[fred cook]

This is a gun that I built about 35 years ago. It started life as a Winder Musket but by the time I got it the original sights were removed, the stock sporterized and had been reblued. So, with little or no collector value, I set out to build something useful. I had the barrel shortened and recrowned, the barrel relined and added the bits to make the trigger a single set trigger. Then, once the mechanical stuff was done, I bought a piece of walnut stock blank wood and set out to restock it. After about 6 months of work, this is what I wound up with. The finish on the wood is hand rubbed oil. The stock is fitted to me so that I can close my eyes, shoulder the rifle and be looking right thru the scope! The scope is a 4.5-20X unit with an adjustable objective lens. Turns out that this rig will put 5 shots under a dime at 100 yds on a good day!