambler]

BTT.

 

[D.Summers]

I didn't see a lot of a lot of spark in that video!!