Kits Engineered to Work These kits are a dream for experienced gun builders to be able to put together a kit where everything just works. It's also an invitation to new gun builders to build confidence with a project that will let them get their hands dirty without the headache that can...
What we are going to build is a Pennsylvania long rifle (also called Kentucky rifle) similar to what Isaac Haines, one of the more influential gunsmiths in Lancaster, PA would have made around 1770. In this case, it is a .45 caliber flint lock with a "swamped" 38 inch barrel. A swa...
Most of my rifles take eight to 12 weeks, depending on how much carving, silver and gold inlay in the wood and steel, plus metal engraving. My engraving is done with a hand engraver just like it was done years ago. I have built rifles that took me six months to build. I don’t k...