Crossed this off the bucket list today

[dave951]

I've always been intrigued by the Ferguson rifle. The helical breech and breech loading of a flintlock is just ingenious. However, there are no commercial repops out there, originals (the few surviving) are behind glass in a museums and those that are out there have to be made from parts and I'm not talking Kibler level of sticking parts together. So today, a friend of mine showed up at the range with a Ferguson he just finished and he's no slouch at gunsmithing and yup, we sent more than a couple round balls down range. Pix to follow later, I was too busy twisting the trigger guard and pulling the trigger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle

 

[dave951]

Here's a couple pix from this weekend. More to come from another person present

A couple geezers with a seriously funky flinter. Vinny, the Ferguson builder, is on the left. I'm the other guy taking up the right side of the shot.

And another. Guy on the left is a dead ringer for Teddy Roosevelt. He's holding an original 1842 Macon. Vinny on the right is the builder of the Ferguson. And yes, we were shooting all the guns in these pix.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Fabulous!

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Awesome!

 

[Colonial Boy]

Echo the two above.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

We bit jealous here. One of those rifles is the dream.

 

[aussie pete]

Here's a couple pix from this weekend. More to come from another person present

A couple geezers with a seriously funky flinter. Vinny, the Ferguson builder, is on the left. I'm the other guy taking up the right side of the shot.

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And another. Guy on the left is a dead ringer for Teddy Roosevelt. He's holding an original 1842 Macon. Vinny on the right is the builder of the Ferguson. And yes, we were shooting all the guns in these pix.
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Sweet images, lads! Great presentation.

Pete

 

[azmntman]

 

[springfield art]

Here's a couple pix from this weekend. More to come from another person present

A couple geezers with a seriously funky flinter. Vinny, the Ferguson builder, is on the left. I'm the other guy taking up the right side of the shot.

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And another. Guy on the left is a dead ringer for Teddy Roosevelt. He's holding an original 1842 Macon. Vinny on the right is the builder of the Ferguson. And yes, we were shooting all the guns in these pix.
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Wow! And the hats are perfect, too!

 

[nhmoose]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Huzzah! That Ferg kit is the #1 most popular kit sold by TRS! Hope he followed Dave Person's build advice, so it doesn't break apart on him ...

Book - If the builder hasn't gotten this yet, the book "Every Insult & Indignity: The Life, Genius, and Legacy of Major Patrick Ferguson", by Ricky Roberts and Bryan Brown, has great advice on loading and shooting a Fergie.

 

[akroguy]

anyone ever dry balled a Ferguson?

Just pondering.