Squirrel rifle by Ted Kramer.

Just got this from Ted.  Things are slow this time of year in the frozen North.  Looks like a nice little rifle in the Hawken vein.

Specs as follows:

 

LOP: 13.5"

 

Weight: 6lbs, 12oz. (according to my feed scale)

 

Lock: Davis Goulcher with the plate not cut for a drum. I changed out the cock to the better looking Bridger Hawken cock.

 

Stock: From William Young, Minnesota grown maple, it's been drying since the 1970's. Nicely figured, stained with Aqua Fortis then a light rub with Homer Dangler's dark brown stain, then several coats of tung oil and more to be applied.

 

Triggers: Long bar Hawken style, DST. Assembled from parts given to me by William Young.

 

Barrel: Bauska,  .40 caliber, 1-60" twist, 32" long, 7/8" at the breech tapering to 3/4" at the muzzle, also donated by William Young.

 

Breech: L&R hooked slant breech, long tang, two bolts through to the trigger bar. Started out as the one for a 15/16" barrel, William milled down what could be done on his milling machine and the rest I filed.

 

I put a full buckhorn rear sight and a thick silver front sight on it. Seems I can see those sights pretty well.

 

Single barrel key is captured.

 

The iron mounts and barrel were slow rust browned, the lock was cold blued and then rubbed back to a more mottled blue/gray color.

 

The nose cap I cast from a ~50/50 mix of the pewter stuff from TOTW and engine bearing babbit material from my uncle's service station where he sold and serviced Overland cars in the early 1900's.