Stock Descriptions for New Shooters.

[Brazos John]

I found a maker that describes each of the stocks that they make.
The best part, they include the name of each style of stock, so when we new members read something about a rifle in the forum, we can figure out what they are talking about.
I was interested in Lehigh stocks, and also found Early and Late Lancaster stocks, so now I have to do more research.

Lehigh County Rifle, Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply (longrifles-pr.com)

I hope you enjoy the reading as much as I do!
Brazos

 

[Flintandsteel]

Be very careful with Lehigh labeled stocks, if authenticity matters to you. Most commercially made “Lehighs” don’t even resemble anything from Lehigh Co.

 

[oldwood]

The Knob Mountain stock guy , from Pa. , should have one copied from an original. When Fred Miller retired , and sold his patterns , the Knob fellow got a pattern from an authentic Lehigh flint gun , Fred copied from a KRA member's collection. I still have some. They are the real deal..........oldwood

 

[Brazos John]

Like Oldwood said, Knob Mountain is a good source, and has a lot of labeled stocks, too:

Knob Mountain Muzzleloading gun stock patterns

Thanks, Oldwood.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I sent you a rather involved PM about precarves, The main thing is; don't let them inlet for the lock, do it yourself to make sure it is perfectly placed.

 

[Brazos John]

Thanks, Eric.
Like they say, God is in the details. I'm just getting started, and the amount of information available is almost overwhelming.
I haven't run into any muzzleloaders down here except for the Texas Army, and these folks are more into Texas history than building rifles. I'm new to muzzleloading myself, and have been sorting out who I want to portray with the Texas Army. I decided on someone with my own background (born in PA, moved to Texas as a teen), and have since learned that there were lots of gun builders from my neck of the woods. This is all so cool!

I'm on the left in the light-colored hat and frock. The young guy in green has ancestors that were at Goliad, The Alamo, and San Jacinto. Many of the others have similar lineage. I'm in awe of the history of their families. My family arrived in Philly in 1732, so we have history, too, but Texas history is a lot more popular down here than American history, as you might imagine.
Thanks again for the advice. You have saved me a lot of heart-ache.
Brazos John