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rfd
02-18-2017, 07:48 AM
no clue so far as to its maker, but the lock is a large siler and the barrel is an "A" weight swamped and 42", the trigger is a HAIR trigger - i kid you not! it's scary hairy!! 8lbs even in weight, unloaded.

http://i.imgur.com/Y7GqrqV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MfpDXrI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y2mkykD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/m2RQ0pR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IFrzEBg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Pbc5HmX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c2qDPLE.jpg

got inspired and made a new bag w/patch knife for it ...
http://i.imgur.com/2JcZVhn.jpg
Edward
02-18-2017, 08:06 AM
Most likely shoots as good as it looks !
nicholst55
02-18-2017, 08:12 AM
A sweet looking smoke-pole!
sharps4590
02-18-2017, 08:24 AM
Truly a lovely rifle. I appreciate seeing it.
bob208
02-18-2017, 10:12 AM
bucks county is the only ones to use that style lock. I helped forge a few of them hen working for hoyt.
OverMax
02-18-2017, 10:56 AM
nicely done: the carving and the insetting of inlays. In fact the fit & fitting of everything is pleasing these old eye's. "What a dandy you got there."
54bore
02-18-2017, 11:23 AM
Nice lookin Rifle rfd!! Beautiful piece of wood!!
bigted
02-18-2017, 12:51 PM
Very cool brother. Great piece of wood.

Question about the wood ... I have NO experience with this tiger stripe mapel I think ... Is the grain of the wood going the same direction as the stripes?
BPJONES
02-18-2017, 01:01 PM
Very nice looking rifle and looks like whoever crafted it did a fine job.
rfd
02-18-2017, 01:24 PM
Very cool brother. Great piece of wood.

Question about the wood ... I have NO experience with this tiger stripe mapel I think ... Is the grain of the wood going the same direction as the stripes?

the "stripes" or "flames" are at 90 degrees to the wood grain.
Beerd
02-18-2017, 01:50 PM
that is a rifle anyone would be proud to shoot.
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Ithaca Gunner
02-18-2017, 04:10 PM
How's it shoulder and hold? My Christian Springs is the best shouldering rifle I've ever owned.
Shooter6br
02-18-2017, 04:46 PM
Funny I live in Bucks County Pa.
bigted
02-18-2017, 07:03 PM
thanks RFD. thought so but always wondered so thought id ask. very nice rifle and i really like the lines. bet she carry's like a dream.
rfd
02-18-2017, 07:21 PM
it feels more like a 7lb rifle in the hand, but it is 8lb, which is just fine anyways. she pulls up the the shoulder and points fast and easy. the offhand hold is a breeze thanx to the swamped barrel. never had a .40, but have been through .32, .36 and on to .45 and way above. a .40 was just on the bucket list and now i can clear that slate as that itch has been properly scratched. even though this li'l popper will go to the grandson for a graduation present. :)
BPJONES
02-18-2017, 08:57 PM
it feels more like a 7lb rifle in the hand, but it is 8lb, which is just fine anyways. she pulls up the the shoulder and points fast and easy. the offhand hold is a breeze thanx to the swamped barrel. never had a .40, but have been through .32, .36 and on to .45 and way above. a .40 was just on the bucket list and now i can clear that slate as that itch has been properly scratched. even though this li'l popper will go to the grandson for a graduation present. :)

How far away for graduation?
rfd
02-18-2017, 11:06 PM
How far away for graduation?

this year!
BPJONES
02-19-2017, 12:07 AM
this year!

Ya better enjoy it while ya can before handing it over!
rfd
02-19-2017, 07:13 AM
Ya better enjoy it while ya can before handing it over!

indeed, sir!!!
54bore
02-19-2017, 10:18 AM
indeed, sir!!!

rfd, i am 99.99% sure we are related, A jack garner .36 would be LOVELY!!! LOL
dondiego
02-19-2017, 11:18 AM
rfd, i am 99.99% sure we are related, A jack garner .36 would be LOVELY!!! LOL

