Just finished: a beautifully crafted later flint era rifle.

Jud has just finished this beautiful rifle for Ed Louer.
.50 calibre, with a captured lid patch box, this rifle is Jud's interpretation of a rifle from the Westward Expansion. In the next post I will show pictures of the rifle as it was created, including case hardening the lock. Finishing the stock was itself a slow and laborious process requiring many applications of finish and more than two months of drying and rubbing to get the color and wear "just right".

The Crockett Rifle

The exquisite David Crockett rifle was completed on April 5, 2013.
I will leave it to the expert & owner, Robert Weil, to explain the provenance of this beautiful late style flintlock. This rifle will appear on the website that inspires this one: contemporarymakers.blogspot.com.

Revolutionary War Era Flintlock for a lady

The J.P. Beck style rifle for my wife Barbara in 32 cal is finished!
Here are some preliminary pictures.
This is an exceptionally beautiful rifle and all who have handled it have remarked on its perfect balance and pleasing proportions.
Total weight less than 5 pounds! It's a surprise for her birthday this weekend - shhhh!

Jud creates a 32 cal Beck for a Left Handed Lady Shooter

What better to accompany a left handed Possibles Bag than a than a left handed flintlock rifle in the Beck style!

This fine little rifle by Jud Brennan has amazed all who have seen it with its diminutive size, perfect balance, proportion and accuracy.

In this series of photographs the intricate steps required to create this rifle are shown.

The finished rifle will be featured in a future post.

Here I've placed 3 pictures of the making of the bag
by David Brennan

This rifle & bag are from the collection of the author's wife

Barbara D. Marshall, who loves history.