Muzzle Loader Rifle

One of the things on my Bucket List was to finish the hand-made muzzle loader that was made in the early 70's by a friend of mine named Carl England, a well-known rifle builder. It's a 54 caliber flint lock with a wooden patch box. The wood from the muzzle to the butt plate is an exceptionally fine Tiger Stripped Maple stock.  The patch box is wooden with a nickle silver thumb plate and lock.  The stock was shaped with a Roman Nose style. All of the nickle silver fittings are hand relief-engraved in a style that matches the high relief carving design in the stock.  There are two 24-carat gold bands in-layed into the browned Douglas barrel. The stock is extensively high relief-carved with a design of that period.