#417- Here is a real flight of fancy. I always wondered why some old time inventor didn't design a breech loading flintlock that would un-breech with just a quarter turn of the trigger guard, allowing the shooter to roll in an oversize ball followed by a charge of powder, then close the breech with a quarter turn back. So I decided to try it myself. The rifle is a transitional style with swamped Colerain barrel in 54 caliber, meant to use 570 ball or bullet, AA maple fullstock, all iron mountings for strength, semi-military appearance, DST, Baroque/Rococco incised carving. You can always muzzleload it with a 530 ball & patch in the usual fashion if the breech gets locked up. The trigger guard is hooked up and the mechanism is tested and works. (Works best in the rain and wet) It's really fun to HooRah the guys at Rendezvous with this unique rifle. POR- will always consider an offer

460- Doc-built Pauley style half stock sporting rifle in 504 caliber, utilizing a Doc-designed White M97 action and fast-twist barrel. Like all Pauley's, this one has a false sidelock with false hammer, action is in-line with White nipple-breechplug, Barrel is true White 504 caliber with 1-24 twist and is in perfect condition, and is  accurized. I won a stand up match with it not along ago, takes down with a single fore-arm key and an under-belly screw, has a hooked breech so comes out of the stock easily, Also has a long tang so tall Vernier rear sight fits on metal, not wood. Front sight is Lyman hooded with inserts, Hickory ramrod with brass ends tapped for accessories. Laminate stock, finished a deep reddish brown to mimic the old time English style and color. Inch thick recoil pad. Many English rifles of the period had leather covered recoil pads, this is as close as I could get. The safety, which locks the hammer, is on the lock plate. It's sparsley engraved and finished with Black Ice Teflon so will be great in wet weather. It's the perfect rifle for the traditionalist minded who also wants the best of modern technology.  POR 

Note the case hardened safety behind the false hammer. It holds the hammer at a high half-cock, to take it off you must cock the hammer first. The single trigger pulls off at about three lbs. The fore-end tip is dark wood resembing the ebony that the original maker might have used. Pull is 14 inches over an inch thick recoil pad. The rifle is exceptionally accurate with light loads  and ball or heavy loads and 460-600 grain bullet.

#516- FORBES STYLE SNAPHAUNCE 1620's 20 GA. FOWLER WITH 50 INCH BARREL. A smoothbore much like this came over on the Mayflower. The barrel is octagon to round, built by Rayl so it's a quality piece of work. This is an excellent chunk of walnut with good strong close grain but plain as a yard of pumpwater, brass  ferrules with hand forged iron trigger guard and spring loaded trigger hinged at the top as it has to be to actuate the heavy-springed snaphaunce lock. The lock is ingenious, even has a safety built in, the pan cover and frizzen are separate.  The lock  dumps huge sparks in the pan. It's perfect for your persona in the Massachussets colony in 1675. Did you know that nearly half the white population of the Eastern seaboard was killed in an indian attack shortly before that. This gun would be a perfect defense against the Delaware. SOLD

These two photos show the lock uncocked with saety off (left) and cocked with the safety on (right). The shooter can cock the lock, close the pan over the priming powder, set the battery (frizzen)  in place, then set the safety, which locks the trigger so that it can't be pulled.

The trigger guard is hand forged and fastened with a screw in the rear and a front screw that extends up to the tang from the guard, in the original fashion. You can't see it, but there is a nailed on sheet iron buttplate. The nails are square headed, made one at a time.

#539 Jaeger flintlock 69 caliber 'masterwork' by DOC. In the Germanic tradition, every journeyman had to produce a masterwork in order to graduate into the top ranks of gunmakers. I started work on this rifle in 1972, and it has turned to be more of a 'try gun'  than a 'masterwork'. I have used it to try many new (to me) techniques, including wire inlay, ivory carving and inlay, poetry (verse on the top flat of the barrel), flintlocks from scratch, sliding wooden patchboxes, chiseled and scenic engraving, complex bas-relief carving, etc., and I'm probably not done yet. 

The flintlock is one I made. It's the size of an English trade lock but with German features. After building that one, I decided I would buy them from a specialist. I also made the DST then forgot to install it for the photo shoot.

The large silver inlay on the cheek-piece is heavily engraved, showing a cupid in the tree to the left, a naked woman lying under the tree and an amorous cross-bow wielding gentleman kneeling over her. Both the brass trigger guard and butt-plate are heavily engraved. The inlay in the butt-stock is carved ivory, as are the inlays at the wrist. All that carving is in bas-releif.

The side peices opposite the flintlock are ivory, the real stuff from an elephant, carved to match the bas releif carving in the wood.

The inlays shown here are ivory too, carved to match the wood. The rifle weighs in at 11 lbs. , but holds pretty well.  

#542 Uberti made repro of Colt pump action rifle in 45 long colt. Marketed and marked by Berretta with Berretta gold medallion in wrist. Bright blue and Case Hardening. Checkered wrist. 24 inch octagon barrel. fired only for function. Like new in box.  If you want a FAST rifle for Cowboy Action, this is IT!!  POR

#546- Pauley 504 caliber in line Sporting Rifle with false left hand lock and side lock safety.

        The English made many sporting rifles with the sidelock on the left side, but meant for use by a right hander. They had noted that the right hander's thumb lies in perfect position to cock a left sided hammer . This rifle, made by DOC, is made in that style. It's fully useful for both right and left hander. It is 504 caliber, with White 1-24 twist rifling, made for the same Power Punch and Power Star bullets that shoot so well in White designed rifles. The lock and hammer are false, as were all of Pauley's designs, pulling back on the hammer cocks the in-line mechanism so you can cap it ready for the shot. There is also a Side Lock Safety, designed by DOC, that locks the trigger in SAFE when straight up, and releases it for FIRE when horizontal. It is located on the right side. The folding rear sight is mounted on a quarter rib. The tang is long, and will accomodate a tall Vernier rear sight if wanted. POR 

The stock is walnut with nice grain running correctly through the wrist, the pistol grip is capped by rosewood. Both are stained English Red, then varnished with Brownell's fantastic waterproof epoxy varnish. The metal is finished with bright blue Dura-Coat, a better and more durable finish than any ordinary brown or blue.

The Side Lock Safety is seen here at the rear of the sidelock panel in a very ergonomic position. (PHOTO LEFT) It locks the trigger, which locks the hammer, when upright on SAFE. Push it forward for FIRE. The trigger is single, with a 2 lb. letoff. It is adjustable.  The left sided cocking handle, seen above in the middle and right photos, is actuated by a braided wire, which means you can cock the hammer (seen on the right above) then push it forward out of battery for the shot (see below, left) That way there is no weight on the inline hammer.    

Also, the hammer cocking handle can be rotated into the up-lifting safety notch for a second and very secure SAFE when the rifle is cocked.  (photo left, above) The quarter rib and folding rear sight can be seen in the photo right, above. The front sight is a fiber-optic red bead on a ramp. The ramrod rides on an under-rib and is held by two ferrules. The long tang will take a Vernier rear sight if you want, The fore-end is styled after Henry. There is a rubber recoil pad, which does not look at all out of place. The English originated leather covered rubber pads at about the time this rifle was designed in 1812. J S Pauley London is engraved on the lockplate. The rifle has been accurized, shoots into three inches at 100 yards with the open sights and my old eyes and it is right on the money at that range with 80 gr fffG 777 and a 500 grain No Excuse bullet.

#557 Baker Infantry Rifle- Here is the famous Baker Infantry Rifle in carbine bore, or 62 caliber, with regulation everything, except the walnut which is exceptionally good. The only missing items are the proof and veiw stamps, which I have not been able to find yet. It should be a great addition to your War of 1812 personna. You can use it against Andy Jackson's men at the Battle of New Orleans. The British are still surprised they lost. I am still looking for proofmarks and stamps to make it as original as possible.   SOLD

Beautiful walnut

The so called 'Baker' was originally designated simply the 'Infantry rifle' after it was adopted. The British  spent a number of years and a lot of treasure after the Revolution to come up with this design. They originally started with longer American designs, later gravitating to more Germanic designs. It is no accident that the Baker looks, feels and acts much like the Jaeger rifles that were used against the Americans by hired German mercenaries in the Revolution. The final result is a relatively light, short, sturdy, handy, well fitted rifle of adequate caliber for hunting or war. I love it. It will be hard to give up. The lock is a sparking maniac, the trigger pull is smooth, it sports a blade front and folding 2 leaf rear sight, three keys, sling swivels and an iron ramrod with proper and authentic swellings where they should be. The touch-hole is sunsetted in the Right Place, the bullet hits the target when the trigger breaks. The barrel is browned, the walnut finished with oil as per original, the brass polished military bright. Rifle Corpsmen deliberately smeared the brass with weed juice to break the glare, the result was a brownish patina that turned green over time. This is arguably the best military flintlock rifle ever, only the American Common rifles compete with it. Likewise, it makes a terrific hunter, and for the same reasons. I also like the caliber. The 62 caliber, 340 grain ball is a real slammer in the woods, my favorite on elk.

#566- A Virginia-North Carolina infuenced smoothbore "Black Rifle' with cherry stock and all iron mounts, including iron patchbox cover, will be finished dark in the old style. Barrel is a 44" swamped Colerain in 58 smoothbore for patched round ball, it will sport low rifle sights, lock is a Chambers English Trade lock. Like all his locks, it's a fine sparker. This 'smooth rifle' should be a real killer in the woods with either ball or shot. Showing a lot of mixed early German and English features, it could have been used by the Militia at Cowpens. Tarleton's English are still running.  It will end up finished with iron patchbox and sparse  carving and engraving. POR

I'm forever amazed at how accurate a patched round ball is in a smoothbore rifle. The concept was obviously popular in the  deep woods of the East. Easy half of the original so-called Kentucky 'rifles' found in our modern picture books are smoothbore. Some students opine that these 'rifles' were smoothbored later on, when the genre was relegated to secondary use. However, after hunting with these 'rifles' in both rifled and smoothbore form for 50 plus years, I firmly believe that they were smoothbored originally, not later. Only after hunters left the deep woods and went out onto the plains where longer range accuracy became increasingly important were all muzzleloading 'rifles' rifled and 'shotguns' or 'fowlers' differentiated not only by name but by form as well. A 'smoothbore rifle' with rifle sights loaded with patched round ball  is a killer in the deep woods any day at up to 100 yards.  Since most shots are taken at far less than 75 yards, the 'smoothbore rifle' is a natural. It's easier and faster to load, shoots faster and harder than a rifled gun and can use a shot load too. It's a natural for a one gun guy on the far frontier.

#567- Southern-Virginia walnut stocked step wrist rifle as per Klett in 54 caliber with walnut fullstock and all iron mounts. The barrel is by Colerain, swamped, 54 caliber, 42 inches long. The walnut is excellent quality with good figure in the butt. The lock is by Davis and throws fat sparks. It is much like his Tulle lock but round faced, coming real close to matching an original English trade lock. There will be a four piece iron patchbox with domed lid, a modest amount of raised carving  and Klett's inimitable engraving. The conformation of the stock is excellent for off-hand shooting, it handles really well. POR

#568- Brand new never fired Dimmick St Louis half stock Plains Rifle with Kelly one inch diameter X 32 inch long octagon barrel in 50 caliber for round ball, brass mounts, shows English influence, with Manton style heavy hooked patent breech and drip bar percussion sidelock, a far better setup than any Hawken. The lock is an original Golcher, restored to it's former glory. Trigger is single, housed in a brass trigger guard with obvious English features, buttplate is American St Louis style all the way, There are the usual open plains rifle sights, two keys mounted in brass ovals with brass nose cap and ferrule. Ferrules on the under-rib are steel for 3/8th inch ramrod. Kelly barrels have proven to be very accurate. POR

When the full length photo above was taken, the lock had not yet been cleaned and browned. It is finished in the lower pics.

The close view of the original percussion lock  by Golcher also shows the solid breeching of the originally Manton designed English style hooked breech. It's the best and strongest design ever devised, much more metal than even with the famed Hawken percussion breech. The use of a drip bar in front of the lock eliminates the weak wood seen on the Hawken product.

Dimmick made even more guns for the cross plains trade than did the Hawkens, but he is not as famous. His designs were greatly influenced by the guns the English dudes brought over from England. The breeching, the drip-bar lock and the fore-end treatment are all obviously English. I consider them better designed and every bit as well made as the Hawken's product.

#569- Golden Age 50 cal Lancaster school flintlock rifle done in the late Dickert style, with lovely fancy AAA maple fullstock, brass furniture, Premuim Siler lock by Chambers, DST, 38 inch long swamped barrel in 50 caliber with round bottom rifling by Green Mountain. As you can see, it's my project #124. Watch for Dickert's late carving and engraving to appear. POR

An engraved typical Lancaster flower headed patchbox is in the works, plus plentiful carving. The maple will come out Lancaster Red and the iron will be browned with a few fire blue accents here and there. POR

#570 Dimmick St Louis light plains rifle, original back action lock and original real silver trigger guard/butt plate/toeplate. I found these pieces as a set years ago at Fort Bridger and this is what I imagine the gun looked like to start with. Barrel is 50 caliber by 15/16th inch diameter octagon, 30 inches long by Kelly. Rifling is deep and twist is slow 1-72. The walnut is plain but has excellent grain structure through the wrist. Silver furniture to complement the original silver is in the works. The  Breech is a patent breech with hook for quick take-down. Weight about 7 lbs.It should be an excellent hunter. SOLD

The lock is in excellent shape with snappy spring action. The patent breech is a Hawken style with long tang and double bolts.

#571 English Percussion 12 Bore (73 caliber) Sporting Rifle for Big Game, Classic English styling with English Walnut stock, Tapered Octagon to Round barrel by Rayl, slow twist for high velocity round ball, single trigger, folding double leaf rear sight, super-strong Manton style breeching with traditional leaf spring percussion lock, uses musket cap for sure fire on dangerous game, 2" wide buttplate to distribute recoil, two keys, ebony fore-end, weight about 12 lbs. Of course, requires further finish work including checkering at the grip and front sight. Barrel will be browned, furniture will be blued. For the adventurous hunter.  

#572- Dutch-German light wheel-lock, 40 caliber, rifled for round ball, all iron mounts and furniture.

The barrel is a swamped Green Mountain, the wood a nice piece of walnut, shown in the square. The lock is from The Rifle Shoppe, and comes as a kit. Its provenance is German, meant for a pistol, but just right for a light caliber rifle. I could not resist the challenge. You can see that it is my project #123. Watch for more photos as it finishes up. Doc's Latest Adventure is featuring it as an ongoing project, with lots of photos and brags as the gun progresses. Click on 'Doc's Latest Adventure' above to follow its progress.

#573- Fancy Bucks Co flintlock rifle by Andrew Vernor, 50 caliber, straight 15/16th inch octagon barrel 40 inches long, brass furniture on an AAA maple stock, Premium Siler lock by Chambers, DST,  with a brass side opening patch box and Vernor's inimitable incise carving. Traditional in every sense. More pics as it finishes up. POR

#574  Doc-built repro of early FlintLock rifle by Dickert, slim and light with 7/8" octagon 40" barrel in 50 cal by Rayl, nice AA piece of maple, Chambers best flintlock, single trigger, brass furniture, early patchbox and carving. Pull is 14', weight 7 lbs and a little, light for a long rifle. More pics to come as it finishes up. POR

#575- Bedford Co. Longrifle. with 45 caliber Rayl barrel 42 inches long mounted in AAA fancy maple stock, L&R traditional Bedford Co. flintlock and DST' Furniture is brass with silver accents. Drop on the stock is pretty steep, good for offhand shooting. The rifle will mirror the early style flint rifle, with more carving and less inlay work. The Bedford rifles heavy with inlay were all made late in the 19th century. Watch for more pics as it finishes up. POR

There is a traditional double bolted tang, touch-hole is SunSetted properly, the DST is  a specific model for Bedford Co. rifles. The lock is one of the better designed and executed on the market. The internals are even more elegant than the external parts. As an aside, I once visited Calvin Hetrick in Maryland back in the 60's. He had hundreds of these lying around the house. He is long gone and so is the collection. It's very hard to find an original now and even more expensive to buy one.

#576 Lion Beck-  A reproduction of the famous flintlock rifle by J P Beck of the Lebanon School with a rampant Lion behind the cheekpiece. This is the finest piece of maple I have ever worked on, intensley curly and hard as a rock. Barrel is by Rayl, 50 caliber, swamped and 50 inches long. Pull is 15 inches. The gun has already SOLD.

All the furniture is Beck, in brass. The exception will be the double headed eagle on the cheekpiece. The lock is Jim Chambers finest Premium. The buyer is 6'-7" and it fits him perfectly.

#577- Wender over-under swivel breech- Lancaster style flintlock over-under rifle with 3/4 inch diameter Bill Large barrels in 45 cal for round ball (I've been saving those barrels for years). Stock is AA good quality maple, furniture is brass, the flintlock is back action, the swivel lock mechanism is in the front bow of the trigger guard, pull on it to swivel the barrels. Dickert style Lancaster furniture. The lock sparks quite well, no difference either side. 

Watch for further pics as the project develops. 

Interesting, I've been building doubles for years. This swivel 'Wender', is the most complicated to build of all. A side by side is a cinch compared to this project.

#578- Melchoir Fordney over the log rifle, Green River Rifleworks barrel in 58 caliber 1 1/4 " diameter, 40 " long, Egg lock, DST. AAA maple stock with classic Fordney brass furniture and decoration. He was a master, killed with an axe by a crazy at the apogee of his career. His engraving is deep and original;, his incise carving absolutely unique! SOLD

You can see that the barrel is big and thick, 1 1/4 inches diameter and 40 inches long. The gun weighs about 14 lbs but holds over a log like it is staked down. It should be very accurate.

#579- Very fancy Jaeger rifle by DOC, repro of an elegant one by Paul Poser, 31 inch swamped 62 caliber barrel by Colerain, Chisled flintlock, chisled brass furniture, elegant European walnut, DST, chisled brass covered patchbox (brass not shown yet), elegant carving and engraving eventually. More pics to follow as it gets finished. this is going to be a beauty!! POR

#580- DOC-built 451 caliber English Sporting rifle with super fancy walnut halfstock, really an elegant piece of wood. You can see that the breech is a Manton with Drip Bar over the traditional flat spring lock. There is a pistol grip and Alexander Henry forearm. The lock is a Henry design too. The Kelly barrel is tapered octagon 30 inches long in 451 caliber with 1-20 twist meant for long lubricated White (or Whitworth) type elongated lubricated bullets. These guns are terrific hunting rifles and are capable of 1000 yard target shooting. All furniture is iron, the buttplate is checkered wood, an English whim of the 1860's. There is an under-rib with two ferrules. The barrel is browned, the other iron furniture blued and the stock varnished English style. Sights are a Globe front and adjustable  ladder rear- looks much like the adjustable ladder rear Springfield sight that was so popular from the 1850's on.

