Original Jaeger Rifle

[Tommy Bruce]

Thanks for sharing the pictures Chris. I appreciate the info. Admittedly I don't know a whole lot about Jaeger rifles but like them a lot. I was going on the description of the rifle in the first post referring to the no. 270 and the sling swivel. At some point and time I'd like to do a military style jaeger rifle.

 

[suzkat]

I didn't realize they made percussion locks in the 18th century. I thought Kaufman's book said that they came along after 1810 and well beyond the Jaeger period. Given Kindig's definition of Golden Era being 1780 to 1820 those were all flintlocks?

 

[Stophel]

The lock has been converted to per-cussed.

It was made as a flintlock. :wink:

 

[fort fireman]

I don't know much about Jeagers other than I am really starting to like them. One thing I noticed that i thought would have been different is the trigger gaurd. I thought the trigger gaurd would have been inlet into the stock more rather than just set on there and screwed to the stock. Am I off on that or is it kinda dependent on the builder?

 

[Stophel]

Depends upon the triggerguard itself. The front tangs are always inlet, but the amount they stand out depends upon the triggerguard design. The rear end is often not inlet at all, but still they're thin there, compared to some of the great hulking masses that you often see with modern made triggerguards. :wink:

By the way "Gun #21" (and probably that whole series of guns) in Rifles of Colonial America has a triggerguard that is not inlet for the rear tang.

 

[Grizzled Roberts]

When the Jaegers got here at the first of the Rev War, They carried their own personal hunting rifles. Between 60 and 90 caliber. It was hard for the Brits to keep up with the different sizes of ball. Starting in 1776 every new Jaeger was issued a rifle. There were several makers but all of them shot the British Carbine ball ( .615 )
So this rifle could have been one of the early
personally owned rifles. It is a fine looking rifle gun.