Emmitsburg School
J. Armstrong
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
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
17230 Cleaning Jag, .45 Cal. 8-32s
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