Shooting the Dave Crispin custom longrifle

[duelist1954]

In this video I'll be shooting the beautiful, custom flintlock longrifle built for me by Dave Crispin. This is a gorgeous early styled rifle with Northampton County influences. At its heart is a .50 caliber Coleraine "B" profile, swamped barrel and a Siler lock. It is so much lighter and faster handling than my “C” profile .54 caliber rifle”¦it is phenomenally well balanced. This gun handles like a dream.

I know that there are people who will say that the Bucks County School dates from the 1790s and later, and that’s where the classic examples are from. However, I have found earlier Bucks County guns.

I had Dave pattern this build around two originals. The first is on page 22 of Shumway’s “Longrifle Articles Vol 1”, which is a collection of his “Longrifles of Note” column for “Muzzle Blasts” magazine. Shumway dates this gun to the period 1760 to 1780. It featured a sliding wooden patchbox, though the cover is lost.
The second rifle is in “Rifles of Colonial America Vol 1” it is #65, which Shumway dates as likely to be 1780, though it could have been made in the 1790s.
I had Dave Crispin pull features from both rifles. Dave Keck profiled the blank for this build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqyJ_T8Z7-A

 

[duelist1954]

 

[TLanoy]

Wow, that sure is a beautiful rifle! Congrats and great video to boot. :hatsoff:

 

[Wes/Tex]

Gorgeous rifle, I'm so jealous! :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[qtrhrs7]

Darn good looking rifle, Mike. I really like that color.

 

[mtcurman]

Great video as always Mike! :thumbsup: That's a fine looking rifle.

Ben

 

[smo]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! :thumbsup:

 

[rickystl]

Great looking rife! :bow: :v :thumbsup: Thanks for the video too. Rick. :hatsoff:

 

[wattlebuster]

I'll give ya a :thumbsup:

 

[Electric Miner]

Sweet rifle.