Happy new year. I chose to finish out 2023 by working on a 40 cal flintlock with a hard maple (mostly plain) and a swamped Rice barrel and a good Chambers lock. I am getting pretty close to start the finishing process. Hopefully this spring I can give it a great work out. I always wanted a 40 cal flintlock as my first experience with a flintlock was a walnut stocked poor boy in 40 cal that Dale Friesen had built while I was hanging out in his shop as a kid. After he finished it we headed to the hills and shot gophers with it at Art Unsworths ranch. After that I was enamoured with flintlocks and I still am. I think this 40 cal moderate weight flinter with a 38” barrel should be good fun.
Antique Rifle Restorations by the Gun Doctor 