Building an Early Lancaster Flintlock Rifle (Part 1) | 1700's DIY Gun Build 

Oh my, 358 builds, my had is off to him. Hello from Upper Canada.

Thank you kindly

I think he’ll like it and hopefully I do indeed have a few years to do many builds.

That’s a great quote and trust me when I say, I’ve made a lot of firewood in my life!

I thank you for the kind words and your interest.

We should have kept all the takeouts of me,my friend. It would make for one hilarious episode.

I thank you, sir. Good luck with that build.

I actually have three on the go and no time, lol.

I thank you for the compliment and your interest.

“ But she runs”, I love your turn of phrase! Stainless bolt for a vent liner is brilliant!

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It is a very unique piece indeed. I’m hoping Ryan is pleased with the end result!

Here’s hoping you follow my progress for a good long spell, lol! Thanks for your interest.

A flattering compliment and I thank you.

I’ve said it before, but allow me to reiterate, Davey. Your comments are always a joy to read and I thank you for sharing. It would appear that you have some longevity in your blood!

@@TheWoodlandEscape I do have longevity in my family so who knows when the big dirt nap comes along? Or the big BBQ, whichever one prefers. I’m 74 had cancer 25 years ago, two heart attacks, mild fortunately and open heart surgery 3 years ago. However, my Dad passed I. 2017 at 97 and had open heart surgery at 60 and 80 so who knows? Thing is I’m not afraid of death because I’ve always known there’s so much more than once around. Why are we, I include You and Kathy, in Love with the 18th century! Why am I fascinated with the American Civil War? Why does Celtic music, the pipes, drums, whistles and song bring tears sometimes? 25 or 30 years ago I restored some Victorian furniture for a very nice and gracious Lady. She lived in a beautiful Victorian house, long windows with lace curtains and high ceilings. It was a balmy summer day, a classic. The curtains were bellowing in with a warm summer breeze and a wind chine was tingling out on the wrap around porch complete with all the ginger bread trim. It was so very familiar to me that it brought some past memory. And my 1829 N. Starr 69 cal Army issue musket I restored for a friend and later bought? It was in bad shape, even a bent barrel, which I straightened. I disassembled this musket like I’d done it a million times, without thinking. It had been a flintlock but converted to percussion in the 1840s and used in the Civil War. I do indeed fire it up once in a while and it certainly makes one appreciate those soldiers facing that lead! I. Sure you appreciate this as well. It’s basically a modern Brown Bess, an 1816 model. I often say it line shooting history. It’s a monster musket made to hold up in the field, not like that well balanced rifle your building. But not that those rifles didn’t hold up in the day. My Mentor had about 15-20 long rifles in the corner of his shop when I first started working with him in the early 70s. Why I didn’t ask about them more often I don’t know. But one day that year he so,d them all to a collector for a museum. They were all local made rifles. There is a YT channels called the Grumpy Gunsmith. This man is highly skilled in all aspects of gun building and worked in the Williamsburg gunshop in his early days. He is very generous with instruction and a great teacher. He casts brass, engraves, carves, inlays and makes pistols as well. Top of the line work. If you’re wondering about anything with your gun work he has many videos. Seems I’ve buttoned quite long enough but I must always tell you how much I enjoy Woodland Escape, a top favorite indeed! You, Kathy and Friends are tops as well. I live on 8 acres of woodland bordered by a county park. So it’s part of hundreds of acres complete with a trout stream, even has some native trout. I live in a woodland escape as well and as ideal as possible in Lancaster County. Had it not been for the Amish and other farmers, I believe there would be much more development, which I’d bad enough. Kind Thanks as always, Many Blessings with Love, Light, Peace and Joy of Being! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania (JO cuz I make the finest CuppaJO east of the Susquehanna River and beyond)

I thank you sir.

Our pleasure. It is going to be fun laying out the shop once the grunt work is completed.

You and me both. I plan on spending a lot of time in once it’s completed.

Bob not only is a great friend, but a very knowledgeable fellow indeed!

Soon time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Here’s hoping.

You’ll have no trouble with a Kibler kit. Thanks for the compliment.

Word and especially quote origins also have always fascinated me. Should be done the chimney tomorrow if the weather cooperates. Watch yer top knot.

Good on you, enjoy the project.

Yes unless you live in the dictatorship of England UK.

​@@moorshound3243 In America we have the Second Amendment because of King George III.

Love the play on words about shooting oneself in the foot! I don’t know why some refuse to share. All is lost unless we pass it on. Love the quotation. As always, Marie, thanks for your comments.

It most certainly is a job requiring a wee bit of patience.

I hope some of the information is useful .

@@TheWoodlandEscape I have an old percussion gun that was home built befor 1850 The first load of wheat off off lot 30 Fullerton county went to buy a barrel and lock.from a gunsmith down in London Ont. and the barrel about .54 cal is completly bored off center. The srewart brothers who were carpenters stocked the gun in wild cherry from their bush. A side note when my grand father took it apart it was triple charged

That’s sound advice indeed, sir!

I’ve built a few primitive bows over the years and love both the process and the end results.

