Update on Lancaster Flintlock : (Kentucky Rifle build) Circa 1780

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This is the third article I have penned.  I do have a few photos to share today on the stock end of this rifle. I have carved one side with a Lancaster school Jacob Dickert C Scroll) and inlaid a pre-cut brass Dickert patchbox on the other side. The barrel and lock should be ready to go on soon as I am having some work done on the lock to make it fit correctly. It is all coming together at about 90 hours of work.

 

One of the things that I learned of the German Pennsylvania gunsmiths is that they made their own steel screws from scratch. Hence the steel screws used here on this Jacob Dickert Patchbox I inlaid into the tiger maple. If you recall, just the basic custom kit cost me around $1200. Add 120 hours labor to it and you have an heirloom rifle you can hunt with and show off.

Below is the complete build, stain and engrave below. It shot a 6 inch groups at 150 yards with patch and round ball and 90g FFG on its first try. Click on the words below.

Detailing my 50 Cal. Pennsylvania Flintlock Rifle Build by Ed Hale

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.