All Replies on Longrifle

You can’t go too far astray if you have Track’s catalog ;-) Build a Jaeger or a Le high Valley flinter. You can’t get any more early American than those!!

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

In the early 80’s, I built a double barrel shotgun, a .45 cal Kentucky rifle, and a couple of .45 cal pistols from CVA (Connecticut Valley Arms) kits. They all use percussion caps, but I think that you could also get flintlocks.

They were all fun to build and shoot, and I remember wondering how anyone ever managed to fight a war with firing rates of three rounds per minute.

I think that CVA is still around.

-- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it.

The Continental Army’s training manual said no soldier shall be excused from drill until he can load an fire his musket 15 times in 3 minutes and 45 seconds. That is a far greater demand than 3 times in a minute.;-)) My g…..g-gramdpa, Stephen Longwell was wounded in the left elbow on Long Island when Washington ordered the retreat on Aug 28, 1776. His elbow became too stiff to shoot a musket, so he spent the rest of the War in the Artillery Corps.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Thanks, The Tracks I got , looks like they got everything. The book I have Recreating the American Longrifle is very detailed building from scratch. I’ll Post a Project if I tackle this
Sawkerf, I seem to remember more like 3 min per round, and I was young then
Thanks

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I guess I’d be peeling potatoes, Didn’t 600,000 die in the civil war, makes me wonder how.
, of course how did they build houses and buildingd wih hand tools and horses.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

They worked harder and built smaller. The barn my dad and gpa built by hand in the early 50’s seems to be dwarfed by a house in the field that was built after the place was subdivided. The barn was 56×54 and 26 feet high. Those were big buildings when I was a kid ;-))

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Those were the days, I can’t get my kid to put the ipod down long enough to do the dishes.
But who am I to talk I love my power tools.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I have watched a barn raising in Amish country in Ohio. You get fifty hard working people that are all craftspeople and you can have a funtional barn that is quite large in one day – and it will last a couple hundred years.

Good luck on the rifle, sounds like fun to build.

-- David in Palm Bay, FL

I grew up in PA Amish country they aren’t afraid of work.
This is what I have in mind.
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/partDetail.aspx?catId=13&subId=77&styleId=268&partNum=1770-LANCASTER-RIFLE-FLINT-PARTS-LIST-44-SWAMPED

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

If you want a hunting rifle ,a swamped barel will lighten it quite a bit. For match shooting or even long plinking sessions, the heat waves will make sighitng very difficult. A straight taper is best for that.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Thanks, so the swamped barrel just lightens the rifle?

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

Hey, gang…Ever wonder what would happen if you forgot to remove your laser-sighting barrel insert? Yee-haw…And I thought this only happened to Elmer Fudd!!!

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

Thats why we need gun laws, too many people just arn’t to be trusted with arms.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

The arms… that held the gun, mski? Oh, wait, let’s not go there…..

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

mski, We have plenty. The Philadelphia Project during the Clinton Admin proved they work, but enforcement cost too much and the politicians need the issue to stir up the uninformed populace.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Yea I know I just try to be responseable with mine, Maybe we all should have Muskets

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

Poopiekat – if no one was physically hurt – that is FUNNY!

-- Greg D.

And expensive

-- David in Palm Bay, FL

GregD: Elmer Fudd always survived… and lived to go wabbit hunting another day!

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

The swamped barrel lightens the rifle and some think (including me) it is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Thanks Topmax I think so too, I’ll stick with it, heard it’s a little harder to inlet.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I have never done one, but I have friends who have. They say infinitely harder!! ;-)) Good luck.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

” infinitely harder!! ”
HMMM, maybe lifting weights with my left arm would be easier ?
But then again an expensive project that will last forever will keep me entertained longer !
you know $ per hour of entertainment . or shall I say mental therapy.
thanks for your input.

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL