Since all I ever get is socks and such for Christmas I bought a repro Confederate 2.25" Bronze Mountain Rifle with carriage. The Chapman sights should be on the way. Here's a couple of links to full size pictures.
http://www.crufflersteve.net/mr01.jpghttp://www.crufflersteve.net/mr02.jpgI got it from Steve Cameron of Rutledge Tennessee. He sells some stuff in the Artilleryman. It's done very authentically with liner having the original rifling of 1 in 10', 3 groove, if you can call it that, saw tooth rifling.
Steve made two of these. Supposedly, you can see the twin of this recoiling off screen in the History Channel show. My copy of that is in the mail. He's spent a lot of time developing rounds on the other one so I got some of the lead Minie balls he shoots.
Here's some stats on the barrel. He used the Antique Ordnance measurements of the West Point barrel. He cast two barrels and sent them to the same place as Steen to have them bored out. He bought a rifled liner from Ken Kurdt (same supplier as Steen) and had a machine shop insert the liner. The liner is 1/2" thick. It was epoxied in place with a stainless steel vent and 3 bronze bey bolts to hold it in place. The tube was then turned and polished. It does look great. There's a few machining marks, especially by the trunnions but noting serious.
I hope the weather warms up so I can take it out. My biggest problem now is getting a trailer hitch on my car. (And then buying a trailer.) Never order from trailerhitches.com. My car needs an adapter for one. I ordered from them in November. They sent the elctronics and said they sent it all. Its now gone to my credit card company but i can't tow anything.
Steve
