Dec 18, 2017 the text and photos go into detail on all the concepts and crafts needed to produce a southern mountain rifle, either from scratch or as a kit. One day, in 1984, in the annapolis valley of nova scotia, year old, sandra goler burst into tears in her classroom. The last book in the geographers trilogy following guns, germs and steel and. As blackpowder replicas, most of our products do not require federal licensing or registration and may be shipped directly to you via federal express or ups. The only hardware was usually the trigger guard and ramrod pipes, no entry pipe. They tend to be plain, rarely have a patchbox more usually, just a grease hole in the side of the buttstock, and are often made up of locks and barrels salvaged from wornout or broken guns. This early iron mounted southern longrifle was created by marc tornichio. Readers often ask librarians for help finding these kinds of books. One year ago in late october 2015, jim and i first announced and offered the southern mountain rifle kit for preorder. The hard work has already been done, so its about one step away from being a gun in the white. This is a very light slim rifle stocked in straight grain maple. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Build tracks early tennessee longrifle, easy to assemble rifle kit, 36 or 42 octagon barrel, traditional iron trim, plain or fancy maple stock this attractive south mountain flint longrifle is trimmed in iron, and stocked in curly maple.
Mountain bookshop 769 mono way, ste i, sonora, california 95370 rated 4. It has a 42 rice southern classic 45 caliber barrel, and a. The poor boy and basic versions of the southern rifle both are great looking and performing. My meeting of jerry at our annual cla show in lexington, kentucky is always a joy. Short, funny, sad or sweet tales, illustrated by me, with threatened species as the underlying theme. Rifles built in eastern tennessee before about 1815, were the work of gunsmiths who migrated to that area from neighboring and more settled states. Department of the interior, national park service, washington, d.
The rifle of the common man was generally not the fancy museum pieces we are all familiar with. Books and maps for adventure travelers, backpacker, climber, hiker, and other selfpropelled sports. Cody just finished his southern mountain rifle here are some pictures the end of the gun has silver inlays. I purchased the rifle as a kit from pecatonica arms several years ago.
Norwich university the military college of vermont is a private university in northfield. More often than not the settlers of the early frontier were lucky to have a step up from the military smooth muskets of the day. Shop south mountain community college new, used, rental and digital textbooks at the cougars bookstore. David cruise and alison griffiths have been writing the toronto star column the portfolio doctor for seven years. Mountain tails the lives and loves of my animal neighbours exisle, 2009, 167 pp. Aug 07, 2014 southern mountain rifle by marc tornichio this early iron mounted southern longrifle was created by marc tornichio. Click on the pictures for more information and several photographs. K43 southern mountain inlet rifle welcome to sitting fox. Checkout shumways online catalog for many more worthy books. This rifle is built in the style of the original backwoods gunsmiths of the early 19th century in western north carolina and east tennessee. Mountaineering books mountain books latest catalogue now.
Between wasting my time in useless palaver with a complete fool yesterday, i was able to enjoy sighting in this. On the piedmont smoothbores still held the larger percentage but rifles were not far behind. Jul 10, 20 tennessee mountain rifle custom made by d. The norwich university archives and special collections has rare books and. These have all the parts fitted, the stocks are sanded to 150 grit, the hardware is polished to around 220320 grit and the barrel is drawfiled. This book started it all with its publication in 1924. All information and content on this web site is ed by paci. Flintlock southern mountain rifle for sale i have for sale a. A set of five fullscale drawings of original southern mountain rifles. Rifle through images of skyscrapers, worlds fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in america. Illustrated in the southern long rifle book, notes on southern long rifles volume iii, jerry noble, p.
Poor boy style with a slender southern mountain stock. Maple was seldom used for stocks as it is not a native tree. My base rifle has a moderately curly maple stock, chambers lock, swamped colrain barrel, hand forged iron or sand cast brass hardware,a single trigger with. Hand forged hardware, poured pewter nose cap and brass ramrod thimbles. The rifle has a chambers late ketland lock and double set triggers. Shipping charges helpful information customer policies user agreement. Mountaineering books order direct from jarvis books for all your rare, secondhand and out of print mountaineering and climbing books and guides. Written for animal lovers, who, delighted by my wildlifes escapades in woman on the mountain, wanted more. Kibler southern mountain rifles contemporary longrifle. It has a 42 inch x 16 inch straight green mountain barrel. Discussion in muzzleloaders started by sharps4590, jan 8, 2011. There is a grease hole in stock that has a iron toe plate and no butt plate as.