Here is hoping. However, my grandmother used to say, there is many a slip between the cup and the lip, lol.

That is awesome! I hope to do a lot of builds once I’ve the shop completed.

Thanks, Anthony.

Glad you enjoyed it.

And a wave from Upper Canada.

That’s nothing, yesterday it felt like we lived in the jungle during a monsoon.

I thank you sir.

Thank you. I’d love to get to that show, perhaps next year. Not as a contestant, but as a looker,lol.

A grand idea!

Thanks Hayward. We’re planning a blacksmithing episode in October … just for you.

I thank you and to you as well.

And we look forward to producing the content … thanks so much for your interest.

I’ll have to check it out, thanks for sharing. What’s the channel name?

@@TheWoodlandEscape it's this channel I'm talking to you from! Your a huge inspiration I mention you a couple times ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Good for you, sir … when we quite trying we’re dying! Good lock with your build.

Thanks 👍 and good for you making those paddles, I suspect the receivers were quite pleased.

Your spot on about time when one is working on something they have a passion for. Heck, I often don’t think of food.. Thanks for sharing your wise bits of information, Chris.

Thanks 👍. We sure got a soaking two days ago, it was like being in the jungle in a monsoon.

Ah, but what a grand way to spent 10 hours!

Glad you enjoyed it.

You should give it a go, it is a great pastime.

Thanks as always, Earl.

Like to pick your brain someday on saw filing . I’ve been looking for a setting block for years. If you ever come across one, do let me know.

@@TheWoodlandEscape I use a hand anvil made from a 3lb hammer head for setting the teeth on one man saws and a bench anvil made from a 1.5" thick section of fork lift tine for two man saws. The bench anvil has a 15° bevel filed into one side as a relief edge for tooth movement. I'll try to post some pics on your FB page. If you ever get to northern Michigan........

Sent a FB PM. Couldn't post the pics on your page.

@@PATCsawyer Two grand ideas, thanks.

Thank you too

Thank you. If you go to our playlist there is an episode titled “ Preview of upcoming videos “. Bob plays on this episode and is playing a quitter he made …. Worth a watch. Thanks for your interest.

It is a difficult wood to work, but oh so pretty when completed.

I thank you, sir for your interest and support.

Thank you so much!

It is Avery enjoyable project.

Slow and steady indeed.

Sound advice.

Thanks 👍. Appreciate your interest.

You're very welcome

I pretty much use soot from a candle, it seems to get the job done. Thanks for sharing your sound advice.

I started using red lip stick my wife throws away from time to time. A little goes a long way and you can really see it on darker woods.

@@johnnyholland8765 That’s a great idea!

You and me both, the fun part will be laying out a functioning shop. Thanks for your interest.

I hope so too and to you as well sir.

Who knows, but everyone could use a fort, lol.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for sharing. You sound like a person of my own heart. Sadly, I e been going against the grain all my life, lol!

That is unfortunate.

@@TheWoodlandEscape mhmm I was planning on building a complete set for my brother. A doublebarreled shotgun, a rifle, pair of pistols, all the accoutrements, powderhorn, priming flask, shot flask, display box and everything. I was even going to do some scrimshaw digory (elephant ivory simulant) inlay with gold and silver inlay. Was gonna do a lovely veneer on the display box and unit insignias on the corners from his time in the army. Was gonna be beautiful until the law was passed.

I like flea and antique markets for my tool shopping. They are often very reasonable and often many tools can be repurposed.

Well, I don’t seem to be running out of projects, lol.

i just seen the pipe in your hat. thats what im saying, cool clothes

I thank you, sir. Once I’ve completed the new shop, we’ll be doing much more gun building. I thank you for your feedback.

Thanks so much! As to stone work, I’ve. Learned on rock at a time, lol. Thanks for your interest.

Goggle Rumford Fireplace plans. It is important that they are built to specs or they may not draw well.

Heck, we’re still wishing for common parts, lol. You’re spot on, back in that era, things were made one at a time.

Yes it is getting worse by the day.

I’m sure it did, Roger.

Yup, they can be annoying! That Bob fellow can make pretty much anything!

I’d rather inlet a butt plate than an entry pipe any day! I am finishing up a “poor boy” southern rifle right now with no butt plate, no entry pipe, no muzzle cap. I think it took three days out of the overall build.

@@davidshotwell5848 the butt plate would tyake all of that. A LOT OF ARTHUR IN HANDS,,,JUST CAN'T HANG ON TO TOOLS AS LONG AS i USED TOo. Pardon the caps,,,dumb fingers, dumb laptop

Probably didn’t catch it on film, but I use a candle for my marker.

They are a harder item to find and usually less choices. Thanks for watching.

And a great big game tool for my friend.

Ask away!

Here in the US black powder guns are exempt from our gun laws. They are considered non guns. You can freely build and own them and or ship them through the common mail.

Flintlocks are not considered firearms in Canada.

In Australia even a crossbow needs a firearm licence, the sport of archery is discouraged like other non group sports and carrying a slingshot is liable to Police confiscation

Brutal!

​@@denisross2923not sure why flintlocks would bother them. It is not easy to fire on a good day.