Shawnee_b
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A custom made Pennsylvania Flintlock Rifle is used by Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), and later by John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) and Bridger (Will Poulter) “in the Film Revenant”. A pair of rifles were made for the production by Ron Luckenbill, who based them on an original rifle made by John Shuler of Bucks CountyPendersoli (same manufacturer as the pistol) Kentucky Long rifle. It kinda, sorta, maybe looks like a Reading County Flintlock but I have lots of work to do on it to make it look almost like the Reading.Still a beautiful piece of crafting! What's next on the project table?No, it came rough cut but mostly to shape. I did have to shave, file and sand quite a bit especially in the handle but it did not come as a blank. If it had I would have cut it a little differently and put a brass heel on the bottom of the handle to make it more authentic.That's a beauty, Ringel! Did you finish the wood from scratch, too?I'm not opining in the thread, letting everyone else fight it out..........Going to battle with an unarmed opponent (one lacking your knowledge and expertise) isn't really fair, is it?Hi all. Other than working around the house and working on my hobby items I've spent most of my online time on the traditional muzzleloading forum learning and having a little fun. Like with all human endeavors there are multiple schools of thought in this instance with the hard core authentics vs the more relaxed crowd. The hard cores idea is rigid, "if it can't be documented it didn't exist" vs the more relaxed "just because we only have a very few examples doesn't mean it didn't exist in other forms." This "discussion" is mostly related to flintlocks of the time particularly the (modern company) mass produced factory flintlocks vs the custom, hand built, very expensive ones.
I started a bit of a brush fire with a question concerning the historical accuracy of the modern built (Pendersoli) Kentucky Longrifle, a question I already knew the answer to......... Yeah, I'm a stinker.......
Oh and I just finished my Kentucky Flintlock Pistol kit.
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Here's the reading;
Here's the Pendersoli Kentucky:
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The one thing I can't do anything about is the length, the Kentucky is much shorter.
Actually got these kits at a steal which is the only real reason I bought them.
Ahhh the Reading. For starter people,,, look at the patchbox, look at the drop in the stock, the comb.. Pedersoli makes very fine rifles regardless,,, a few not period correct inconsistencies. Still great rifles and shooters.
The Best Flintlick rifles of that age were made by Germans in Pennsylvania.
Thanks Roy, didn't know that. Pretty sure I saw the movie, or had it on my list. Time to rewatch and pay attention. Got to watch movies several times and pick up more everytime.