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Although this is a beautiful rifle, it was designed to be used. It is extremely functional and ergonomic, every part of it friendly to the user.  The butt is thick and wide to soak up recoil, it fits shooters using either hand without alteration, balance is superb for offhand, sights are adjustable and good for up to 700 yards as is.

Look at all the steel surrounding the nipple. It's the strongest system in the world, bar none. The drip bar above the lock just in front of the bolster gets rid of the weak wood above the lock that you see on Hawkins and the like. The rear sight is the spring loaded ladder type with a sliding adjustable notch-on-bar.

The butt-plate is checkered ebony (wood), The trigger guard comes off by removing the two screws than turning the trigger guard off the plate. It takes 5 turns to get it off. The trigger is single and pulls off at 4 lbs.

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The lock is held by a single bolt and the barrel by a single key. The accents are German Silver except for the brass ramrod tip. Weight is about 8 lbs. The rifle throws up to a 520 grain lubricated bullet with terrific accuracy and force. Ballistic Coefficients are up at .300 for fantastic downrange performance. Bullets load slip-fit so second shots are fast yet accurate. These are the best of the traditional muzzleloading rifles.

#581- English Pistol Gripped Sporting rifle with super fancy walnut halfstock, all the details same as #580 above, except the wood is different but just as elegant and the trigger guard, which is stainless steel. The only real differences are the wood and the shape and material of the trigger guard. POR

This rifle is shown without rear sight. You can order it with a screw on Springfield-like adjustable sight like #580 above, or a Sharps stand up adjustable  ladder rear sight- fits in a dovetail 7 inches in front of the breech, or a tall vernier rear sight mounted on the wrist. The cost of the rear sight chosen will be added to the base cost of the rifle.

These Sporting Rifles are truly extrordinary. The barrels were originally designed by Whitworth using a long hexagonal bullet and a fast 1-20 twist. That bullet was later modified by various English designers including Rigby and  Medford, then later by myself, becoming the multi-grooved, round cross section, lubricated bullet used nowadays in Whitworth, RIgby and White rifles. All are capable of astounding long range accuracy and superior down range killing power. I can't claim much in all this- all I did was adapt the Old Masters ideas to modern production techniques. None-the-less, these are the finest, quickest and most powerful modern muzzleloading hunting rifles in the world!

#590- Here is another DOC-built English Sporting Rifle with rather plain but strong grained walnut stock, pistol grip and fancy contrasting wood butt plate, English style. The butt  is checkered in the English fashion. It sports a traditional flat spring Henry percussion sidelock to fit the heavy metal Manton breech, plus drip bar. There is a single fore-end key in silver ovals to complement the Henry fore-end tip. It has a single set trigger which will fire the rifle set or un-set, under-rib with double steel ferrules and adjustable tall Vernier long range sights to match the Kelley 451 caliber 1-18 twist shallow groove barrel. It is designed to use 500+ grain White/Whitworth style long lubricated bullets and should be capable of 1000 yard target as well as closer ranged hunting. All the superlatives applied to the #580 and #581 Sporting Rifles above also apply to this one, except for the plainer walnut. 

#592- Jaeger flintlock rifle as made by Pistor, one of the suppliers for the German Hessian mercernaries hired by George V for the American War. This repro sports a plain walnut stock (as were the originals) but with great grain running through the wrist, a Best Quality 36 inch swamped barrel in 54 caliber by Rayl, a Best Quality Germanic flintlock by L&R, double leaf rear sight, brass furniture cast from molds made from original parts by The Rifle Shoppe, it will have sling swivels but no bayonet lug, (The originals came to America without them). The wooden patch box slides and latches as did the originals. I have yet to do the sparse carving and engraving. This rifle is about as traditional as they come  except that most of the original line guns had a single trigger. This one is obviously made special for a sergeant or officer as it comes with a DST and the barrel is a little longer than usual. This rifle FEELS wonderful!  It holds offhand like it is built into my shoulder yet is straight enough to comfortably get behind while sniping over the English trenches at those cussed Yankees and their long rifles 'fore Yorktown. Still available. POR

