Here is the message direct from Wayne.
Every other year I build a rifle and donate it to my friends at the Fort
Boonesboro Foundation. I can remember as a child visiting the Fort.
Perhaps that had an impact on me and inspired me to love this longrifle
culture that we live. Anyway, in the past I just made a gun and said
“have at it”! This time I wanted to make something with a little more
meaning.
Squire Boone was Daniel’s younger brother. He was trained
in Pennsylvania as a gunsmith and blacksmith. He was a Baptist minister
and fancied himself as an artist. He was also wounded twice during the
revolution, one occurrence being during the siege of Fort Boonesboro.
His folk art exists today through rock art examples and helped me with the inspiration for this rifle.
My
goal was to present a gun that a man of his skills would have produced
in the 1790s in Kentucky, possibly assembled from salvaged parts and
incorporating Boone’s artistic interests. It’s strictly a “what if” gun.
It’s a 50 cal swamped Green Mountain 35” barrel, Davis Colonial
lock, Davis trigger, Harrison wood. I need to acknowledge the help from
buddies Randall Cantrall and Gary Tucker for their cheerful help with
this one.
If you want a chance at this one log onto the Fort
Boonesboro Foundation in a month or so and they can fix you up with a
raffle ticket.
I believe these are drawings taken from the stones around Boone's house.
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