A Rare Find

[Captjoel]

Thank you Bill. I truly have been blessed to have found this one. This may seem obscene to some, but this rifle deserves it's rest in retirement from the shooting line. It has taken me many years to find this mind-set. In my early days of interest in muzzle loader's I once thought a gun not used for it's primary purpose was a true waste. I have come a long way for a pilgrim!

 

[Pete44ru]

Thank you Bill. I truly have been blessed to have found this one. This may seem obscene to some, but this rifle deserves it's rest in retirement from the shooting line. It has taken me many years to find this mind-set. In my early days of interest in muzzle loader's I once thought a gun not used for it's primary purpose was a true waste. I have come a long way for a pilgrim!

It's definitely a work of art, to be enjoyed for many days & evenings to come, for sure.


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[wulf]

Excellent ! That piece is a good teacher...I hope
our makers note the distance between the butt plate and the cheek rest and how short the cheek
rest is...I notice the now day makers don't have
that much room and have to cramp their carving design to fit...
Wulf

 

[Captjoel]

Excellent ! That piece is a good teacher...I hope
our makers note the distance between the butt plate and the cheek rest and how short the cheek
rest is...I notice the now day makers don't have
that much room and have to cramp their carving design to fit...
Wulf

The style of this rifle and its architecture are quite unique to the area from which it was made. From our modern study of Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle's, it would be categorized as being made in the "Chambersburg School" of rifle making. There were, in other areas of Pennsylvania and elsewhere longrifle's built with many different cheek piece shapes and lay-outs. Most every area had certain "uniqueness's" to themselves.

 

[kingsax26]

man tHATS a good looking girl.....

makes me wanna take her to the range and shoot her !

 

[suzkat]

That sure is a beauty Joel. You were missed at the KRA. Heading to camp after work. I hear the trout are still picking flies up there and this will be my last shot at them.

 

[Ken Cormier]

Nice piece thanks for sharing

 

[Captjoel]

Thanks again you guys! I had one of those photobucket moments when posting the last picture. It certainly doesn't have anything to do with the Chambersburg school rifle! Rob, I may just make it to Princeton next month. If you get a chance to go, it is my FAVORITE longrifle get together! Fishing for jumbo yellow perch and walleye here in northern Michigan. More fun than a barrel of monkeys!