Patch box is now in place and functions just fine. All that's left is a little carving and engraving. Pull is 14" from the front trigger. The ramrod is traditional iron and will feature a swell on the muzzle end with a bit of a cup for loading round ball. Iron ramrods are a touch heavy but they sure don't break.

 #593- Mid-Eastern Bench or Over-the-Log gun, new stored GRRW barrel 58 caliber 1 1/4" between flats. 36" long, strong grained perch-belly walnut stock, Manton hooked breech with drip bar, DST, Blued steel furniture including checkered iron buttplate. About 14 lbs. GRRW barrels are always super accurate. POR

#594 English Heavy 8 Bore (83 cal) Sporting Rifle  by DOC, tapered octagon to round barrel by Rayl 36 inches long, slow twist for patched round ball, heavy figured walnut especially selected for stregnth of grain through wrist, checkered wrist, broad iron buttplate, English butt with low cheekpiece, Henry percussion flat spring lock with drip bar, single trigger, double ramrod ferrules on iron under-rib, 2 leaf rear sight, all iron furniture, weight about 12 lbs. Meant for Big Stuff. POR

#595- Doc-built side by side 20 bore double flintlock smoothbore rifle, barrels tapered octagon to round, low rifle sights, side by side flintlocks, double trigger, rear trigger actuates left lock, front trigger does the right lock, lock panels tapered to the rear with inset locks for excellent grip conformation, double keys surrounded by silver ovals, barrels regulated for stout loads with patched round ball, can shoot shot loads as well. POR

#596- Doc-built 16 bore side by side flintlock fowler, fancy walnut with correct grain in the wrist and fancy figure in the butt, classic proportions, Egg flintlocks, double hooked breech, lock panels tapered to the rear, steel furniture, silver trim, checkered grip, regulated to shoot patched ball as well as shot. SALE PENDING

#597 Doc built light LEFT HAND Hawken rifle, plain maple stock, GMI 50 caliber octagon barrel one inch across the flats and 32 inches long. All iron furniture except silver fore-stock ovals and nose-cap. There are no known antique left handed Hawken rifles, but this one is as close as you can get with a repro. POR

#598 Lighter Hawken percussion half stock rifle by DOC. Plain walnut stock. GMI barrel in 50 caliber, 1" diameter, 32" long. All iron furniture. Silver trim. All the Hawken features you have come to expect. POR

#599 Hawken rifle by Doc in 54 caliber with fancy AAA tigered maple stock, GMI barrel 1" diameter X 32" long, iron furniture with silver trim, classic Hawken features throughout. POR

#600 Bridger Hawken 58 caliber by  DOC, AAA maple stock, tapered Kelly barrel with 1-72 twist for round ball 32 inches long, Classic Hawken conformation, copies the Hawken that belonged to Bridger now in the collection of the Montana State Historical Society, Doc designed the master for the stock carving during his GRRW years. All iron furniture, silver trim, adjustable step rear sight, long bar DST. POR 

#601 Remington Rolling Black rebarreled in 50-110 by DOC, Barrel is by Douglas, never fired, round, 1 1/8th inch diameter and 30 inches long. Buttstock is maple by Treebone, the temporary fore-end is a chunk of plain walnut, it will eventually be replaced with matching maple. Pull is 14 inches. Weighs about 10 lbs. The bore is beautiful and it should be an excellent shooter. It will end up drilled and tapped for tang mounted ladder rear sight and globe front. POR

