Booshway
| Hanshi great minds think alike(LOL). I just opened my copy of the Iowa Rifleshop book to the back page to make some notes and found I had made a rough sketch and a parts list for a rifle such as your inquiry-- Swamped 42" .50,walnut stock,Durrs Egg Lock,two pipes,trigger guard and sights plus sling. My current build is on hold a few days. The fingers on my left hand had a fight with a circular saw yesterday. It's not as bad as it may sound but went to the ER and the mrs. is riding herd on me a few days to make sure I behave. Anyhow I have wanted a plain jane in iron for the woods. If you can get hold of FoxFire #5 House does a chapter building a poor boy that you might find helpful,no buttplate ect.. The House build mentioned without BP has very little curve.Of course some of the southern plates have lots of curve. If you can find it, the book, Notes From a Small Iowa Rifleshop has full size pattens of some Tenn BP and comblines. I don't think Mr. Bookout has any specif info on TN rifles on his web site.
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Factor
| I'll have a butt plate on mine and , as insurance, a toe plate. That's it. Plain as a spinster sister. I want it skinny and cool looking enough to interest Snuffy Smith. I started off wanting a jaeger or E. Lancaster but had to lower my expectations. Still hankering for a NSW canoe gun at some point. the only thing standing in the way is $$; that's all . I'll shoot a .32 more, anyway.
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| Posts: 3559 | Location: Maine (by way of Georgia then Va.) | Registered: 26 January 2009 |
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Hivernant
| Well...you'll shoot it once and a while...in between...you'll be swabbing the barrel...Smaller the cal, the bigger the pain to shoot....JMHO.
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| Posts: 107 | Location: The Soviet Socialist state of Connectitax | Registered: 29 May 2008 |
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| Im confused by the 2 lock bolts...southern mountain guns seemed to have but 1...they were usually round tailed and percussion locks, but then that would male it post 1820...the powder drum is often quite long, much longer than most commercial drums, and the originals often had a square lug on the end ...the double set triggers are held in by the bow of the trigger guard...the triggerguard itself is secured with wood screws...a long swamped barrel is common...the tang was often a lolli-pop style, sometimes coming well up over the comb. These are some of the attributes usually seen on common southern mountain rifles. not sure about such an early dated "poor boy" as you first mention or if they shared any of these characteristics too...tca |
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Factor
| In my research I've come to understand that the early ones did mostly have 2 lock bolts. While one bolt works just fine I'm considering two bolts to be as authentic as possible. The tang is one area I can still use some help. So far I haven't found any reliable data on that. The small bore fouling problem is a myth, in my experience. I've owned/hunted with/fired a lot a percussion .32 for 12 years or so. It is never any trouble to fire three or four dozen rounds at the range without swabbing. The "trick" in my experience is to use the correct lube (in my case, Hoppes #9BP lube though spit does almost as well) and a good, tight patch. This combo cleans the bore with each reload. Of course it still has to be seated with the thin ramrods. Mine came with one and it still works and remains under the barrel. However, for some time now I've taken to using and unbreakable rod and leave the original wood one for display. I'll do lots more squirrel hunting than big game and the economics of a small caliber sounds sweet. I've got a .50 flint and a .54 percussion so don't actually "need" (but I do want badly) a flint .54; either an early Lancaster or a jaeger or Christian Springs rifle. The only problem is $$. And this doesn't even count the NSW "canoe gun" kit I'm hoping for.
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Booshway
| Hanshi My 32 cal Southren rifle had a 42" straight barrel that I was afraid it would be muzzle heavy but it hangs out their very nice I'm anxious to shoot it but with as slim as it is I can't see where a swamp barrel would help that much but that's just MHOP
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| Posts: 959 | Location: Alabama | Registered: 09 December 2008 |
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Factor
| Boyd, Ray, barrel choice is down to two Rice barrels: 42" x 3/4" straight - 4.75lbs or the swamped squirrel barrel 42" x 13/16" to 5/8" to 3/4" - 4.25lbs. With either barrel total weight will, of course, not be a problem. The email I got from Rice Bbls recommended the straight barrel as better for target shooting and the squirrel barrel for a "great handling hunting rifle". Either barrel would easily satisfy my requirements for weight. Hard decision without handling both. It will have to fit, of course, but I've already got that info down. Thing is, I don't have to worry about making a decision any time soon; haven't even put any $$ away for it so far and wait on the barrel(s) is at least 6 months so I figure minimum of 18 months at best. A very fun thing to study and think about and anticipate.
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Booshway
| T. thanks for the names I have made notes of both and will look 'em up.
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| quote: Remember guns back then and today should be made according to the individual in need.
Although that would be the optimal arrangement, it actually that depended on the circumstance. Some could afford to have a rifle built, and some bought them over-the-counter, especially when a rifle builder wasn't locally situated. LD
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