Part Number: AAQ-620
This poorboy longrifle would be ideal for your Southern impression. Assembled in the style of rifles from North Carolina. This rifle is trimmed in a limited amount of iron furniture and omits; the buttplate, toeplate, and ramrod entry pipe. Stocked in curly maple stained to a dark brown with golden undertones. A pewter muzzle cap protects the end grain at the muzzle. This rifle has a slight patina finish on the lock, barrel and forged iron furniture. The barrel is stamped DG just ahead of the rear sight.
This rifle has a .45 caliber 38" swamped octagon barrel. The swamped barrel is thickest at the breech for strength, tapers to a narrow waist, and flares at the muzzle. The.45 caliber bore is rifled with seven square cut lands and grooves with a slow twist for a patched round ball. The bore is bright and has been well maintained. We recommend our .440" pure lead round ball, patched with .015" Ox-Yoke brand bulk patching, cut at the muzzle. Lubricate with our Mink Oil patch grease, beef tallow, or animal fat lubricant, for best accuracy.
Trigger reach is 14" and the rifle is very light weight at 6.7 pounds.
The curly maple stock has dark patches of figure that flow into contrasting stripes along the comb of the buttstock. Maple is a correct choice for stock wood, known to have been used on many original rifles from the Appalachian region. The stock is drilled with a grease hole, for patch grease. We recommend our #Mink-Oil tallow for cool and cold weather hunting. Use our #LUBE-SPG for warm weather shooting. Simply fill the hole with tallow, and wipe your patch across the hole, before loading. This is the Appalachian equivalent to the earlier patchbox, and correct for this style of rifle. No buttplate or toeplate is fitted in "poorboy" fashion and the stock does have some heel wear from being placed on the ground during loading and cleaning. The lock panel has a chip missing from the front edge, which looks to have naturally aged with a dark patina. The hand forged triggerguard has a wide bow and the grip rail is curled forward in North Carolina style. The sideplate is a crescent moon shape inlet flush with the side panel. A poured pewter forend cap protects the end grain at the muzzle. The 3/8" diameter ramrod is finished with a barber pole stripe and shaped with a jagged end and slot, it has no provisions for threaded accessories.
Ignition for the rifle is provided by this Jim Chamber's late Ketland flintlock. World famous, the Ketland family of English gun and flint lock makers opened an American branch, to supply our large market. Golden Age era locks were commonly found on American longrifles, circa 1790 to 1820. This lock is a wise choice, not only for its use of Siler internals with proven geometry and high reliability, but also for its correct style, and good sparking ability. We recommend our #FLINT-ENG-6 3/4" knapped English flints for best performance.
A direct drilled vent is positioned well above the bottom of the pan, centered on the heat of the flash. If your flint longrifle suffers from that infamous slow whoosh-bang ignition delay, study the work of today's best gun makers, and position your vent well centered on the pan, high above the bottom, to serve as a window on the center of the flash.
Single lever double set triggers will only fire from the set position. The trigger backlash has been properly adjusted so the triggers can be set or the lock cocked in any order, but the triggers must be set to fire the lock. Adjust the screw between the two triggers, inboard to reduce set trigger release pressure, our outboard to require a stronger pressure.
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