TVM Early Virginia on its way

[Greg Selner]

Beautiful looking rifle.
I have a TVM Late Lancaster.40 caliber and l am very happy with it.
I believe you will love that rifle as well.

 

[Dixie Flinter]

If it’s anything like mine it will be well worth the wait! Mine is a 50 cal, Iron furniture, maple stock. Very accurate!
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That's a beautiful rifle, Art. Shoots might fine, too!

 

[Dixie Flinter]

TVM sent me these pics of my .54 caliber 42" Early Virginia with walnut stock and iron furniture. Should arrive next week. Turnaround time from placing my order to completed rifle was about ten months. View attachment 302680View attachment 302681View attachment 302682View attachment 302683View attachment 30268510 months. They have been great to work with.View attachment 302680

Gorgeous! The contrast of the dark wood and finish of barrel is really appealing.

 

[Wncman]

TVM sent me these pics of my .54 caliber 42" Early Virginia with walnut stock and iron furniture. Should arrive next week. Turnaround time from placing my order to completed rifle was about ten months. View attachment 302680View attachment 302681View attachment 302682View attachment 302683View attachment 30268510 months. They have been great to work with.View attachment 302680

That’s a nice piece.

 

[Stephen Pardue]

i had an early TVM Virginia in 45 i sold here, it was a tack driver! i had a TVM southern rifle in 54 it was also a tack driver and a deer killer! here is a 50yd 3 shot group i shot offhand. i can't shoot that good every time but i did that time! LOL! your gun looks good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,View attachment 303456

I have talked to Melanie about my concern with the sight as it appears in the picture, but the rifle had already been shipped. UPS is supposed to deliver it today. She told me to let them know if I still have concerns when I have the rifle in hand.

 

[duca]

Well did your Rifle arrive yet??

 

[Dwight Harley]

Well did your Rifle arrive yet??

Yep, the rifle is here. It sure is purty. Even my wife who patiently endures my eccentricities and hobbies said that she loved the look of the steel against the dark walnut. As some of you noticed in the pics, the front sight is not flush with the barrel. I didn't catch that before shipping and evidently, TVM missed it as well. They have asked me to remove the barrel and mail it back to them so that they can fix it. I thought about drifting the sight out myself and filing down the base or the sight or the dovetail notch in the barrel, but I don't want to screw it up.

 

[bpd303]

Well sending the barrel back is always a risk of it getting "lost" in transit. Might do a search on filing dovetails it really is easy.
Edit: Here are a bunch of threads I searched about that.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/search/1829610/?q=dovetails&t=post&o=relevance

 

[tallPercshooter]

I ordered a .45 percussion kit rifle from them a while back. I drove up there (3 hrs) and picked it up. They gave me a shop tour. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Super nice people and I love my rifle - a tackdriver.

 

[Dwight Harley]

Yes, they have been super nice and assured me that they will do whatever it takes to address my concerns.

 

[duca]

Harley do not send the barrel back the front size easy enough to do yourself you’re asking for trouble you have it in your possession. Keep it there.

 

[Dwight Harley]

Harley do not send the barrel back the front size easy enough to do yourself you’re asking for trouble you have it in your possession. Keep it there.

Yep, I agree. I have watched a few tutorial videos and I can fix this myself. I will ask the group.....should I start by removing some metal in the notch in the barrel or remove some metal from the sight to fit the notch? Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Yep, I agree. I have watched a few tutorial videos and I can fix this myself. I will ask the group.....should I start by removing some metal in the notch in the barrel or remove some metal from the sight to fit the notch? Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

Oh boy….

 

[bpd303]

should I start by removing some metal in the notch in the barrel or remove some metal from the sight to fit the notch?

Hard to tell without hands on but if you drift out the sight and take a picture to give us an idea of the amount of metal you have to deal with will help. Myself I would start with filing some from the bottom of the sight base. You might even be able to remove the sight blade and file the base to lower the blade then solder it back in. I did that on one without risking making the dovetail too deep.

 

[Greg Selner]

Yep, the rifle is here. It sure is purty. Even my wife who patiently endures my eccentricities and hobbies said that she loved the look of the steel against the dark walnut. As some of you noticed in the pics, the front sight is not flush with the barrel. I didn't catch that before shipping and evidently, TVM missed it as well. They have asked me to remove the barrel and mail it back to them so that they can fix it. I thought about drifting the sight out myself and filing down the base or the sight or the dovetail notch in the barrel, but I don't want to screw it up.

I would take it out and shoot the rifle first.
That will probably shoot just fine the way it is.
I just shot my Late Lancaster rifle that I purchased from TVM and it shoots great right out of the box.

 

[Dwight Harley]

Hard to tell without hands on but if you drift out the sight and take a picture to give us an idea of the amount of metal you have to deal with will help. Myself I would start with filing some from the bottom of the sight base. You might even be able to remove the sight blade and file the base to lower the blade then solder it back in. I did that on one without risking making the dovetail too deep.

Thanks for the advice. I will give it a shot.

 

[S.Kenton]

I do like the contrast of the darker wood against the steel. Let us know how it shoots! Also, let us know how you fare with your front sight issue.

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

It looks to me that the blade stands too tall off the base, you might be wiser to order another base from Track of the Wolf and use it. Or, you could possibly remove the blade and reinstall it on the base after bringing it down to it.

 

[springfield art]

If it’s anything like mine it will be well worth the wait! Mine is a 50 cal, Iron furniture, maple stock. Very accurate!
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[springfield art]

WOW!