Virginia Gun

[Longsmoke]

A while back there was a post talking about stock shaping. I showed pictures of how I do it. This is the finished gun from those pictures.

This is my shot at a Pre Rev Virginia Smooth Rifle.

Barrel is a used 44" 62 smooth bore oct. to round Colerain. Chambers Colonial Virginia lock. Butt plate and trigger gaurd are castings taken from an original southern rifle dated to the 1760s. Patch box spring, trigger, trigger plate, side plate and pipes where hand made. Finished with Chambers stock oil. It finished out at 8.2 lbs.

Remember this?

The new owner (Gobbler) seeing it for the first time.

 

[wattlebuster]

Simply Outstanding work. That should be one proud owner, I would be :hatsoff:

 

[MSW]

wow- that's tremendous looking work ... Gobbler's smile ought to be much bigger!

:rotf:

 

[necchi]

Dang, that's nice!!
SuWeet!

 

Love the whole rifle, but the rust blue, is great. It's my favorite way to finish that lock.

Bill

 

[rich pierce]

There's a lot to like there! Nicely done, looks very clean.

 

[roundball]

Turned out great !!
:hatsoff:

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Clean, well executed, very much like the carving and engraving.

Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[hanshi]

That's a beautiful smoothrifle and great work. :thumbsup:

 

[Longsmoke]

Thank you all, very much.

 

[THORNAPPLE]

Mighty proud looking smoothbore! Great stain color & blueing. Well executed piece.

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

That is very nice work Longsmoke, there's no doubt about it. That grin on Mr. Gobbler's face says it all.

(Not to mention that it is certainly a lot better than the many so-called "Virginia rifles" we have been subjected to lately.)

 

[Mike Brooks]

Nice. Does that gun have a whole bunch of drop?

 

[ihuntsnook]

I admire the color of the stock. What did you stain with?

 

[Longsmoke]

Yes it does. It was fit with another gun before I cut the blank.

 

[Longsmoke]

Dangler's. Just like mike does it but, with a light amount of dark brown.