CUSTOM JACK DUPREY SODDY-DAISY, TN FLINTLOCK RIFLE

SPOTLIGHT- CUSTOM SODDY FLINTLOCK RIFLE MADE BY JACK DUPREY
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[@JeffandLeslie]

beautiful rifle. I made a Soddy-Daisy style gun several years ago (before I started a KZbin channel). They are really graceful and handle well. 3/4" 36cal makes a great firearm.

[@stevenbowen2061]

I like that style. The Ohio Style percussion rifles of mid 19th century were similar with that crescent buttplate. Those types of guns remind me a late 50s Impala tail fins.. I like the look and hope to have one someday.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Yep, that's right, Ohio guns were very similar. Thanks Steven!

[@mikemoore5412]

Great looking rifle. I'm currently saving up to get a squirrel caliber rifle.

[@BlackPowderTV]

.32 or .36! .36 if you're not good with tiny little balls. I have to use a .36 for that reason but I love a .32!

[@clifflee7461]

Grand looking Flintlock makes for a fine off/hand shooter.Cheers

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Cliff! I sure think it will!

[@kowalski363]

Great video

[@wjsj69]

Beautiful! Being from PA, I'm used to seeing all the "full dress" guns. I've always been a fan of form follows function and just the basics, which has it's own type of beauty. This really speaks to me.

[@BlackPowderTV]

My thoughts exactly and the Soddy is my favorite gun I’ve ever had. It’s perfection in simplicity to me.

[@johnmccray5534]

Thanks for a excellent explanation Bob. Keep them comin' !

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks John! Will do!

[@blackpowdermaniacshooter]

Looking forward to seeing that squirrel gun on the range! Thanks for sharing that sweet looking piece!

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Mark!

[@michaelcibula1014]

Really nice gun, Thanks for sharing, love the videos

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Michael! I appreciate it!

[@steveww1507]

You have a great channel

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Steve! It means a lot!

[@roddboyer5555]

I have a Tip Curtis .36 flintlock that i absolutely love! Good luck with it and I look forward to seeing how it performs on the range!

[@BlackPowderTV]

A .36 is my favorite caliber and Tip makes a darn nice gun. (He’s local to me here in Middle Tn)

[@johnbernstein203]

Beautiful piece, Bob! Pray for sunshine so we can see some smoke. Stay safe and well.

[@johnbernstein203]

........and a thumbs up for all !!

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks John! I'm praying! Tired of being cooped up!

[@kyle_sv_xanthus]

Great looking rifle, Bob! Can't wait to see some shooting with that one.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Kyle, it was supposed to be a shooting day yesterday. Alas, rain....

[@joashtunison351]

Thank you for showing your guns.

[@richstone2627]

Nice rifle, thanks for sharing. I just finished reading Bill Ivey's book on North Carolina Longrifles. There's a short video on youtube about the nine schools with Bill if the book is too long for ya. It's cold up here in Northeast OH. Was 28F this morning and bout an inch of snow on the ground. Thanks again Bob.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks! I rifle through my copy of Bill's book pretty regularly and have watched the video several times. The two of them sitting at a table if I remember right. I've just started really researching the NC guns in the last few years...

[@richstone2627]

@@BlackPowderTV A lot of the NC rifles are much like PA rifles, Lancaster especially. But when you get over to the mountains in the West they are more like the TN mountain rifles.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Yes sir.

[@marksherrer1348]

Thanks keep up the great work.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks Mark!

[@wadepatton2433]

Have to get my fingers on that one for sure. Maybe the weather will stabilize soon. Sorry to hear of Jack's wife passing.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Yea, he took it pretty hard as you would expect. Nicest feller I ever met. When you find the time, swing over. I just picked up a Brad Emig kit too, a pistol. My first. My trade gun should be in from Dave Rase any day as well.

[@ThunderstoneWV]

Love this gun! Thanks for the vid

[@BlackPowderTV]

Yes sir, she's my favorite!

[@Nick-wn1xw]

It is interesting to see the design differences. Those guns were designed to get meat on the table and whatever else they were called on to do with nothing unneeded added on. They look like they belong in the woods, like they become a natural part of it. I can’t wait for my own .36, an Iron PA from TVM. Went browned iron all around so will still have that plain, simple elegance. I can see why you like that rifle so much.

[@jamesondancy2183]

Swamped or Straight barrel on that Soddy? If he no longer builds rifles maybe at least I can get one of his cool pouches....assuming the world ever gets back to normal.

