Lloyd3 is that a left handed rifle? I do agree it is very nice. Years ago I was a member of a long rifle association which promoted custom crafting of rifles just like yours. Percussion rifles were more popular but I always found flint to be more aesthetically pleasing.
2-Piper, nothing bugs me as much as an inline muzzle loader, shooting a sabot slug, using a solid pellet of propellant, a 209 primer for ignition, with a scope on the top of the gun. Nothing say primitive weapon like that. Well maybe a camouflaged version. Vomit.
I'm so old school I cringe when I see everyone going to scoped cross bows instead of at least compound bows, if not traditional bows. I shot my first deer using a bow, with a Bear (traditional) bow with 50 pound draw weight and no sight system. A cross bow is not a primitive weapon. It was state of the are long after long bows fell out of favor.
