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Thank you for the compliment Mike. It is from a parts set put out by Jack Garner of Tennessee Valley Manufacturing, and is their Early Lancaster style, in Left hand. It was completed by B.J. Habermehl of Lewisburg, PA. It wears a 15/16" Green Mountain Barrel in 54 Cal. slow round ball twist, L and R Lock(would have preferred a Chambers but my family has to eat!) and I believe L and R Triggers, sliding wood patchbox, large Star of Bethlehem in the cheek piece. Yes, stock is Semi-Fancy curly maple so I was happy with how much stripe there was in the wood . Of course, looking at your rifle helped propel me to get the Lancaster and I am happy I did!
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
CC - that is one heck of a rifle. I just love long "long-guns". Been thinking about one of those for many moons - since "Last of the Mohicans" came out almost two decades ago (still one of my favorite movies). No funds though (partly your fault I might add, since you showed me the blunderbuss for sale earlier this year! )
Ysabel Kid wrote:CC - that is one heck of a rifle. I just love long "long-guns". Been thinking about one of those for many moons - since "Last of the Mohicans" came out almost two decades ago (still one of my favorite movies). No funds though (partly your fault I might add, since you showed me the blunderbuss for sale earlier this year! )
Drool....
Thanks YK! Yeah Last of the Mohican's has gotten alot of us in trouble. You know if you leave it qued up in your DVD player with the theme music playing, everything you do will seem important. Even when your taking a pee or doing the dishes......very dramatic! Try it!
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
hard not to comment on that beautiful rifle. I saw it was a left hand and I noticed the wooden patch box which I have on mine. I also have a pewter star (compass rose) on mine, along with a family crest on the top of the grip. Mine is in Cherry, .54cal. Chambers Lock and swamped Colleran barrel. Made here in Hallam by Brad Emig of Cabin Creek. It is one of the finest shooting rifles I have ever owned.
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
That is really nice Mike....like all the accountraments too Thanks for posting those. I find the dandied up long rifles interesting, but I am most fond of the rifles that are kept simple with simple features as yours is. I didn't want to get too fancy either and am glad that I didn't. I've only shot percussion so I reckon I'm in for a serious learning experience with this one.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Nice Jerry!
I am hoping to hit the second season for Dec. 26th as I've got family stuff going on. It will give me some time to practice, and I think I will probably need it.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Looks to me like we are in need of a Rendevous!!!!!! For many years, I have walked into the woods during the late hunting season, with nothing but my flintlock, traditional dress, possibles, beadroll and tarp, some jerky and my water bottle and stayed for a week or more hunting the woods of the northeast. It is my most treasured time of the year outdoors. I started it in virginia and have carried it on here in Pa. I was in Ethiopia last year during the time I usually go and this year, I will have to limit it to three days, but I will treasure it none the less.
It speaks to the ancient in me and as I lie upon the earth at night and gaze upon the heavens so bright, I have to strain the synapses of my brain to draw forth any recollection of the present. My mind and body are transported back to a time where long hunters expanded our budding nation, coming in contact with those who cared for the land for millinea before. I hear the call of the owl from lofty woods, the scamper of the mice looking for grasses to ward off the coming nights frost. A rustle, then the glowing orbs of the eyes of a possum on the hunt. The earth breathes below me, the fire warms my hands and feet. Beside me are the tools I have come to rely upon for these many years, the knife, the belt axe, flint and steel, the rifle. If it does not speak, I do not eat except for the remnants of last years hunt. Each moment fills me with the intoxicating drink of freedom, and communing with my maker. My senses are in tune with the woods and somehow, the other sounds of man - the silver eagles overhead, the iron horses distant tread - fade from my surroundings as the stream bubbles and gurgles near by, racing to meet its fate around the bend. The copse of pines behind me lend their fragrant scent to the whispers of wind that fan the fire, and their needles as my padding. The dawn will break in a few hours and it will find me on the distant ridge waiting, listening, looking .....
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
Very nice rifles indeed. I don't see many of them around here.
I hate to suggest a fictional book but if you get the chance to read "Carry the Wind" by terry johnson its worth it. In the 80's, my dad read it and ended up selling every modern firearm he owned, started dressing in leathers, even buying bear fat to make patch lube. Thankfully, he is better now
It's funny you mention Ted Cash as I got my new Muzzleblasts yesterday and there were two pictures of him. I had never seen him before yesterday but I did buy his oval tinder box/burning lense several years ago and it is a beauty. He does great work. So, I've always wondered the same thing about the relation but don't know. He is from Wisconsin. I'm from the Texas by way of East TN by way of Virginia Cash's, but we probably cross somewhere !
Morgan...I think many of us have the same desire as your Dad to just leave all the complex stuff behind and go simple(if a flintlock can be considered "simple" ). I still feel the burn to do just that and emulate old Jeremiah Johnson's lifestyle, sans liver of course.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
. Of course, looking at your rifle helped propel me to get the Lancaster and I am happy I did! 
Great wood !
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). I still feel the burn to do just that and emulate old Jeremiah Johnson's lifestyle, sans liver of course.