An accurate replica of the 1861 Richmond rifled musket?

[La Tiger]

I've always liked the looks of the 1861 Richmond rifled musket. Maybe it's the "high-hump" lockplate or the fact that the machinery was taken from Harper's Ferry. Maybe both!

The replicas on the market leave me very disappointed. Anyway, I wondered if anyone has made their own 1861 Richmond rifled musket? I believe it could be done easily, depending on the degree of historical accuracy desired.

What do y'all think? (Photo is from civilwararsenal.com) Richmond Rifle Musket

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Your best bet is to get a standard repro of a Richmond and send it off to be defarbed by Lodgewood. Speaking of Lodgewood, give them a call and maybe they can custom build one.

Building one once wouldn't be a difficult thing to do, but to my knowledge the old custom made lockplates have become hard to find. I had contiplate a Fayetteville Rifle build, but lockplates are like hens teeth to find in my experience online. Once upon a time a call to SS Firearms would handle it, but they've been out of stock on their website for a year or two.

A rifle build is something only for the experienced or student of the experienced. A defarbed Chiappa or Pedersoli is your only choice

 

[johan_steele]

I believe Lodgewood has an Armi Sport Richmond they could defarb as well as a couple sporterized originals. Or they did a week or two ago.

 

[captaindrew]

Here is an example of a Lodgewood defarb CS Richmond http://www.lodgewood.com/Confederate-1863-Richmond-Musket_c_306.html