The Flintlock Shop
Father-Son Rifles

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Total length with 32 inch barrels is 48 inches.
Total weight 8.5 lbs.

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Two contemporary swivel breech rifles built in the Lancaster County style.
These two rifles were built in 2006 for my son and myself. The gun stocks were made from hard curly maple stump wood.
Both stocks were cut from the same plank.

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The two rifles are identical except one has a double set trigger with a 14.25 inch trigger pull and the
other has a single trigger with a 13.75 inch trigger pull.

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All of the inlays are German silver except the ivory which is inlaid at the cheek piece.
All of the silver leaves were cut out of a sheet of silver by hand one at a time and are 0.60 thick. There are 32 inlays in each rifle.

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The locks and frizzen plates are built out of Damascus steel.

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There are four sets of barrels that are easily interchangeable with either butt stock within five minutes.
Number 1 set of barrels: 32 inches long, 54 caliber, both rifled
Number 2 set of barrels: 28 inches long, 54 caliber, both rifled
Number 3 set of barrels: 26 inches long, 28 gauge, both smooth
Number 4 set of barrels: 32 inches long; One 28 gauge smooth and one 54 caliber rifles.

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The front sights are tipped in gold.

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The steel is finished in an antique finish.

The aged finish gives the look of an antique rifle.

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Father-Son Rifles
Project #8