As promised here is my C. Caywood SMR (I think it's a Poor Boy style) that I acquired from one of my officers on Thursday 2/29/24 Leap year gun. In my eye it is gorgeous in it's simplicity. I know the history on this rifle so that is a plus. Charlie made it in the late '60s or early '70s and donated it to one of the Arkansas State Championship Muzzle Shoots at Berryville to be auctioned off. It was owned by a local gentleman that I know and he sold it to Berryville Pawn Shop recently and my officers bought it and I traded him out of it.
It hasn't been shot much, probably by Charlie, testing it after he finished the build. The owner who sold it to the pawn shop never shot it and it sat in his gun rack all those years. When I got it I began cleaning it up. The bore looked OK just some dirt/dust etc. While I was cleaning the bore got a little concerned that the patches were coming out with a brown residue that looked like rust. I finally figured out it was something like RIG with years of dirt stuck in it.
The bore is 50 caliber with a coned muzzle barrel length is 37 1/2 inches long with a 1:60 twist rate. The bore cleaned up and it looks new/un-fired perfect. The lock & barrel in letting is some of the best I have ever seen. I pulled the lock and it was spotless just needed oiling to move as smooth as glass. The original flint sparks like an arc welder. The rifle weighs 8 pounds and has a set trigger, so I think Charlie built it as a target rifle. I can't wait to show it to him at the spring muzzle shoot in May. Next thing up is to shoot it.
What do y'all think a value would be.
Some pictures my little camera doesn't take the best, I'll try some outside in sunlight later.
I was told this is Charlie's signature scroll work.
Heel & toe plates but no butt plate all the metal is browned.
A shot of the bore with my bore scope while I was cleaning it. The breech face & flash channel, with some of the crud around the outer edge, that is now gone.
It hasn't been shot much, probably by Charlie, testing it after he finished the build. The owner who sold it to the pawn shop never shot it and it sat in his gun rack all those years. When I got it I began cleaning it up. The bore looked OK just some dirt/dust etc. While I was cleaning the bore got a little concerned that the patches were coming out with a brown residue that looked like rust. I finally figured out it was something like RIG with years of dirt stuck in it.
The bore is 50 caliber with a coned muzzle barrel length is 37 1/2 inches long with a 1:60 twist rate. The bore cleaned up and it looks new/un-fired perfect. The lock & barrel in letting is some of the best I have ever seen. I pulled the lock and it was spotless just needed oiling to move as smooth as glass. The original flint sparks like an arc welder. The rifle weighs 8 pounds and has a set trigger, so I think Charlie built it as a target rifle. I can't wait to show it to him at the spring muzzle shoot in May. Next thing up is to shoot it.
What do y'all think a value would be.
Some pictures my little camera doesn't take the best, I'll try some outside in sunlight later.
I was told this is Charlie's signature scroll work.
Heel & toe plates but no butt plate all the metal is browned.
A shot of the bore with my bore scope while I was cleaning it. The breech face & flash channel, with some of the crud around the outer edge, that is now gone.
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Own that rifle and you wouldn't ever need anything else. Glad to hear Charlie is still topside. Can't answer your question. But, I have noticed, rifles over $1.500.00 are hard to sell. Money is tight these days.