#603- French Fusil de Chasse, C grade, 20 bore with 40 inch octagon to round barrel, gorgeous AAAA maple stock with fierce tiger stripe from toe to muzzle, all fancy brass furniture. Made for shooting ball but can handle shot as well. Very graceful, well balanced and quick in the hand, much lighter than you would think. The French were in the forefront of arms design as early as the late 1600's. This design surfaced in the 1700's and was imported by the shipload. It was a favorite on the Eastern frontier. POR

#608 US Common Rifle, model of 1814. 54 caliber for round ball. 33 inch long 1/3 octagon, 2/3 round tapered barrel by Colerain. Plain walnut stock (none were fancy), authentic furniture cast from an original, original style French influenced flintlock with proper 'Derringer Phila.' and 'U.S.' markings, even the internals are strict military dimensions. Sling swivels, trigger, side opening patch box, band springs, sights and steel trumpet ramrod will be installed shortly. This is an utterly charming military rifle. Balance is excellent. Pull 13 3/4 inches but feels longer because of the slightly straighter stock. Weight between 7 and 8 lbs, at a guess.  POR

#609- Springfield 1840 Flintlock Musket repro- the last FlintLock musket produced by the US. You are looking at the bare bones of this project. SOLD

#610- Springfield 1835 musket- looks just like the one above, more photos later, as it finishes up. POR. 

#611- Pauley traditional inline pistol by DOC. White inline action in 50 cal swamped barrel with 1-24 twist rifling for patched round ball or bullet. Brass furniture, Doc's side lock safety, false hammer cocks the inline hammer. AAAA maple full-stock. More photos to follow as it finishes up. POR

#612- English traditional flintlock pistol with brass barrel by GRRW in 58 caliber. As far as I know, this is the only brass barrel GRRW ever made. AAA maple stock with brass furniture including grotesque mask butt cap. Round faced English flintlock by L&R, single trigger. More pics to follow. POR

#613- French Dragoon pistol, a very traditional military 20 bore smoothbore personal sidearm, issued by the French, perfect for a Revolutionary persona. Photod will follow as it finishes. POR

Coming sometime (sooner or later) in no order of appearance

Pauley double 50 cal inline with left and right outside false hammers

Double flintlock fowlers in 20 and 12 gauge

2 double flintlock fowlers in 10 gauge

Over-Under percussion in 50 rifled by 20 smoothbore

Over-under percussion, 45 by 45, fast twist for White/Whitworth elongated bullets.

Dutch officers flintlock fusil 16 gauge with baroque chisling in brass

Baroque wheel-lock with original Austrian lock by Zelner

367 caliber White GR-series Sporting Rifle, octagon tapered barrel, elegant walnut

.615 cal double percussion rifle for 900 grain SuperSlug

.730 cal percussion double rifle for 1200 grain SuperSlug

Gemmer-Springfield trapdoor in 40-65.

8 gauge Hudson Valley fowler

Brown Bess re-stocked Hudson Valley style

Several Hawken rifles in 62 and 69 calibers

8 bore English side by side smoothbore rifle

4 bore English flintlock fowler

Several Dimmick St Louis rifles

A Wender flintlock rifle in 45 smoothbore by 36 rifled.

Several Dutch fowlers

Pair of lightened Ruger Old Army percussion pistols with custom octagon barrels, fluted cylanders

Double rifle in 45-70 caliber

Three barreled flint gun with rifled 50 cal and 36 cal  plus a 20 ga smoothbore

Three barreled percussion drilling, 2 above 50 cal, tight twist for slug, 12 ga. under barrel

1816 flintlock 69 cal musket

Baker Infantry Rifle

Volunteer Baker rifle with original lock

French & Indian War rifle

3 barreled percussion Wender in 12 bore, 62 and 50 rifled

Brown Bess restocked Dutch style

Cadet Rifle with original military rolling block action and barrel

Cadet flintlock musket with original lockplate

Olympic style percussion target pistol with Hamilton in line action