Scout rifle kit?

[BJC]

I want to build a .54 cal, short barrel, full stock in curly maple, flintlock rifle. I have heard it called a Pennsylvania Scout rifle.

Where can I get one at or better yet where can I find a kit to make one?

I wan it to look like this guys rifle.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Well judging from that image, that's a shotgun in that image not a rifle. (imho) Might be some sort of Northwest Trade Gun cut down to 30" or less.

Now for a Western Rifle, you probably want a full stocked Plains Rifle with a 36" barrel. An experienced builder could shorten that even further if so desired.

A third option would be to find a good, used, Thompson Center Hawken in .54 and flintlock, and restock it and its 28" barrel (8" shorter than the above Hawken kit) with a Fancy Full Stock .

I think the third option is what you'd be looking for. If you're going to do that you will probably want to upgrade to a Davis Replacement Lock .

LD

 

[nwtradegun]

with the style butplate and the ramrod ferrle style it is a northwest tradegun.

 

[MSK]

Out of curiosity (and off-topic), it is obvious as to why beards would have been common in the wild, during any time period. The rendering above shows an American with a flintlock gun (so presumably pre-1840?) and big moustache. I could be wrong, but I didn't think styled facial hair such as a moustache was a thing with Americans during that period.

Smollett

 

[necchi]

Yup, I think the end on the ramrod indicates it being a smoothy too

 

[coloradoclyde]

Out of curiosity (and off-topic), it is obvious as to why beards would have been common in the wild, during any time period. The rendering above shows an American with a flintlock gun (so presumably pre-1840?) and big moustache. I could be wrong, but I didn't think styled facial hair such as a moustache was a thing with Americans during that period.

Smollett

To me that picture looks 1845 at the earliest, and more 1860's or 70's.
But one has to take into account the time period in which it was painted and the preferences of the painter.....
If the painting was done in the 1970's for example and the painter did a self portrait or envisioned himself as the scout, and the painter had a mustache....... It is often difficult for someone with a mustache to envision themselves without it......

 

[coloradoclyde]

So I looked up the painting and it is a modern creation.....
Here is the artists website.... http://joevelazquez.com/
http://joevelazquez.com/html/the_fort_provisioner.html

I guess one could always send him an email and inquire about his inspiration....

 

[MSK]

Well said!

 

[galamb]

Not in curly maple and not in 54 cal but Pedersoli makes a "Scout Rifle" in 32, 45 and 50 Cal.

Available in flint or percussion - has a 28'ish inch barrel described as a carbine version of a Penn rifle.

Might be available in kit form (many Ped models are).

You can have a look here (Scout Rifle)

 

[coloradoclyde]

I feel I should point out that the guy in the picture is titled a "fort provisioner".....not a scout. :grin: