M&D rifle details

[bekalex]

http://homestudy.ihea.com/aboutfirearms/18stocks.htm
a diagram shows the butt plate and comb quite 
nicely. The wrist is the narrow part just above 
the grip.

Nice walnut grains for rifles:
http://www.americanwalnut.com/AWstandard.html


And this site has some nice photos of a replica, 
Revolutionary War period, flintlock rifle  and 
you can see the grain (with a nice finish), comb 
and wrist pretty clearly.

<http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/partDetail.aspx?partNum=x150&styleID=280&catID=12&subID=81>
or
http://tinyurl.com/2z5l5

Bekah


At 2:18 AM +0300 5/30/04, Cyrus wrote:
>If I understand correctly, the wrist and comb is 
>that part of the rifle behind where it is held 
>by the right hand during shooting (sorry, my 
>terminology sucks). The grain refers to the 
>"waters" of the wood. The grain is what "billows 
>there in stormy intricacy", probably because of 
>the curved shape of the wood there.
>
>Cyrus
>
>teacher at inwind.it wrote:
>
>>"shining thro' the Grain upon the Wrist and 
>>Comb that billow there in stormy Intricacy, " 
>>(428§42) This is part of the description of the 
>>"sterloop" rifle M&D find in Lepton Castle, 
>>subsequently discussed with Mr LeSpark. What 
>>could the Grain, the Wrist and the Comb be? 
>>Parts of the rifle or pictures engraved on its 
>>metallic parts?
>>
>>
>>
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