Emmitsburg School - J. Armstrong

Emmitsburg Photo

This kit is used to replicate teh rifles made by professional gunmaker John Armstrong, born Sept.5, 1772 of the Emmitsburg, Maryland area. According to records, he spent his entire working life in this area. In the course of this long career he had several apprentices including Nathaniel Rowe in 1837, very late in Armstrong’s working life. He always used the best wood and materials he could possibly obtain and was quite well known for his own style of long, slender rifles in beautiful curly maple with artistic relief carving. Stocks of this school were accentuated by very fine forestock molding and a pronounced comb. Fine carving details at the nose of the comb carry the fine lines of the wrist back to the buttstock, deepening the look of the comb. Inlays were almost exclusively silver. Three piercing patchboxes were quite beautiful and large, covering most of the buttstock, well engraved, and had a round release button in a very long toeplate. Sideplates are flat, and inlet flush. Longer than normal ramrod pipes, toeplates and nosecaps were details of this school. Other makers of this school also include: Andrew Kopp, George Krep, Nathaniel Row, and Daniel Marker. This pre-shaped stock comes standard with straight octagon barrel and rod channel with drilled ramrod hole. Our pattern is in right hand only. Inletting options below for lock, DST, triggers and swamped barrel. Specify barrel size up to 7/8” when ordering. Beautiful lines! If you use a swamped barrel, a B weight barrel is maximum size. We use our Late Golden Age & stock to build this kit.

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
Straight Octagon barrels.....3/4" or 13/16" or 7/8"
Drilled ramrod hole ..................................5/16"
Butt width x height……............1-5/8"x 5-1/4”
Lock area ………….…..................1-3/8" x 6"
Width across the lock face ......................1-1/2"
Drop at the heel ……………..................3-1/4"
Trigger Pulls up to 15"

OPTIONAL INLETS
Swamped octagon barrel inlet (42" A or B weight)
Lock inlet - Large siler (small siler on 3/4" barrels only)
Trigger inlet - Double Set Trigger only

PRE-SHAPED STOCK with
STRAIGHT BARREL & RAMROD CHANNEL  

31017      Curly Maple (CM3)
31018      Curly Maple (CM4)
30820      Inlet Lock (for Siler only)
30830      Inlet Trigger (Double Set Triggers)
15975      Inlet Swamped Barrel (A or B weight 42")
STANDARD  FITTINGS & PARTS
14925      Large Siler Flintlock, or LK-Dsiler (Small siler for 34" barrels only)
14870      Small Davis Double-Set Trigger
BL451342C      13/16" x .45 x 42" Barrel
16080      Flared Tang Breech Plug 5/8-18
21180      1/4”-28 S.S. Touch Hole Liner – Slot Head
19630      2 ea, Oval Head 8-32 Lock Screws
16450      1 ea, Tang Screw 8-32
27661      3 ea, Underlugs
16385      1 Pkg of 10 Oval Head #3 Wood Screws
16395      1 Pkg of 10 Oval Head #5 Wood Screws
16400      1 Pkg of 10 Oval Head #8 Wood Screws
PINSTOCK      1 Pkg of 5 Pieces Pin Stock 1/16”o.d.
25451      1 Pkg German Silver Nails for Inlays
16760      5/16" Ram Rod w/ 8-32 Brass Tip
17230      Cleaning Jag, .45 Cal. 8-32s
17730      Fouling Scraper .45 Cal. 8-32
MOUNTINGS
BP-ARM-B  Buttplate (Brass)
TG-ARM-B  Triggerguard (Brass)
11450  Sideplate (Brass)
12830  Nosecap (Brass - 13/16)
12750  Toeplate (Brass - Long)
10240   Patchbox (Brass)
16495  Front Sight (Silver Blade)
RS-SB1-14  Rear Sight (Early Low)
11680  Wrist Inlay. top (German Silver)
12020  2 Wrist Inlays, sides (German Silver )
11780  Cheek Inlay (German Silver)
11820  6 Forestock Inlays (German Silver)
11720  2 Lower Forestock Inlay
42025  (2) 5/16" upper thimbles
42020   5/16" Entry thimble