......and I'll wager that you are getting ready to graduate from somewhere too!
JSnover
02-19-2017, 01:04 PM
Funny I live in Bucks County Pa.
Got my attention too, I'd never heard of them until I saw this thread.
Beautiful rifle, rfd!
bedbugbilly
02-19-2017, 05:15 PM
A beautiful rifle RFD! I look forward to a shooting video! That's one I wouldn't kick out of bed for eating crackers!
duckey
02-19-2017, 08:04 PM
Was that a TOW kit? I'm building g up my slush fund to build a bucks county kit with extra fancy stock.
duckey
02-19-2017, 08:05 PM
Is that silver inlay as well?
Blackwater
02-19-2017, 08:21 PM
That is truly one beautiful gun! Thanks for showing it to us. IMO, they've never made a rifle with more pleasing lines or more grace, than those old muzzleloaders. A little engraving on a few parts and it'd be a real work of true art. I like my wood finished a little darker, but if it was mine, I don't think I'd touch anything on it, except for the engraving, probably, and that would probably be a back-burner project that likely would never get done. I sat in the Smithsonian for a full half a day or more, just communing with the old ML's they had on display. As much as I wanted to see the aviation, aerospace, and prehistoric skeletons, I just couldn't leave those old original guns. They just "spoke" to me, and I marveled at how precise the workmanship was, despite the primitive tools many were made with. I'll always be in awe of those old 'smiths, and what they did, with so little to work with.
rfd
02-20-2017, 08:56 AM
i've only had a few other "art" guns besides this .40 rifle. jack garner .36 and tip curtis .45 rifles.

jack garner (TVM) .36 southern rifle ...




http://i.imgur.com/NSRznXh.png

http://i.imgur.com/kVKfKVQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/3zzaj2G.png

http://i.imgur.com/oVgIkxU.png

i got the tip in-the-white and did the finish on it. should never have sold those two guns, but ya know how it goes sometimes?

http://i.imgur.com/qx3iJRc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/82h6XyQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Jl2zhy3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nG3RKLf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2RABn9p.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OGYzdHv.jpg
54bore
02-20-2017, 09:02 AM
Those are some REALLY REALLY nice looking rifles rfd!!!
waksupi
02-20-2017, 04:56 PM
188523
quilbilly
02-21-2017, 01:35 PM
What a beautiful piece of wood. That grain pattern is called quilt and is caused by wind stress to the tree over many, many years. Putting a finish on it is tough since the wood absorbes finishes at different rates and "fuzzes up". That type of maple is much sought after and an untouched unsawed log with no overgrown bark suitable for peeling will bring one dollar a pound for shipping to Europe (I sold one once like that). A "blond stock" of that grain pattern has a 3-dimensional shimmering shine.
rfd
02-21-2017, 08:06 PM
oh well, this didn't last long. this was to be a surprise for the grandson, but it was me that got surprised to hear from his dad he's far more into half stock flinters. oh. hmm. ok, time for big game plan change ...

http://i.imgur.com/5pcoawh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SvyYeAn.jpg
BPJONES
02-21-2017, 08:50 PM
Oh well, look at it this way. Now you get to keep that other great looking rifle!
rfd
02-21-2017, 09:02 PM
Oh well, look at it this way. Now you get to keep that other great looking rifle!

oh well, it was an impulse buy that i thought he would like, and he probably would have graciously accepted it, but he's as good a grandson and son as they come, exceptional at school, and i want to get him what he wants. this rifle will get sold.
BPJONES
02-21-2017, 10:34 PM
You know, if you are in no hurry to sell, maybe when the time comes give him his choice. He might surprise you once he sees the rifle.
taco650
02-23-2017, 12:11 PM
oh well, this didn't last long. this was to be a surprise for the grandson, but it was me that got surprised to hear from his dad he's far more into half stock flinters. oh. hmm. ok, time for big game plan change ...

http://i.imgur.com/5pcoawh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SvyYeAn.jpg

FYI, that Bucks County rifle is beautiful! However, I'm in the same league as your grandson-give me a Hawken any day! So glad to see a grandparent that wants to give their grandchildren a gift the grandchild would like. Mine gave me what they wanted me to have. Good job on paying attention! Now go finish that rifle LOL!
fastdadio
02-24-2017, 07:20 PM
Some nice rifles just posted here. I have two really nice ones to share when time allows to get them out and take the pics. One made by my dad and the other was made for my dad by Ron Ehlert. They were long time good friends and worked together until retiring and moved to Tn.
http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2010/05/david-dodds-rifle-with-ron-ehlert.html