Scottish snaphaunce rifle

[krolick]

Finally had a chance to test fire and do a shake down on the Scottish snaphaunce rifle. It was cold, damp and windy and the only frame available was at 75 yards, perfect conditions. This testing is mainly to check the guns structure and firing characteristics and to see if there's anything drastically off on the sights. I fired 15 rounds using 60 grains of 2f, a .562 rb and demin patch soaked in a lard/olive oil mix. Shooting off hand most shots except one placed around 6 o'clock on the 10 ring. One hit center, 2 went in the 11 o'clock in the 6 ring, one failed to hit. That's probably the one my wife fired? I had one clatch shot - #10. A quick touch up of the flint cured this. I had planned to shoot more but miscalculated the amount of pacthes I'd brought. Next time I'll concentrate on different loads to dial this rifle in. GS

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[wulf]

Good for you...I love these out of the ordanary
fire arms...I switched a while back to make it
more interesting and more of a challange...wait
till Ricky sees this one...
Wulf

 

[buzz]

what a beautiful smoke pole
i like wulf realy liking these earlier pieces to shoot beens hooting traditional flintlocks for several years but once i been reading this forum i just liking these early weapons

 

[MacRob46]

Very nice my friend, very nice. Do I see a peep sight similar to the one on my rifle?

I really like the architecture of the stock. Great work as usual.

 

[pargent]

:thumbsup:

 

[raszpla]

:hatsoff: very nice weapon :hatsoff:

 

[rickystl]

OH BOY!! Entirely cool!! That is such a great looking gun. And glad to read that it fires so well. That gun has to be a hoot to shoot.
My congratulations on a beautiful firearm. What a treat! Thanks for posting. :hatsoff: Rick.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Who made that? I like it!

 

[BillinOregon]

Gulielmas, you have built another masterpiece! Congratulations. I absolutely love the stock architecture as well as the trigger. Is the barrel rifled?

 

[wahkahchimaol.com]

A rifle? What caliber?

 

[krolick]

This gun is done in the "Scottish National" school of long guns. It would be of the 1680-1700s. This late date is determended by its lock shape. You will note the lock has influences of English locks of the 1660s. This I believe was because Scottish articifers were about 30 years behind the current styles. It is a rifle, 58cal with 6 round bottom groves, making one turn every 56". The barrel is 42" octagonal to round with cannon type molding at its muzzel. The sights are fixed, a brass blade in front and a tombstone shape with a single aperture for the rear. The barrel is made by Colerain. I found these to be of very good quality. This particular piece was made in the month of Novenber,2012 by me. At this time there are 3 surviving orginal Scottish snaphaunce rifles. One is a breechloader. Also, I somehow managed to lose the first Scottish guns images on photo bucket. Would anyone mind if I re post? GS

 

[wahkahchimaol.com]

Wonderful!

 

[TFoley]

Only one word fits - exquisite.

Sir, you are a consummate master craftsman. :bow: x10

tac

 

[BillinOregon]

GS: I was wondering what happened to that earlier image. Please share it again!

 

[MacRob46]

This rifle is now on the way to me via UPS. Just couldn't stand it. It will fit nicely in my collection of GS made rifles in that it is without trigger guard and the later Scottish National style architecture. It is also the first octagon to round barreled gun of his that I own. I should have it by Thursday.

 

[BillinOregon]

MacRob, you lucky chap! Please put up a Youtube of you shooting this masterpiece!

 

[rickystl]

DITTO THAT REQUEST!! :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[MacRob46]

Received it late yesterday. As always, I am impressed by the detail and solid construction. GS is an excellent gun maker. It is very well-balanced for such a long barreled rifle. His photos, posted on the forum, while very good, do not do justice to the actual gun. When things settle down a bit I will take some more pictures and post them, although I doubt I can do better than what GS did on that score.

 

[BCarp]

Received it late yesterday. As always, I am impressed by the detail and solid construction. GS is an excellent gun maker. It is very well-balanced for such a long barreled rifle. His photos, posted on the forum, while very good, do not do justice to the actual gun. When things settle down a bit I will take some more pictures and post them, although I doubt I can do better than what GS did on that score.

Definitely more pics, please! A close-up of the lock and the muzzle-end of this gorgeous piece would be most appreciated....

 

[BillinOregon]

Back for another look. The beauty of this piece strikes a chord deep within me.