New to me Schimmel Gun

[Alexitt]

Didn't want to hijack Daves trapdoor thread so here's a new post... A couple of weeks back one of the guys in my M/L Club mentioned he had a flintlock he was going to put up for sale because it was too long for him and it was just collecting dust at his place... He'd taken it in trade for some gunsmithing work he did but never shot it, I mentioned I had an 1884 Springfield Trapdoor that someone had cut down some long while back and maybe I might be willing to swap... My Buddy comes up a bit past my shoulder and my Trapdoor is a bit shorter than the standard carbine size so would fit him very well... I had a couple of boxes of shells for it but since primers are so hard to find these days and it was my only cartridge gun I didn't really feel bad about the trade... So long story short we met up at our Rendezvous this last weekend and on the last day we looked over each others wares, pouring down rain so shooting wasn't really in the cards... We both came away well pleased, I think I came away REALLY well pleased... Turns out the rocklock is a Clay Smith Virginia Barn gun (think Poorboy) so no butt plate, entry thimble, patchbox etc... Simple and plain just the way I like them, it was sold originally in the white so not sure who did the finish work but they did a nice job... I did some e-mails between Clay and myself to find out more about it... There are no marks from Clay on it because he didn't do the finish work on it but he did verify that it is one of his builds...

Next to my Kashtuk Fowler 20g smoothbore...




It has a Chambers Virginia lock, single trigger, 44" .50 cal Colerain swamped barrel, iron hardware, and a nice curly maple stock... 61" overall length so it's 3" longer than my fowler and now I have 2 flintlocks, both beauties... I also have a couple of cap guns as well, an old Lyman GPR .50 and an old Trad. Woodsman .50 cal so I don't even need to buy another RB mold...

 

[Johnm1]

That sir is a very nice piece.

 

[Alexitt]

That sir is a very nice piece.

Thanks, any trade you both go away happy from is a good one and I couldn't be happier with this one... The icing on the cake was I took first place in the "Old-Timers" Rifle and Primitive Archery Trail walks at Rendezvous though I was shooting my GPR and not this one...

 

[JCooperfan1911]

Love the Schimmels. Only enough metal to keep the gun together and that’s it. As bare bones as they come, yet, with such good lines you don’t need bling.