Lets see your favorite rifle!

[little jim]

Hi Heather. His name is Al Edge of Ruther Glen Va. Aside from custom guns(what he prefers), he does repairs and restorations. He doesn't get to shows anymore, as his wife, Judy is wheelchair bound with M.S.. Absolutely wonderful folks, in every respect.

[heatherhistorian]

Well, he did a wonderful job.

[FrankG]

Well until I get my 40 finished it will have to be my 54 'Ginnie' that Roy built for me . Ginnie is a 54cal. Virginia styled after Heschal Houses "School" with a Colerain swamped 42" barrel with round bottem rifling . Stock is from a blank of maple I have had since mid 80's and she sports iron furniture and double stage double set trikers. Ginnie is on the red blanket.

If not for her it would have to be 'Mel' ! I built 'Mel' from a blank out of same bunch I bought that 'Ginnie' is made from. 'Mel' has a Montana Rifle Barrel tapered 42" 50 cal in his channel. All brass furniture and a plain single triker . I fashioned him after a rifle made by a Lancaster smith named Melchoir Fordney from pictures I found in a book by Merrill Lindsey .

[david32cal]

i'm sure you all have seen it in my posts but here is my favorite rifle,.32cal Dixie mountain. although i have been thinking of replacing the stock,i'm just not all that fond of all the fancy inlays or the patch box. little jim, that bottom rifle is absolutly beautiful.thats what i wish mine looked like.

[Dryball]

Yup, I've seen her before, but I cant get enough...she's one of the purdyest things I ever did see.

Ned

[david32cal]

thanks Ned, maybe i'm just goofy about the inlay thing. matter of taste i guess.

[BossHoss]

Here's the ones I currently use the most. 1st one .36 cal. x 38" tapered bbl. The 2nd is .50 cal., 7/8" x 42", I converted from caplock to flint...

Purdy shooter Jim 
Who wus ya with "In Country" 
I wus with 11th Marines up in Hue waaay back in '68 

[little jim]

D Co 1/26 1968-69-70. Long, long ago, far, far away. Still unwindin. Simper Fi !!!!!

[bull frog]

I got to tell you Jim, I'm green with envy.

[BossHoss]

D Co 1/26 1968-69-70. Long, long ago, far, far away. Still unwindin. Simper Fi !!!!!

SEMPER FI my Brother 

[Ironwood]

I think I've probably posted a photo of this rifle a time or two.  This is my go to rifle when deer hunting.  For a low dollar rifle it's very accurate, with patched ball or conical.

[Dryball]

What charge would you normally use?

Ned

[Spitunia]

This one is getting the most use as I slowly learn what it likes.

[Dryball]

Neat musket...how's she kick?

Ned

[Spitunia]

Well, haven't used the 700 plus grain minies yet. They're molded up and waiting (actually got the mold and an extra custom base plug in a swap about 15 years before the musket). The round ball is about 470 grains and she shoves you around a bit. Still working with finding out the best loads. Even though this thing is short and light it's still a military musket, thick where it counts and as graceful as a piece of gas pipe hung on a cedar post. It's not a small game rifle, and you can't expect it to shoot like a Dixie 50, but I want to do as far as can with it.

Stand up shootin with a hoe handle today, got 3x ball diameter groups at 40 paces. That was with a loose patch you could seat into the barrel with your thumb. Not barkin' squirrels yet but gettin there.