I swapped a new-fangled, cartridge firearm for a Schimmel, poor boy flintlock, Pennsylvania-style rifle. This type rifle often is called a barn rifle.
Poor boy is not a model name. It's a term used to describe a very basic gun, a working man's gun used around a farm and hunting for meat. Others terms used would be "barn gun" or "Schimmel" which is a German word meaning moldy. Typically they don't have muzzle-caps or butt plates. They were the work horse of many farms - a very plain gun left where the farmer could have access to it quickly to eliminate pests or the larder needed refilling.
I have several flintlocks with 39 to 40 inch barrels, but never have owned a rifle with a 42 inch barrel like this Schimmel. That is one characteristic that made it appealing to me.
It has a maple stock, sliding wood patchbox, no buttplate. The barrel is Colerain, 13/16 across the flats, and lock is L&R Durs Egg. Iron mounted southern style.
Ron
Poor boy is not a model name. It's a term used to describe a very basic gun, a working man's gun used around a farm and hunting for meat. Others terms used would be "barn gun" or "Schimmel" which is a German word meaning moldy. Typically they don't have muzzle-caps or butt plates. They were the work horse of many farms - a very plain gun left where the farmer could have access to it quickly to eliminate pests or the larder needed refilling.
I have several flintlocks with 39 to 40 inch barrels, but never have owned a rifle with a 42 inch barrel like this Schimmel. That is one characteristic that made it appealing to me.
It has a maple stock, sliding wood patchbox, no buttplate. The barrel is Colerain, 13/16 across the flats, and lock is L&R Durs Egg. Iron mounted southern style.
Ron
