rachbobo
03-01-2012, 04:21 PM
Working closely with John Holland on this project I built a 1819 Hall Rifle in original flintlock.
It has an original barreled reciever and I borrowed a breechblock to use in it.
I bought the barreled reciever on a chance and surprisingly it has rusty, pitted but good deep crisp rifling.
The stock is from Dunlap and the hardware, barrel bands, buttplate etc are from the Rifle Shoppe.
I consulted John Holland about everything right down to the fact that an 1819 Hall used pins to hold the barrel bands in place rather that the later spring retainers.
I will be at the Early Bird and the Chesapeake skirmishes at the Fort and need to have this weapon approved.
Bill Cheek
Cockade rifles
It has an original barreled reciever and I borrowed a breechblock to use in it.
I bought the barreled reciever on a chance and surprisingly it has rusty, pitted but good deep crisp rifling.
The stock is from Dunlap and the hardware, barrel bands, buttplate etc are from the Rifle Shoppe.
I consulted John Holland about everything right down to the fact that an 1819 Hall used pins to hold the barrel bands in place rather that the later spring retainers.
I will be at the Early Bird and the Chesapeake skirmishes at the Fort and need to have this weapon approved.
Bill Cheek
Cockade rifles