Here we have for your perusal a rifle built by Keith Vance of the great state of Kentucky. I took delivery of it at the CLA show in Lexington,KY. It is a restock of some used hardware and a new barrel. It could be called an "early style rifle" or just a "rifle". Your call on the style. It has a 42" .62cal. swamped barrel with a Chambers Early Ketland lock. I was told that the barrel is a Getz or Hoyt. Doesn't really matter. While it should or could have a wooden patchbox, it could be argued that the brass lid is a replacement for a lost wooden lid. After the single-acting, double-set trigger broke, I modified it by adding a single trigger. This mod worked well in the test firing, and the LOP fits me well.
A .595 ball and a thick canvas patch work well to fill the deep rifling of the round bottom rifling. For such a large caliber barrel it balances well and feels lighter than it looks.. The Early Ketland seems made for a single trigger. It is fast, smooth, and easy on flints.
A .595 ball and a thick canvas patch work well to fill the deep rifling of the round bottom rifling. For such a large caliber barrel it balances well and feels lighter than it looks.. The Early Ketland seems made for a single trigger. It is fast, smooth, and easy on flints.
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