Description
Presented by the great Hershel House!
This set contains:
Building A Kentucky Rifle part I (DVD), Building a Kentucky Rifle part II (DVD), Building a Kentucky Rifle Companion Book.
Building A Kentucky Rifle part I (DVD): Learn how to build an heirloom quality flintlock rifle that is fully functional. Starting with a maple plank, Hershel House demonstrates how to make a fine brass mounted rifle, which is carved and engraved using tools that are readily available to the average craftsman.
Hershel will show you how to fabricate the trigger, sights, ramrod pipes, patchbox, inlays and barrel tennons.
An excellent DVD for beginners.
Approximately two and one-half hours long.
Building a Kentucky Rifle part II (DVD): Hershel demonstrating more aspects of building traditional flintlock rifles: two types of muzzle caps, springs, making a worm, double set triggers, silver wire inlay, silver barrel inlays, wooden box lid, sharpening tools, patch box releases and more. 2½ hours.
Building a Kentucky Rifle Companion Book: A 48 page softcover book with details and drawings to include full-size sketches of the stock pattern and component parts. Emphasis on challenging areas of building flintlocks, expanded commentary and many drawings that can be copied and reproduced to make templates.
5 hours of video instruction plus a 48 page book!
