Transitional Flintlock

[waksupi]

I finished putting this rifle together yesterday, and gave it a range test today.
It is an early transitional type rifle, still showing strong German influence, but with the barrel getting longer, and bore size smaller, than the European Jaeger rifles.
Madcaster had asked when he would see me do a stepped wrist rifle, and I do wish he was still around to see this one.
This is .62 caliber, French grey barrel and lock, (still need to lighten their color a bit), fire blued furniture. I made the cheekpiece inlay, and thumb piece from fine silver.
It's favorite load seems to be 100 gr. 3F Schutzen. The group is shot at 50 yards, wheel weight alloy.

[docone31]

Looks kinda beautiful!
Well done.

[stubshaft]

Gorgeous work Waksupi.

Do my eye's decieve me or does it not have a slight amount of cast off?

[waksupi]

Gorgeous work Waksupi.

Do my eye's decieve me or does it not have a slight amount of cast off?

No cast off, just crummy camera angles! [smilie=s:

[DwarvenChef]

Nice job :) Whats your Bbl width? I'm looking at 62's and see them in 1" and 1 1/8th"

[waksupi]

Nice job :) Whats your Bbl width? I'm looking at 62's and see them in 1" and 1 1/8th"

This has a swamped barrel, 1 1/8" at the breech, 1" at the muzzle.

[buckweet]

awsome !!!

[square butte]

Like it. Very nice wire work. And you gotta like the target. Hope you are showin that of around the Flathead.

[iron brigade]

sweet! nice work and very good shooting. was this a kit?

[Beerd]

Exceptional work, as usual.


sweet! nice work and very good shooting. was this a kit?

be kind to him Waksupi, he's a new guy here. :smile:
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[waksupi]

sweet! nice work and very good shooting. was this a kit?

I got the parts from Chambers. I doubt I will ever buy another stock from them. This is the second one with problems I had to fix. I'm better off starting from a plank.
The rest of their parts are first rate.

[insanelupus]

waksupi,

Very nice work! Looks like a sweet project that was well done!

[nicholst55]

A very handsome rifle; makes me long to return to the States and finish mine...

[Hanshi]

That is a very impressive rifle! Yep, very Germanic, too.

[dawallace45]

Ric

Beautiful , absolutely beautiful

David

[elawolf]

someday after i win the lottery i can have one of your rifles

[waksupi]

After five years, I decided it was time to strip down this rifle, and make it a different color. So, this is the updated version!
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[Jim_P]

Absolutely Beautiful! I can only hope to be that good and talented some day...

[ejcrist]

That is an extremely nice build - very well done! I'm currently working on a 58 Christian Springs Chambers kit that looks similar. I can only hope it comes out looking that good. After the 58 I want to build one from a plank - that'll be my first attempt with a plank. There's a lot of nice stocks out there but I'd prefer the freedom to carve my own and place the lock/vent exactly where I want. Great job though!

[smokeywolf]

Beautiful work Ric. Anyone would be proud to take that to Rendezvous and show it off.

smokeywolf

[wch]

Accurate artistry!

[Buckbrush]

Wow that's a beautifully done rifle. Thanks for
The tip. If I'd known that I could have just used lead
That would have saved me a sauce pan and 20 bucks.
Not mention the smell of cooking stump remover.
Oh well at least it got the impurities out of the potassium
And I can make black powder out of it. I wish my flint 58 cal came
Looking as nice as yours but I definitely don't have that level
Of skill set. Thanks oh yeah why does Brownells sell their
Niter salts for 80 ? Is that for caustic bluing as well ?

[Edward]

Absolutely pretty gun and the bonus is it shoots pretty great too /congrats Ed

[waksupi]

Wow that's a beautifully done rifle. Thanks for
The tip. If I'd known that I could have just used lead
That would have saved me a sauce pan and 20 bucks.
Not mention the smell of cooking stump remover.
Oh well at least it got the impurities out of the potassium
And I can make black powder out of it. I wish my flint 58 cal came
Looking as nice as yours but I definitely don't have that level
Of skill set. Thanks oh yeah why does Brownells sell their
Niter salts for 80 ? Is that for caustic bluing as well ?

They sell it for that, because they can. I bet you could get it from Ebay for less than half that.

[Edward]

sweet! nice work and very good shooting. was this a kit?

HA HA funny joke !!!!!~

[WRideout]

My stock making abilities are limited to flat file, Dremel tool, and screwdriver (the one I use for a scraper.)

Beautiful work, Waksupi, I am actually envious.

Wayne