Reading County Pa style rifles are known for the curved comb on the stock sometimes called "Roman Nose" style.
As a source of inspiration, I used several Andrew Figthorn rifles as depicted on page 56,57 and 114 of The Kentucky Rifle and Me by Edith Cooper,1977. I do not try to copy a exact gun but rather try to recreate the spirit and style of the gunsmith. This explains, among other things, the use of German Silver furniture. The PC rifle would have been in brass and the striped ramrod would have to go.
Although this was my third rifle (1996), as you can see, I was into inlays, this rifle having 17 plus the vent pick (the original had very few).
This is a convertable rifle using Siler Flint and Percussion locks, Davis Triggers, and Pecatonica River #3 Curly Maple wood.
The barrel is a Green Mountain 13/16 octagon X 42 in .45 Caliber.
This rifle also was my first (and last) attempt at engraving.
Although rather crude, it has grown on me over the years until I rather like it, in a rustic sort of way.
Remember, you only have to please the customer, and if your building it for yourself, if your happy, so is he.
As a source of inspiration, I used several Andrew Figthorn rifles as depicted on page 56,57 and 114 of The Kentucky Rifle and Me by Edith Cooper,1977. I do not try to copy a exact gun but rather try to recreate the spirit and style of the gunsmith. This explains, among other things, the use of German Silver furniture. The PC rifle would have been in brass and the striped ramrod would have to go.
Although this was my third rifle (1996), as you can see, I was into inlays, this rifle having 17 plus the vent pick (the original had very few).
This is a convertable rifle using Siler Flint and Percussion locks, Davis Triggers, and Pecatonica River #3 Curly Maple wood.
The barrel is a Green Mountain 13/16 octagon X 42 in .45 Caliber.
This rifle also was my first (and last) attempt at engraving.
Although rather crude, it has grown on me over the years until I rather like it, in a rustic sort of way.
Remember, you only have to please the customer, and if your building it for yourself, if your happy, so is he.