Longrifles
Gun #10 – Augusta/Rockbridge Virginia Longrifle
This is a 1775-1785 Augusta/Rockbridge County, Virginia longrifle based on the two rifles documented by Wallace Gusler in the Journal of Historical Arms Making Technology, Volume II (JHAT II). The patchbox and its engraving is an original design extrapolated from … Continue reading
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Tagged Augusta, barrel, brass, carved, Chambers, colonial, contemporary, crafts, Dixons, early, Early Ketland, engraved, flintlock, Freddie Harrison, Getz, Gunmakers Fair, gunmaking, gunsmithing, JHAT, Judges Choice, lock, longrifle, moulding, mounts, muzzle loader, Reeves Goehring, Rockbridge, stock, swamped, trigger, valley of Virignia, virginia, Walace Gusler
Gun #5 – Iron Mounted Southwest Virginia Longrifle
This is a fully iron mounted Virginia longrifle of the late flint period that I made in 2004 as my personal offhand target rifle. It has features found on Virginia longrifles from Rockbridge County into Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee, … Continue reading
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Tagged barrel, Blue Ribbon, Chambers, contemporary, craftmanship, crafts, curly maple, Davis, Dixons, East Tennessee, flintlock, Green Mountain, gunmaker, Gunmakers Fair, gunmaking, gunsmithing, iron mounted, Late Ketland, lock, longrifle, mountain, mounts, patchbox, Rockbridge, set triggers, Southwest Virginia, stock, straight, trigger, virginia
Gun #8 – Carved Early Virginia Chunk Gun
I made this chunk gun in 2005 for a friend. The title here as well as the gun is a bit anachronistic. There was no such thing as an early Virginia chunk gun. Chunk guns were a product of the … Continue reading
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Tagged barrel, brass, carved, Chambers, cherry. chunk gun, colonial, contemporary, crafts, Davis, early, Early Ketland, engraved, flintlock, gunmaker, gunmaking, gunsmithing, Hersel House, lock, longrifle, mounts, patchbox, silver, stock, straight, trigger, virginia
