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.