After months of stewing over a Pedersoli vs building my own vs having a rifle built, I called a builder today and had a wonderfull conversation with him and I will be sending him a check tomorrow for him to build me a rifle exactly like I want it and within my budget. It will be a full stock Mike Lange trade rifle with steel furniture. 50 cal Colerain barrel, Siler lock, Davis set trigger. Heck I ain't been this happy in years!
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Ordered a rifle today.
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don hepler
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My Virginia rifle has a 50 cal. "B" weight Colerain swamped barrel, Siler lock, Davis trigger. This is a great combination. I'm using a .495 ball and Walley world drill material, that measures about .022. With 70 grains of Goex 3f it out-shoots, all my other rifles.
I'm not familiar with Mike Lange trade rifle, I guess I need to look it up. I believe you made the right choice. Best of luck.
I'm not familiar with Mike Lange trade rifle, I guess I need to look it up. I believe you made the right choice. Best of luck.
Me either. On another thread someone mentioned a "W.M. Lange" barrel. I asked if possible that was a mistakenly posted Wm. Large barrel.
Doesn't mean Lange doesn't exist, I just nebber heerd of him.
And now the waiting begins! :grin: The day the big brown truck pulls up with that to deliver you'll feel like you're ready to burst! I'm sure it'll be worth every minute of the wait. As long as you chose a good builder, you can't go wrong with a fine custom rifle.
wattlebuster
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Mike is a very good builder. Your rifle aint his first rodeo. Congrats by the way. :thumbsup:
Rick Son
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Looked him up,FINE lookin weapons!!If ir was me i would have him sign it,something i have always done.I'll have to save up and get one just to have one and i don't know that much about it.
What is the colerain barrel??
And i should say congratulations,has to be somethin to get a made fer yore ownself rifle
What is the colerain barrel??
And i should say congratulations,has to be somethin to get a made fer yore ownself rifle
don hepler
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I looked up Mike Lange and that seems very reasonable for that rifle.
Now the wait.
Now the wait.
I think you will be pleased with the end result. I've watched Mike (via pictures)build my trade rifle along with others and I'm always amazed at the process.
Patocazador
54 Cal.
I looked at his site and selections and they are priced very reasonably.
Unfortunately, he doesn't list what I would like to have if custom built.
Unfortunately, he doesn't list what I would like to have if custom built.
Colerain is a barrel brand. supposed to be a nicely made barrel with round bottom rifling. Don't know as I've never owned one before, this will be my first. 1/56" twist, 16 thousandths deep grooves, 36" length, 15/16" across the flats, 50 cal.
edit- I should add that the Siler lock is a percussion , not a flint.
edit- I should add that the Siler lock is a percussion , not a flint.
Sounds like a nice rifle. Of course we need to see pictures of it once you get it. Need to get our fix...we are BP junkies you know.
hanshi
Cannon
You will love your rifle. I have one of Mike's "Rugrat" rifles and it is great. He does sign his name on his guns. Mike basically fills a long ignored niche in gun building; custom fitted working guns that are really fine looking and at reasonable cost that are many levels above anything in the production category. Mike finally makes it possible for us working stiffs to afford a fine, fitted gun that's better than factory and cheaper than custom.
Mickc01
45 Cal.
WOOHOO!! :hatsoff: :thumbsup:
Mike Lange build me a 50. cal Early Lancaster, Rice swamped barrel, Chambers Golden Age lock,Davis set triggers ,very nice gun ,,top line work,sliding patch box,the rifle shoots better than i can hold it,If i ever need another rifle i will have him to build it,,
I just recieved my new rifle. All I can say is be darn carefull who you choose as a builder for your new muzzleloader. I payed hard earned money for what amounts to a pile of poorly assembled parts. I am livid. I talked to a local builder yesterday who offered to restock/rebuild my rifle. Sadly this will end up costing me more than if I had just had him build me the darn thing in the first place. There are builders out there who are scam artists/cons. Avoid them at all costs!
Sadly, I have a rather nuts local woodworker-turned-custom gunsmith who knows half as much as he thinks.
Besides the insanity of calling my home at 8 AM in the morning and whining if he doesn't get a call back immediately, really, and being insulting about arms and locks he knows little about (I hade to stop him from repetedly dry-firing a new flintlock from L&R with nothing in the jaw or against the frizzen and show him how to take the sear out), he also explained to me how only double-boiled linseed oil should be used on guns and they do it in the first place to get all the water out so it dries faster. This just before he dropped the trigger assembly on my new maple stock and put a permanent dent in it and after he was yelling that anyone who refers to something as a smoothrifle is an idiot because they are not rifles (he knows what rifling is)!
Besides the insanity of calling my home at 8 AM in the morning and whining if he doesn't get a call back immediately, really, and being insulting about arms and locks he knows little about (I hade to stop him from repetedly dry-firing a new flintlock from L&R with nothing in the jaw or against the frizzen and show him how to take the sear out), he also explained to me how only double-boiled linseed oil should be used on guns and they do it in the first place to get all the water out so it dries faster. This just before he dropped the trigger assembly on my new maple stock and put a permanent dent in it and after he was yelling that anyone who refers to something as a smoothrifle is an idiot because they are not rifles (he knows what rifling is)!
