My New England Flintlock Rifle
Being a life long New Englander I just have to have a rifle that could have been built here in Rhode Island in 1808. New England firearms are uniquely different from your typical Penn/Kentucky firearms. This project means a great deal to me and I wanted it to be a tribute to the gunsmiths that lived at that time here. The rifle will be heavily influenced by Welcome Mathewson's work but it will not be an exact copy. It will be more of a composite of gunsmiths of this area with my thoughts thrown into the mix. If I could walk through a portal, travel through time and walk into a gunsmith shop in the year of 1808, I would sit down and discuss the gun I wanted to be built. . . . this is what it would be.
The rifles stock will be made from this grade #4 Cherry from Dunlop woods.
Welcome preferred Cherry for gunstock wood and worked with wire inlay more than he did carvings.
Again, I have asked Roy Stroh to build this Tribute to Rhode Island gunsmiths of this era for me.
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The Lock The Castings
The Barrel
The Ramrod Pipes The Pattern ll
The Pattern
The Trigger The Patchbox
The Butt Plate, Toe Plate
The Keys
The Final Shaping
The Wire and Checkering
The Stain and Finish
The Thumb Piece The Signature
Shooting it.
Finished!
The Engraving
First Deer
First Shot Video
Welcome's personal rifle, horn and day book.
Questions, comments can be sent to me at  rbarbourjr@cox.net
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