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    Unmarked .36 percussion rifle

    This rifle resembles the work of Charles Wing of Fayette County, IN, working the in 1850s. He used good quality curly maple, slender stocks with 3 ramrod pipes, rounded cheekpieces, and perhaps most importantly, over-sized side-facings that extended well in front and behind the lock plate as on...
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    Squirrel Gun ID Help Plse.

    While the barrel stamp isn't perfectly clear, I believe you have read it correctly. Details of the rifle show a strong New York influence, specifically in the single trigger, slight curve or "fish belly" in the lower butt line, walnut stock, and elongated cheekpiece. Based on those details, an...
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    Need help identifying Grandpas old black powder rifles

    Your top rifle with the distinctive inlays is a Jamestown, North Carolina, half-stocked rifle and very typical of that school of gunmaking. While some are marked by the maker on the top barrel flat several inches behind the rear sight, these guns are often marked with large initials, or name, on...
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    Help identifying “W Allport” octagonal barrel percussion cap rifle

    Your friend has a New England cherry-stocked rifle. It was originally a flintlock but has be altered to percussion. The strong oval tail of the lock plate, along with several open screw holes in the lock's front end, verify its original flint condition. The patchbox is distinctly New England, as...
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    My Golcher backaction original

    Your rifle appears to be a nice New York hunting rifle made in 1840s-1850s using a commercial Golcher lock readily available in the gunsmith's local hardware/outfitter store. The single brass trigger, scroll-type guard, and cherry wood stock strongly support this origin. The barrel may well be a...
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    SOLD Original Parlor Gun ca. 1870

    I'll purchase your parlor rifle. E-mail sent.
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    Can any make out this name?

    It might be "A. Pettit" for Andrew Pettit of Columbia County, Ohio. Shelby Gallien
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    Help identifying this stock

    Your rifle is an original gun. It would be easier to identify it if it were all together, so we could see the guard, triggers, and also the back side with the cheekpiece and lock bolt washer. Those details all help identify and date a rifle, and its identity would be more certain. However...
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    Unknown Pedigree on Antique Percussion Rifle

    Your rifle was made by little known maker, John G. Phillips, who moved around and worked in several states. When you post good pictures of the rifle, we'll be able to determine its age, and then we'll know which state it was made in. Please check the signature's middle initial again when you...
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    WITHDRAWN REDUCED Custom. 58 Virginia Flintlock Rifle

    This rifle is actually a nice copy of a Melchoir Fordney rifle from Lancaster, PA. Shelby Gallien
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    Help with smooth rifle

    I think the double upper jaws were probably the result of a lost original jaw screw, and the replacement was simply too long for this ****. Shelby Gallien
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    Need I.D. help gun #2

    I'm not sure this is a Moravian star. Moravian stars usually have four very large points with the two horizontal ones being the longest, the two vertical points a little shorter, and four much smaller, almost tiny, points at the intersections of the four large points... making eight total...
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    Need I.D. help gun #2

    Your rifle appears to be from New York, based on several details: a single trigger [most rifles made farther west had double-set triggers], smaller-than-average rear spur on the guard, shorter-than-normal forestock length out to rear ramrod pipe, longer-than-normal cheekpiece with heavy incised...
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    Leman Smooth Rifle

    Your smooth bore "buck & ball" gun has a lock that was sold by Henry Leman, but his factory did not build the gun. Leman made many types of firearms but also supplied parts to many local gunsmiths and retailers. Your gun's stock architecture, or shape, does not appear to be a Leman style...
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    New Gun Id help please

    Without a hands-on inspection, the best way to tell if it was originally a full-stocked rifle is to examine the barrel out beyond the rear pipe. If the gun once had a full-length stock, there should be a faint stock line running out along the barrel's two side flats. The lower part of the flat...
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    New Gun Id help please

    This gun is a rifle, as indicated by its full octagon barrel with both front and rear sights. Rear sight has been moved back about 6" [maybe a little more] due to barrel being shortened at breech. Dating these rather plain rifles is somewhat subjective. With its later double-spurred guard...
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    New Gun Id help please

    Too bad we don't have a good picture of the cheekpiece side and tang, since they might help. From what I can see, it is probably a North Carolina rifle. The guard with elongated spur off the bow, long straight-sided tang, what seems to be normal sized cheek, side facing with slight point on...
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    1840's Ohio style halfstock .36 short rifle

    Your half-stocked rifle looks very much like a New York rifle based on these details: octagon-to-round barrel, patchbox style, single trigger, and the guard with that very small double tipped rear spur. At times these rifles had brass single triggers, but I can't tell from your photos if your...
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    FOR SALE ORIGINAL - Probable Ohio or Kentucky rifle - signed - inlays

    AZ, did you get my e-mail on this rifle? Shelby
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    New book on early Kentucky firearms available, "Kentucky Gunmakers 1775-1900 - Epilogue"

    A new third volume of Kentucky Gunmakers 1775-1900, Epilogue, is now available to those interested in the early firearms history of Kentucky. The well-illustrated new volume adds significantly to the original 2-volume set from 2012 with 2 new schools of gunmaking identified, an array of...
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