jshellnutt
05-17-2013, 12:17 AM
SOLD!
This kit contains all the parts to build a reproduction 1862 Fayetteville Rifle. All parts were obtained in 2001 from well known US suppliers, and are reputed to be exact replacement parts for the originals. The "target" rifle was the "standard" (type 3) Fayetteville as shown on pages 74 & 75 of "Confederate Longarms and Pistols - A Pictorial Study", First Edition, 1978, by Richard Taylor Hill and William Edward Anthony. The original cost in 2001 was over $1000.
For sale for $550, plus actual shipping cost (depending on your zip code), ships from California. Payment by Paypal only.
To be sold as a complete kit only - no parting out, so please don't ask. I have only one.
This is a kit. Fitting of parts to stock, finishing stock, etc. are required. You will need woodworking skills and tools to complete.
Parts breakdown:
Barrel - Whitacre (#1400-580), w/Lodgewood front & rear sights installed by Whitacre (extra long front sight for adjustment after assembly)
Stock - Dunlap, unfinished walnut, machine shaped, rough inlet for barrel, lockplate, bow & bar, ramrod, etc., but final fitting and finishing are required
Lockplate - Lodgewood, standard no-hump (type 3), marked "1862", "Fayetteville", etc. as per original
Hammer - Lodgewood, inverted "S" type as most commonly used on originals, smooth finished
Buttplate - Lodgewood, sandcast brass, rough, not stamped
Barrel bands (2), bow/bar assembly, nose cap - Lodgewood, brass, smooth finish
Ramrod - S&S, 1855-type, 2 band w/tulip tip
All other parts (trigger, springs, screws, washers, etc.) - S&S, to original specs
Also includes a "Made in India" saber bayonet & leather scabbard w/brass tip, needs defarbing but otherwise a good reproduction
Note : Whitacre originally brazed a bayonet lug to the barrel. It has since popped off (as they tend to do), but the lug is included.
Health issues forced me to give up reenacting shortly after I acquired this kit in 2001. It has been sitting around my hobby room for the last 12 years, unfinished. It's time to pass it along.
This kit contains all the parts to build a reproduction 1862 Fayetteville Rifle. All parts were obtained in 2001 from well known US suppliers, and are reputed to be exact replacement parts for the originals. The "target" rifle was the "standard" (type 3) Fayetteville as shown on pages 74 & 75 of "Confederate Longarms and Pistols - A Pictorial Study", First Edition, 1978, by Richard Taylor Hill and William Edward Anthony. The original cost in 2001 was over $1000.
For sale for $550, plus actual shipping cost (depending on your zip code), ships from California. Payment by Paypal only.
To be sold as a complete kit only - no parting out, so please don't ask. I have only one.
This is a kit. Fitting of parts to stock, finishing stock, etc. are required. You will need woodworking skills and tools to complete.
Parts breakdown:
Barrel - Whitacre (#1400-580), w/Lodgewood front & rear sights installed by Whitacre (extra long front sight for adjustment after assembly)
Stock - Dunlap, unfinished walnut, machine shaped, rough inlet for barrel, lockplate, bow & bar, ramrod, etc., but final fitting and finishing are required
Lockplate - Lodgewood, standard no-hump (type 3), marked "1862", "Fayetteville", etc. as per original
Hammer - Lodgewood, inverted "S" type as most commonly used on originals, smooth finished
Buttplate - Lodgewood, sandcast brass, rough, not stamped
Barrel bands (2), bow/bar assembly, nose cap - Lodgewood, brass, smooth finish
Ramrod - S&S, 1855-type, 2 band w/tulip tip
All other parts (trigger, springs, screws, washers, etc.) - S&S, to original specs
Also includes a "Made in India" saber bayonet & leather scabbard w/brass tip, needs defarbing but otherwise a good reproduction
Note : Whitacre originally brazed a bayonet lug to the barrel. It has since popped off (as they tend to do), but the lug is included.
Health issues forced me to give up reenacting shortly after I acquired this kit in 2001. It has been sitting around my hobby room for the last 12 years, unfinished. It's time to pass it along.