TVM pictures?

[Micah Clark]

The UPS man brought me a present today . . . My TVM late lancaster kit. Not seen many of these, but looks good to me. Now, let me see if the picture posts

 

[Dewey]

Oh no ... they carved the lock mortise on the wrong side !!!



:grin:

Other than that it looks great ... have fun !!! :thumbsup:

 

[kh0456]

whoohoooo! Lets see the rest of the parts! Did you get a patch box?

 

[larryp]

The UPS man brought me a present today . . . My TVM late lancaster kit. Not seen many of these, but looks good to me. Now, let me see if the picture posts

Is the barrel already fitted?

 

[Micah Clark]

Yes, the barrel is fitted . . tang is inlet. I will be drilling it soon. Lock is mortised really well, but there is work to be done around it that makes me nervous .. I know what it needs, but not taking that plunge yet.

I need to attach the barrel via staples and stock pins. Worked on the brass trigger guard first, last night. . it was really rough casting and it is bent too. . my coach is going to work with me on fixing that.

 

[Brokennock]

TVM Early Virginia Smooth Rifle I bought last fall from a fellow forum member. 20 gauge, Siler lock, early style double set trigger. 1st attempt at posting photos.



If that one worked, I'll post a couple more.

 

[Brokennock]

Okay, that seemed to work. All y'all are in trouble now.

 

[hanshi]

Here is my TVM Southern flint .36

Well, I guess I'll post a pic of my TVM .36 SMR. Urine has more better wood thin myun. It's as plain as a spinster cousin but has fired a 3/4" group at 50 yards with 30 grains of 3F.

 

[kh0456]

Certainly a beautiful rifle Hanshi! 30gr is the same load I use. Very accurate and easy to shoot all day!

 

[Micah Clark]

One thing I am learning from my first build of a TVM late lancaster . .which is going slow - about one night a week working with it, as my schedule is kind of nuts right now. . .

But, I digress . . . one thing I would do differently as a newbie is pay extra money for an investment or wax cast trigger guard and but plate rather than a sand cast.

There's quite a quality difference and workload difference between the two. . and I am better with sandpaper than I am a file.

 

[Micah Clark]

I know this is an older post, but it had what I was looking for, which is a TVM Early Virginia rifle with the Octagon to Smooth .20 barrel. That may be my next kit project . . .in LH.

Appreciate the pics of your rifle for that reason.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Okay, that seemed to work. All y'all are in trouble now.

 

[Brokennock]

You're welcome, glad they could help. I'll be posting more of the same gun soon with the newly done barrel color.

Good luck with your build. I look forward to pics of it.

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

[Micah Clark]

This may sound like a dumb question, I just don't know the TVM Virginia that well . . .does the rifle have a check piece on the butt of the stock?

Happy Thanksgiving to you too !!

 

[Brokennock]

"Check piece,"? Not sure what you mean. I have steel furniture so I have a steel butt plate.....

Oh,, you meant cheek piece maybe? Yes, it does. It is of rifle architecture so has a cheek piece.
Sorry, little slow this morning.

 

[Micah Clark]

Not your fault, I spelled it wrong and made it sound like it was part of the butt plate rather than rear stock.

That makes sense, I guess some fowlers do not have a cheek piece in the stock architecture, but the Virginia is a rife with a smooth bore.

I am going to post this question in the smoothbore section just out of curiosity. . . Is is possible to shoot steel shot (for waterfowl) out of a BP smoothbore without tearing up the barrel ?

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

 

[Micah Clark]

Matt - I've looked At a lot of rifles on the Internet and that one is perhaps the nicest I've seen.