Where Do I Start!?!?

[nchawkeye]

Check out Christian Springs rifles...By the Revolution, there were Moravians making rifles in what we now call Old Salem...Some of the older NC rifles would have been similar to what was being made in a similar fashion...If you want to shoot a .54, or a .40, hit me up, I'm in Asheboro and have been shooting flintlocks since the '70s and have been giving talks on the Colonial Era since the '80s...

 

[D. Buck Stopshere]

Jerry,

I sent you a “PM” (They call them “Conversations”. You’ll likely see my message in your In Box.

If you have the time to come to the Lafayette Long Rifles next shooting match on the 28th of this month, all your questioned posed will be answered by the members attending. The club president is a powder horn maker, a horner. Bill Bisher is a custom knifemaker using a forge like yourself. David Ricketts is a custom gunmaker of rifles and fowlers. This club is loaded with 18th century talent.

Hope you can come and shoot with us. Some have rifles made by David, and some built theirs from a Jim Chambers kit, Track Of The Wolf, and Tennessee Valley Muzzleloading, just to name a few. I have a few rifles and fowlers in my collection.

They have a very active Facebook Page loaded with photos of past activities.

 

[Jerry Samouce]

I am very excited about hangin out with you fellas!
I live in Clayton NC.
Which is very close to Fayettenam!

I sent you my contact info.
Give me a call and let me know if the 28th is still on.
my 1st Jeep event of the year got cancelled so, I can break loose a bit.

 

[Jerry Samouce]

Bring on the CHEESE!
yeah baby! Im gonna Look GOOOOOOD with my new flintlock....

 

[oreclan]

Something like this …

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Or...,

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A "swamped" barrel flares at the breech and muzzle, and is thinner in the center. It's lighter that way.

LD

The swamped barreled rifle also balances so much better.

 

[oreclan]

Bring on the CHEESE!
yeah baby! Im gonna Look GOOOOOOD with my new flintlock....

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I too am descended from Scottish as well as Scotts- Irish ancestors (Swedish and German also), but remember even though we want to show up at a re-enactment in full Scottish attire it didn't happen back then unless your a member of an active Highland unit of Britain.
Highland ware was outlawed and even if you kept it for 10 to 30 years later it probably would have worn out. People wore their same clothes every day for work with maybe one change for church, etc., if the could afford it. Shirts and stockings being the exception. Some of your durable items such as a dirk or pistol (not to be used in re-enactments) would of course be retained.
I am a muzzleloader nut and I prefer early Pennsylvania rifle guns, but I use a 1728 French musket or British long land pattern for most of my re-enacting. I show my rifle guns and muskets in static displays at our historical society events, however.
I am currently building a Jim Kibler .58 cal. Colonial rifle, a Christian Springs smooth rifle of my own collected parts, and am modifying a Larry Williams 12g fowler. Ron

 

[Jerry Samouce]

The swamped barreled rifle also balances so much better.

WOW....What a thing of BEAUTY!

BTW
My wife has cut me the PO to get a FL Rifle!
I just need to get some hands-on education to figuire out what to buy.