For the Tennessee Rifle fans, #138

This one is just off the bench Sunday & on the way to a new home. A beautiful piece of fiddleback walnut but was a real bear to work with, as it was super dense & hard to cut even with a Microplane. It is hard to believe such a huge heavy blank ended up such a thing rifle, seems like there should have been at Least to rifles in that blank ! :hmm: Built to customer specs, with a tad of modification from traditional, as he said he wanted something different, not the standard banana patchbox. I ended up with this, with a lil simple line graving on it. I know it is not everyone's cup of tea but he likes it, that is what matters. The rifle shoulders exceptionally well with that B-50 barrel x 44".
I wish I could build 50 dif. ones & just hang them on the wall & look at them, then just pick a dif one each week to shoot........ :thumbsup: Man, wouldn't that be Great !! :grin:

Specs:


Upper East Tennessee Longrifle.
Fiddleback Black Walnut Stock.
Rice .50 cal "B" weight Swamped Barrel x 44".
Modified Chambers Ketland Flintlock.
Chambers White Lightning Vent Liner.
Modified Davis Set Triggers.
Extended Over-the-Comb Tang.
Handmade Nosecap, RR pipes, Patchbox, Toeplate,
Sideplate, & Triggerguard.
Toeplate & Buttplate Copper Riveted.
All iron is aged.

Weight 7.5#
LOP is 13 3/4"
Drop at Heel is 3 5/8"
LOP 13 3/4

























Thanks for looking .

Keith

:thumbsup:

I'm not a real fan of Tennessee rifles, but that is really nice Birddog. Well done!!!!!!
:thumbsup: :hatsoff: :applause:

:thumbsup: Very Nice!!

great looking rifle! i like, especially, the patchbox release.

Great looking rifle and I've now pushed a similar one to #3 in line....this "plain" rifle surely does show off your excellent architecture and workmanship seeing it doesn't have all the distractions. Nice job on the aging....Fred

very,very nice. really like the tang.

That is real nice, fine work BD. :thumbsup:

Another beautiful rifle. Thank you for sharing. I did my first Tennessee last summer, and they have really grown on me. I'm looking forward to starting another, and your posts provide some great inspiration. Thank you.

I've always been partial to the earlier rifles with the wide butt plates and thicker lines but the more I look at these Tennessee and southern mountain rifles the more I think that I need one!! That is a great looking rifle, the new owner will be proud!

WoW!!!!

Not only do I like the whole gun, but the attention to detail. The copper rivet looks good, I just noticed the hole in the top jaw screw for a tommy bar. That has got to be a good user touch as well.

Great looking rifle!

You just can't beat steel and walnut, brass :barf: :shake: :idunno: fooey.

Wow, now that's SHARP! :hatsoff:

ZOUNDS!!!!

How in the 'ell did you get that tang over the comb :hmm: . Sorry, way too cool. :shocked2:

Mike F

Beauty brother! :thumbsup:

Davy

Looks good, clean, elegant but simple...Good hunting rifle...

WOW!! :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

Tremendous beauty! I do love your work. Maybe one day I can be blessed with half your skill.

Real nice Keith! Those dang tangs are wizbang thangs!!