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Author Topic: My Lancaster Flintlock  (Read 1745 times)

Offline Tom Sawyer

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My Lancaster Flintlock
« on: January 11, 2014, 07:08:34 PM »
This is my Lancaster .50 cal. Flintlock I built.
.50 Cal Swamped Rice Barrel 44 Inchs Long
Jim Chambers Golden Age lock,
L&R Double set Triggers
Curly maple Stock from Gunstocks Plus
I made the End Cap and Side Plate
I worked on this gun every Sunday for a year to complete
Stained with Aqua-Fortis, heated  and applied Colonial Red Stain with 10 coats of hand rubbed Wahkon Bay tru-Coat.
Barrel is Browned.
Frt. Sight is made from a 1947 Silver Quarter I saved for over 30 years from one of the last guns I made in 1982
Rear sight I cut from a chunk of metal
This rifle shoots awesome, still working on loads, but it'll hit what ever I aim at .
My wife shot this gun, her first time shooting a Flintlock and hit the Big Blue welding tank gong at the Primitive range at Friendship.
thanks for looking
« Last Edit: January 12, 2014, 06:25:24 PM by Tom Sawyer »

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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2014, 07:24:25 PM »
Good looking rifle there Tom  :)
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2014, 07:26:18 PM »
Looks like a sweetie!
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2014, 09:49:17 PM »
That is a beauty...congratulations on such fine work...!
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2014, 11:28:47 PM »
Beautiful rifle, thanks for sharing !  :toast
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2014, 02:18:56 AM »
Very, VERY, nice!!!!!!  :rt th
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2014, 05:31:45 AM »
I love it! I'm currently working on a J. Dickert myself! I hope mine turns out half as nice as yours!
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlcok
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2014, 02:34:54 PM »
Super!
I envy your patience....  :bow
The rewards for that patience certainly paid-off, big time!

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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2014, 06:47:06 AM »
That is a real looker for sure.  :hairy
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2014, 12:44:40 PM »
You can always bet on a good piece of wood from GSplus...  Is that the mid grade or the "best" ?  Really nice work Tom.....Tom  too.
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2014, 07:44:07 PM »
Quote from: "gunmaker"
You can always bet on a good piece of wood from GSplus...  Is that the mid grade or the "best" ?  Really nice work Tom.....Tom  too.

It's the "best", I live not to far from GS and went and pick out what I wanted.
BTW Gunstocks Plus has a awesome shop!
Thanks for the kind words and looking

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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2014, 09:15:50 PM »
Nice work!

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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2014, 02:35:04 PM »
Very nice work! love the Lancasters also, Sounds like she shoots good too.
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2014, 09:52:47 AM »
:hairy Nice job
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Re: My Lancaster Flintlock
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2014, 12:34:20 PM »
You got talent. Fine rifle :hairy
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