This is my "Carbine" work in progress for a steampunk.
Made it off of a free pistol (was given a pair of these, traded the other for a beat up Hawken that is also in the process of getting cleaned up. felt pretty good about all that trading). I have a 4x scope that has been painted with brass paint, and am slowly working on a way to attach it (the holes in the mid wood are part of that plan). Hope someday to put a leather case in the copper stock that has a opener that looks like a steampunk patch box.
Honestly anything that can bring a shooter in of that age should be encouraged. Verne, Doyle, Burroughs, Haggard, etc, all wrote a significant part of my youthful days.