.40 caliber Southern Mountain Rifle.
Full length view of right side.
Full length view left side.
Left side showing cheek piece area and beautiful stock architecture.
Note stepped wrist and correctly designed set triggers profile.
Side plate area
Trigger guard showing wedding band and rope pattern that is carried through the furniture on entire firearm. The trigger guard and all parts ARE inletted!
Butt plate finial with rope and wedding band details.
Size comparison showing the incredible slimness of the little Southern Mountain Rifle. There is no production firearm on the market that is even close to this delicate profile. This is really the ultimate in a lightweight hunting rifle, but look at the target below to see how well it holds for offhand shooting!
(2 shots in hole touching X and 2 more in hole just to the left of that)
This is a seven shot OFFHAND target at 32 yards, with light wind conditions. First target shot with the Mountain Rifle. 60 grains of 3fg (I'm working out a deer hunting load for this weekend) and a .395 ball really put them in there. I'll get a bench target shot soon and we can see how well it shoots without my "human error" involved.