Part Number: AAN-920
Modeled after the work of Isaac Haines ~ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The work of Isaac Haines was little known until John Bivins and his associates began emulating his work. Apparently Joe Kindig, Jr. did not have an Isaac Haines longrifle in his vast collection, so Haines was not listed in Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age. Dr. George Shumway suggests that the original gunmaker, Isaac Haines, may have been Lancaster County's most influential gunmaker, bringing his knowledge of sophisticated Philadelphia carving styles to his region, during the 1770's.
This left hand long rifle is stocked in curly maple and trimmed in polished brass furniture. The large Siler flintlock and Rice swamped barrel are finished to a dark brown. The barrel is fitted with a nickel silver blade front sight and dovetailed for a elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight.
Measuring 38" in total length the swamped .50 caliber Rice barrel has been neatly finished to a dark brown. The swamped barrel is thickest at the breech for strength, tapers to a narrow waist to reduce weight, and flares at the muzzle to align the sights. The .50 caliber bore is cut rifled with seven lands and grooves. Radius cut grooves are .016" deep, with a 1 turn in 66 inches twist for patched round ball.
Rice Muzzle Loading Rifle Barrels are set between centers and milled octagonal, insuring a centered bore, concentric with the exterior, with no "run-out". Each barrel is stress relieved in an atmosphere controlled electric furnace, to eliminate work hardening or barrel warp, and to dampen harmonic vibrations or barrel whip.
After the rifling has been cut, each bore is "ball burnished". A carbide bore-sizing die is pulled through the barrel, to insure bore dimension uniformity, eliminating any tight or loose spots inside the barrel. This critical procedure leaves the top of the lands smooth and polished, equaling the traditional lead lapping procedure. Rice barrels are Match grade quality, with bench rest capability. Rice barrels do not require lapping or extensive shooting to break-in.
Included with this rifle:Cleaning jag with 10-32 threadsFouling scraper with 10-32 threadsA 10-32 female to 8-32 male adaptorPriming flaskLoading Block