Southern mountain rifle by colin maccrea i just completed this custom built southern mountain rifle. Some details about the rifle 42 green mountain barrel. Available in kits, in the white or finished from your kit. These gunsmiths brought the designs and procedures they had learned in the east and set to work turning out guns that met local needs using the materials provided by the land.
One of my favorites, found at an estate sale, required a bit of work on the lock to return to firing condition. So for now im going to make a southern mountain style squirrel rifle. Jan 01, 1997 thats the way it was on south mountain you took your medicine you kept your families dark secrets you gagged you wept you coiled you survived. New england rifleworks thank you for dropping into my website. With cj posting up that pic of his southern mountain rifle and continuing to tease me with it i got to thinking about those rifles and. I specialize in the woodbury schoolstyle rifles, southern mountain rifles, kentucky and virginia rifles, as well as smoothbore fowling pieces. Fortnite fortbyte 68 location snowy town book shop gamewith. This rifle is not a copy of any one rifle but incorporates the architecture and features of several early iron mounted rifles of the western virginiacarolina appalachian area from the 1790 to 1810 period. Build tracks southern mountain flintlock longrifle parts set. Southern mountain rifle kit class video 1 preparing tang for inletting duration. He published three books as dan chernenko the scepter of mercy series.
Tvm s southern rifle is built based on a general design of rifles from the south. Mountain rifle kit southern mountain rifle kit kiblers longrifles. A house in the mountains by caroline moorehead chatto. By separating the billing we are able to avoid excise tax complications.
Jerry eitnier, maker of iron mounted southern rifles. They are the authors of several acclaimed and bestselling books, including the great adventure and on south mountain, and have won numerous writing awards, including the atkinson fellowship in public policy. Build tracks early tennessee longrifle kit, flintlock. Prices after you place your order, you will get an email with instructions on how to pay for your lock.
The 6day southern mountain rifle kit assembly class has a 3day expansion option to allow for a patchbox, grease hole, or nose cap. Traditional muzzle loader rifles of the mountain men. The former us attorney for the southern district of new york gives the inside story on cases that. These were lancaster style flintlock rifles with all steel furniture, a full stock of maple with a 42 to 44 inch barrel, single or double trigger, in.
The iron hardware is rust browned as is the 42 inch long green mountain 78 inch straight 50 cal. After you place your order, you will get an email with instructions on how to pay for your lock. Once again it is round the mountain book sale time. After building a few highly embellished close copies of original arms, it is refreshing to put the books away and build a simple rifle. Jerry has given me an opportunity to understand a little better the passion that one can bring to his craft. Just good books and the readers who love them riffle books. Shown here is a very practical pouch made from pillow ticking and. Sp3805 sear spring screw for the rh tennessee mountain rifle lock. Book mountain spijkenisse, netherlands atlas obscura. Southern mountain rifles built in eastern tennessee before about 1815, were the work of gunsmiths who migrated to that area from neighboring and more settled states. Southern mountain rifle between wasting my time in useless palaver with a complete fool yesterday, i was able to enjoy sighting in this.
The southern mountain rifle is a recognized subcategpry of flintlock rifles. Captain dillins book formed the foundation for all further scholarship into the american longrifle and is an important primer for all students of the kentucky rifle. Southern rifle tvmsite tennessee valley muzzleloading. Southern mountain rifle calibers i agree with alemonkey. A cool indie bookstore in ohio that maintains extensive, searchable archives and. I use quality chamber locks and barrels rice, colrain and green mountain. Iron mounted appalachian flintlock rifle wrightsman. South mountain community college new, used, rental and. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Harry norman turtledove born june 14, 1949 is an american novelist, best known for his. Notable works, southern victory worldwar crosstime traffic the guns of the south the two georges. Mountain rifle with iron patchbox, custom carving and engraving. Capturing appalachias mountain people shelby lee adams 1990 photograph of life in the eastern kentucky mountains captured a poignant tradition esther renee adams, mamaw, was laid to. A weight x 44 barrel coned muzzle modified chambers late ketland lock chambers white lightning vent liner modified davis double set triggers extended one piece tang overthecomb to the buttplate aged iron trim.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. Another thing to note is that many books on this subject which are. We will be adding a description of this rifle soon. The following are some of the recent rifles i have completed. Mar 20, 2014 any discussion about american rifle making just wouldnt be complete however, unless it included the plains rifles epitomized by samuel and jake hawken in the first half of the 1800s. Think outside turn the page, and take your first step into the wild with awardwinning outdoor, adventure and travel books. The text and photos go into detail on all the concepts and crafts needed to produce a southern mountain rifle, either from scratch or as a kit. A flintlock rifle is quite accurate, back during the american revolution there were recorded kill shots of 300 yards or better, those would have been larger bore, around 50 or 54 caliber. Now it serves very nicely for small game like rabbits, grouse, ptarmigan, showshoes although probably adequate for deersize critters, but i dont hunt those anymore. Rifle team won the national intercollegiate rifle championship in 1916 and.
