Originally Posted by 1911a1
Kaywoodie, love the rifle !

Is the lock a repurposed lock? I'm assuming he made a new stock. I like that it has 1803 Harpers ferry parts.


Well, it has a Davis "Common rifle” lock. Which is kinda sorta like a contract common rifle lock. It’s different than An 1803 lock. And also a bit different than the Model 1814 and Model 1817 US Common rifle. But that’s what they call it.

Actually this rifle is closer to a Lancaster STYLE trade rifle. Built for the fur trade and also for tribal annuities and gifts. Circa 1800-1820.

Last edited by kaywoodie; 04/14/21.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

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