[@BlackPowderTV]

3/4” straight just like the original. Very well balanced. He’s actually still building a little. I though he was done but he’s done one more since mine. No Soddys though. The video I just posted of the Fall Frolic Show has his display shown first in video 1 and there is one new rifle that he’s built since mine and three super cool 28 gauges. Take a look. 👍🏻

[@oldschooljack3479]

I was gettin' antsy there Bob... Afraid you weren't going to mention what caliber she was. I may have to sell off my .32 Pedersoli Kentucky and send Jim Kibler a week's worth of pay since Jack Duprey is no longer building guns.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Lol. Yea, I’m known to forget important info on occasion. I bought this one from him and I think it’ll be his last. He said it was his best yet, so I’m proud to have it. A Kibler is pretty darn hard to beat...

[@davidestes6738]

Hey Bob....love all your videos. I live in Soddy Daisy. Do you have contact info for Jack or another builder who can make a Soddy Daisy rifle???

[@BlackPowderTV]

Hey neighbor! I'm 30 miles east of Murfreesboro, in the McMinnville area. Jack is retired now, he's 84 years old, but the best place to find one is the American Longrifles Forum as that is where all the gunmakers and collectors are. You should be able to track one down there with a little patience. Put an ad in the 'for sale/wanted' section. Lots of professional makers there and someone can build one for you as well, but there's usually a wait of a year to three years as they are all handmade, included most of the furniture on Mountain guns.

[@davidestes6738]

@@BlackPowderTV thank you. Just had a TVM southern rifle made and love it. I am on the long rifle website. Will see what I can find out. Thank you again and keep making videos.

[@BlackPowderTV]

Thanks! I’ll keep an eye out for you over there. The Duprey Soddy’s rarely come up for sale, I haven’t seen one for years but I did have an offer sent to me on one last year so I know if you post a request someone who owns one will see it. Have a good one!

[@wayoutwest7]

Miss your videos...when are you going to start making videos again?

[@BlackPowderTV]

In the next few weeks. Just recovering from a smidge of Cancer. I’m mostly back on my feet so we’ll see you on the KZbins soon!

[@mikemcguire441]

Love this rifle just screams Appalachian Mountains.

[@BlackPowderTV]

I agree. It’s my favorite rifle. It’s fantastic.

[@marksherrer1348]

Can not hear you have my volume all the way up.

[@BlackPowderTV]

I’ll check my settings. Sorry about that.

[@wadepatton2433]

@@BlackPowderTV yeah, audio was a bit low, I had to boost mine to hear ya.

[@edkjellander5924]

Nice gun wish the volume was more , I would have seen more if I wasn"t leanin over the speaker/Ed

[@BlackPowderTV]

Ed Kjellander ok. I had probs with it last week too. I’ll up it again next week.

[@cherokeebilly69_jeepnwv11]

I have a kibler 45 and absolutely love it . I’ve been looking at the Soddy’s for a while to get one in a kit. Do you know if he sales them that way?

[@BlackPowderTV]

I changed the barrel on my Kibler .36 to a .45. I love it too. So light. He doesn’t make kits, all of his guns were one-off bench copies of his original. He’s the only guy to make a Soddy regularly. I think he made 20-25 in his career. You’d have to get a custom maker to make you one I would think. 👍🏻

[@cherokeebilly69_jeepnwv11]

@@BlackPowderTV thanks for your reply. I did find a guy Sitting Fox Muzzleloaders and he has a Soddy that can be bought as a kit for right at a grand and looking really goodand Was wonderingly if that was his or not. It is worth a look if you have time. I may seriously consider buying that one. Thanks for your reply, as always and love your site.

[@BlackPowderTV]

I have heard of them but never ordered anything from them. Jack, who made my Soddy, is just an old guy whittling guns in his garage, he doesn’t have a website or store. Thanks for the kind words brother.

[@rickhatch7800]

What is the feather hole ?

[@BlackPowderTV]

A feather hole was used in the South because the guns were always left loaded for defense or for game of opportunity so a feather of the appropriate size was kept in a hole in the stock to plug the vent hole when the gun was not being used to keep the high humidity of the south out of the charge so there would not be a problem when it was needed. 👍🏻

[@kevinkovar6115]

how could i go about getting one myself? does mr. duprey have a website?

[@BlackPowderTV]

Hey Kevin, no he doesn’t make them anymore. He’s over 80yo now.

[@kevinkovar6115]

@@BlackPowderTV oh ok thank you

[@gtd-sq2pj]

Would have been better with sound.

[@BlackPowderTV]

There is sound. It must be a technical issue on your side. 👍🏻