While similar to the tennessee, the stock of the southern is a bit wider with a less curved butt plate. I am not an expert at this so i am not showing you the right way or the best way to do this. The long rifle, by steward edward white, mountain press publishing. I assembled these myself with the same care i use on. This theme is also reflected in the termination of the entry pipe. Southern rifles k2 appalachian poor boy k42 tenn bean k43 southern mountain fine rifle k44 southern mtn poor boy k45 percussion poor boy k46 poor boy squirrel rifle were big enough to serve you, yet small enough to know you. Win blevins born october 21, 1938 is an american author of fiction and non fiction. This site is dedicated to the iron mounted southern mountain rifles of tennessee the poor boy to the bean. I would like to introduce my friend jerry eitnier to the world. Walnut full stock rifle with iron mounts, cigar patch box, percussion.
This attractive southern mountain percussion rifle is trimmed with perfectly browned iron furniture, and stocked in honey colored f. The picturesque california hunter and trapper seth kinman used a heavy long rifle of a southern poor boy type well into the 1860s. Southern mountain rifle kit guns kiblers longrifles. Southern mountain shot or hunting pouches from the 18th and 19th centuries. I think more people are becoming disenchanted with some options out there and are finding riffle a better alternative. He has written many books about the western mountain trappers, and is. Mountain rifle with premium figured curly maple stock. My name is george morrison and for over 40 years i have been building a variety of rifles in my new hampshire workshop that include prerevolutionary guns and early 1800 new england rifles.
Adventist book center online adventist books, music and. The southern type rifle from tennessee and north carolina is a lancaster pattern rifle built. Also known generically as southern mountain rifles, these arms typically feature unique forged iron hardware and import english locks. This gun was built in the general style of those produced in the southern mountains. Iron mounted tennessee rifle public group facebook. Rifflers are all so passionate about what they read and they communicate in a friendly way. I wanted to make something that reflected more of where i grew up in southern ohio and my familys history related to the settling of ohio. Belletristik, sachbucher, fachbucher, jugendbucher, kinderbucher, bilderbucher, comics, kalender overnightbestellservice. The southern mountain rifle was also called the tennessee rifle, poor boy, carolina rifle and the virginia rifle. However, in the south and obviously over the appalachians to the west the rifle was the firearm of choice. Tennessee long rifle, marked jno clement for john clement, soddy daisy, tennessee.
This is my collection of mountain books and movies. A swamped 42 barrel and thin iron hardware put this gun just over 5 pounds. Southern mountain rifle by marc tornichio this early iron mounted southern longrifle was created by marc tornichio. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Custom carving and engraving available along with upgraded wood options. Shop south mountain community college apparel, textbooks, merchandise and gifts at the cougars bookstore. Kit carson is reported to have carried a rifle of this type built by benjamin gill.
Johns book shop buchhandlung klosterneuburg john duran. Come visit our two southwestern new hampshire booksellers offering a varied stock at discount prices. Overview of all kibler kit guns southern mountain rifle kit specifications photos of southern mountain rifle kits finished out by customers photos of southern mountain rifle kits finished out by. Sp3808 frizzen spring screw for the rh tennessee mountain rifle lock. Find all the information you need for your next adventure. Build tracks southern mountain longrifle, easy to assemble rifle kit, 36 or 42 octagon barrel, traditional iron trim, plain or fancy maple stock often referred to as a tennessee style, this attractive right hand southern mountain flint lock longrifle is trimmed in iron, and stocked in figured maple. This is my interpretation of a good solid plain rifle in the lehigh valley style. Architecturally the piece reflects the lines of herman rupp, but with slightly more robust sections through. The rifle that i need to make for this is a pennsylvania style longrifle but im not yet ready for that. Southern mountain rifle the rugged elegance of these guns kind of captured my imagination, so i made one. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. I have a couple of our mountain rifle kits that ive assembled in the white.