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Southern Mountain
Southern Mountain Rifle
Rifles built in Eastern Tennessee before about 1815, were the work of gunsmiths who migrated to that area from neighboring and more settled states. These gunsmiths brought the designs and procedures they had learned in the East and set to work turning out guns that met local needs using the materials provided by the land around them.

Some collectors classify these rifles as "Southern Kentuckies" although Tennessee was a part of North Carolina until it became a state in 1796.

One important difference between the "Kentucky" and the "Tennessee" was the use of iron for fittings, instead of brass. Iron was abundant in the region. The metals needed for brass were not successfully mined until the turn of the 19th Century. Silver and pewter were often used for mountings in these rifles. The silver usually came from coins circulated during this period. Walnut and maple were the favorite woods for stocks, but other woods including cherry and ash were sometimes used.

These early guns often utilized the more simple "banana style" patchbox, long barrels, wide buttplates and wide trigger guards. A very few may have included relief carving. Long tangs were common.

The general lines of these rifles are not unlike their Kentucky cousins, although the rifle is usually less ornamented and is not carved. It has a rugged simplicity and attractiveness.

Southern Mountain Rifle
 
Specifications:  
   Lock, Trigger & Tang Inletting Available
   Overall length 59"
   Pull length 15"
   Drop at heel 4 1/4"
   Barrel channel length 42"
   Barrel channel size 13/16" & 7/8"
   Ramrod hole drilled 3/8"
   Lock mortice area 1 7/16" x 6 7/8"
   Width at lock 1 3/4"
   Butt 1 5/8" x 5 1/4"

Southern Mountain Rifle

 
 
Green Mountain Barrel 13/16" & 7/8" x 42" $225.00
Appropriate Lock L & R Durs Egg Flint $215.00
*Optional Lock *L & R Perc. *($150.00)
Appropriate double-set Trigger Davis #4 $65.00
Appropriate Breech Plug Lollypop Tang $24.00
Recommended Buttplate Iron $29.00
Recommended Triggerguard Iron $33.00
Recommended Thimbles Steel (3) $18.00
Recommended Nose Cap Steel $12.00
Lock Screws (2) $3.50
Tang Screws (2) $3.50
Rear Sight   $10.00
Front Sight   $8.00
Barrel Lugs (3) $9.00
Barrel Keys (or Pins) (3) Pins no charge
Escutcheons none -
Toe Plate Steel $4.00
Sideplate Steel $5.00
Touch Hole Liner   $3.00
Drum & Nipple   *($8.00)
Ramrod Jag & Tip Brass $4.75
Ramrod   $4.50
*Optional Patchbox   *($30.00)
Misc. Screws   $1.50
Stock Inletting & Drilling   $57.50
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  Parts Total: (not including *optional items) $735.25
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