Hot off of my bench. Began this gun in January 2011 and finished it in late September. I've been adding finish coats every couple of days and I have 2 to go. Needs some final regulation to dial it in but otherwise she is ready for the 2011 hunting season.
This is a Lancaster pattern rifle with Dickert & Albrecht influences as well as much of my own artistic license. Uses a 38" Rice transitional contour barrel in C weight, 54 caliber, 1:66 round bottom rifling.
Stock is a not-overly fancy piece of very hard sugar maple. All of the hardware is from the Chambers Isaac Haines gun (more or less generic Lancaster) and the lock is a Chambers Golden Age Germanic. Thumbles are sheet brass and the patch box is my own held shut by a post on the lid that engages a spring lever. You activate it with your thumb nail where it protrudes through the butt plate. It has no knob (at least not yet). The trigger is a simple pinned piece.
Finish is aquafortis and the top coat is Tried and True Varnish Oil.
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Wow, lots of hard work showing in an excellent finished product. How much to make a Verner style for me ?
Those Bucks County style guns can be tricky to get "right". With that comb drop they can be real cheek thumpers too. But the lines are extremely pleasing to the eye.
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Originally Posted by SuperKirby
That's real nice. I can see why it took awhile. Nice work.
Only took so long because I work a full time job + farm (produce + fall ornamentals) so April - September is non-stop work... Gun building is my Winter "hobby"
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