what style for 36 cal

[Vaino]

The bbl you refer to would be great in a .36 cal. LR and has the advantage of a wider breech end which translates into a wider wrist than either a straight 3/4" or 13/16".

Any of the Southern style LRs w/ "iron" furniture would be suitable for that bbl, but an English style flintlock is req'd for a Southern LR and many precarved stocks come only w/ a Germanic lock inlet. Ordering a precarve w/o a lock inlet would solve that issue.Either a maple or walnut stock would be appropriate

The 2 PA LR styles that come to mind using that bbl would be the Lehigh and Bucks County. Both styles are the slimmest or most petitte of the PA LRs and both are very pleasing to the eye.

Some later Lncaster styles could be made into a slim LR using the above bbl. A maple stock is appropriate for a PA LR.

Although a small Siler flintlock would seem to be a good choice, either the large Chambers Deluxe Siler or the his Golden Age would be better. The Bucks County that TOW displays for it's Bucks County "Kit" was my first BC LR and has a .36 cal. "A" weight X 42" lg bbl w/ a Chambers large Siler lock.

Good luck on your quest......Fred

 

[Birddog6]

Go to Tip's and look at all the patterns he will have for that barrel. He will have at least a dozen dif. ones. He will have it in 3-4 dif. Tenns, Lancasters, Bucks, lots of dif ones.

You can lay a barrel in the stock, shoulder it & FEEL the fit of the style & find out if the rifle fits you. That is the most important thing, does it feel right....

It is one of the very few places you can go & try a huge assortment of stocks & actually shoulder them, and he is more than happy to let you try them all & it not be a inconvenience...

It is a real pi$$er to put 150-200 hours in a rifle building it, then the dang thing don't feel right or fit you at all...... :shake: You have a great advantage over most that you are 2 hrs away of finding what is right for you, right out of the gate. You can Feel & shoulder the same rifle there with a straight barrel, then a swamped barrel & Feel it. 95% of the people don't get that opportunity. Plus you can do it with Lots of dif styles & that is just unheard of.....

Make the trip before you buy anything else. :thumbsup:

Keith Lisle

PS: I owned or built at least 12 ML rifles before I actually found what I liked the best..... Then it took me another 12 to realize it.
I dearly Love a real Hawken. But they Don't fit me. I REALLY like Tennessee rifles, but find them uncomfortable for me to shoot. I really like Bucks rifles, but they don't fit me well.. etc.

You need to find what really fits & works for you. LOOKS mean Nothing.... if it don't fit ya......

 

[BillinOregon]

Keith, which style rifle does fit you?

 

[Birddog6]

Of all of them I have physically tried (and I mean well over a hundred dif styles, barrel weights, barrel lengths, etc.) For hunting & target, I prefer a Isaac Haines styled Lancaster, 38" C weight swamped barrel in .54 cal.
And in a small bore rifle I want the same rifle in a A weight .40 cal swamped barrel.

If I couldn't have that for hunting, my second choice is a large bore for hunting is a German Jaeger with a 31" barrel in .54 or .58 cal.

Keith Lisle

 

Looks like yours will be very well suited for comfort and accuracy. That barrel should be easy to carry and muzzle heavy to hold on targets offhand. I am using a Colerain straight .36 for a custom build and the gun appears perhaps to muzzleheavy but I designed the stock well enough to balance it out.

 

[Mongo40]

I've got a nice southern styled .36, 42" GM barrel an small Siler on it, rear sight is placed well forward so works well with my eyes. It had a couple of issues with the lock when I got it as I bought it used an no ideal who built it but its all fixed an works great now.

 

[hanshi]

Beautiful rifle.

 

[don hepler]

Beautiful little rifle. I want one...........

 

[jamesthomas]

I would call Pecatonica River Longrifle supply. They will inlet that barrel and ramrod hole for you in a pre-carve. I have a 38" Colerain "A" weight in .40 caliber and plan on sending them my barrel to inlet in a stock, that way I know It will be perfect. They will even take a stock blank and turn it into a pre-carve for you with the barrel inlet an ramrod hole drilled also. I've called Track of the Wolf and they only inlet "B" or "C" weight swamped barrels. Has far has I know you can't inlet a swamped barrel into a stock that's already been inletted for a straight barrel. Edit- I may wait till this spring and make a trip up to Tips myself to see how various rifle styles will fit me and build that rifle around my barrel. I'm leaning toward a Isaac Haines right now.