New to me Flintlock Rifle

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I just picked up this .40 Cal flintlock rifle this afternoon, made in 1976 by one W.B. Borck. Siler lock, curly maple stock, brass furniture and brass inlays throughout.

Sorry for the potato quality photos - best I can do after everyone was in bed. I will get better ones out in the yard and in the sun soon.

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gsimmons said:
Beautiful rifle! You’ll have fun with it, too!
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Yeah, I was pretty well smitten with the damned thing when I first saw it at the show (I rarely see flintlocks, didn’t anticipate buying anything and was wholly unprepared with only $200 in my pocket), and especially after holding it. I did manage to put it down and continue to walk around for a couple hours.

I went back, held it again, asked if they took cards, to which he said no. But in talking, he was local, I was local, and we exchanged information. He pulled it off the table to hold for me, and it has now followed me home.
 
Nice! I was really never one for rifles like this, but have found them more attractive and interesting in my older age.
 
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SPM said:
Yeah, I was pretty well smitten with the damned thing when I first saw it at the show (I rarely see flintlocks, didn’t anticipate buying anything and was wholly unprepared with only $200 in my pocket), and especially after holding it. I did manage to put it down and continue to walk around for a couple hours.

I went back, held it again, asked if they took cards, to which he said no. But in talking, he was local, I was local, and we exchanged information. He pulled it off the table to hold for me, and it has now followed me home.
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It’s funny how that happens, isn’t it! I think I would have picked it up, too, and I’m Civil War era military collector, but appreciate these a lot. It’s a lot prettier than my 1812 Whitney contract musket that’s for sure!
 
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Beautiful rifle, @SPM . That brass work on the stock looks really nice.
 
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Very, very nice...what results when artistic craftsmanship and functionality collide...an honest rifle that looks as good on a wall as it does in the woods.
 
Tim said:
Nice!

May I ask what you gave for it?
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gunbelt said:
I was wondering that myself. Prices can be all over the board.
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$1100, which while higher than say a Pedersoli repro Kentucky, Pennsylvania, or Blue Ridge rifle, it was less than my Pedersoli Charleville Musket, so I was OK with it.
 
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grungewehr39 said:
Nice! I was really never one for rifles like this, but have found them more attractive and interesting in my older age.
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Shoot a couple with real deal Holy Black and the bug bites you. I only had 1 barely 2 years ago, a 2nd Model Brown Bess.

This one is my fourth. First rifle - the other 2 are a Long Land Pattern Brown Bess and a 1763/66 Leger Charleville Musket.

Ultimately I think I want to start building flintlocks and take game with them.
 
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