What caliber and style for you?

[SciAggie]

That’s quite a powder horn with the Yeager rifle. May be the prettiest I have ever seen.
Whose work is it?

None other than our very own Bob Gerard @PathfinderNC
And thanks - I think it’s beautiful as well.

 

[Flint1]

My personal favorite style is the Early Virginia in .54. Mine has a 44 inch Colerain swamped barrel.

 

[cjgregory]

I’ve decided on a Lancaster pattern with a Pennsylvania 44” colerain swamped barrel in .54 caliber with a chambers golden age flint lock. Most of the parts are on order.

#4 Curley maple stock and iron furniture. I’m excited. Another off hand dream boat.

 

[Spikebuck]

Caliber is so much a function of intended use. For me, the .54 is perfect medicine for our larger northern whitetails. All my deer rifles are .54.

In flinters, I am drawn to the "Early Virginia" style, or "Colonial" as those are many times referred to. For comfort, I like the wider, flat buttplates.

That said, the Isaac Haines (Lancaster) I have, which is to replicate RCA #81, is lighter weight, a beauty to look at, and shoots very well. Dave Person did a fantastic job of recreating #81 for me.

Original:

Recreation:

 

[wiscoaster]

Incredible figuring of butt stock wood in first pic.