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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Check out this link: http://www.prices4antiques.com/Rifle-Shuler-John-Flintlock-Tiger-Maple-Patchbox-D9699450.html This page shows the barrel signature engraving of an early Shuler. It's a small picture but I think this is an example of what the signature on this gun looked like.
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    wpjson - I agree. I was looking closely at those. Especially figure 4B on page 10. This one has a brass tang extending up the comb like that one. I'd like to find more pictures of that (H. Spitzer) gun garra - Happy Birthday! The the big flaw with trying to assign this the John Shuler is it...
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Here's my current theory on this gun: I think that it may have been built by John Shuler (Schuler), Sr. The elder Shuler was a gunsmith in Quakertown, PA in 1811. He moved his family to Liverpool in Perry County, PA in 1817 and made guns there until his death in 1822. There are a couple of...
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Thanks RJ, I'll try that and see if it fits more comfortably on my arm. I have no plans to actually shoot it, but it's fun to look down the barrel and imagine what that view looked like when it was a new gun.
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Thanks Armakiller. I will keep you in mind as a willing recipient. :thumbsup: It is a beauty. The builder seemed to like metal work more than wood. The stock doesn't have much carving. However, all of the metal was engraved. Even the barrel looks as though it had a design running the full...
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Here are some pics of the patchbox release. It has a push-rod coming up from the toe plate. The button is not disguised as a screw but rather rounded over like a button.
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Zonie, Thanks for taking time to research this. I really appreciate the information that you have provided. It is certainly an interesting gun. It's not comfortable on my shoulder. It was clearly built for a smaller man: The trigger reach is about 12.5 inches and I feel that I have to hunch my...
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Here are a few more pictures...if I can figure out what I did wrong the first time :redface:
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Thanks for fixing my pictures! That's the gun.
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    Flintlock Rifle Identification

    Hi Folks, I've got an old flintlock here that I'm trying to identify. I'm hoping that one of you might have some idea of who the maker might have been. First attempt at posting pictures...hopefully this works. About 5 inches forward of the breech is what at one time was a nicely engraved name...
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Thanks Bill. Excellent tip. Akron is real close.
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Much appreciated MSW. I took the advice of of earlier relies and ordered two more books and a DVD today. A hundred bucks doesn't go far. :shocked2: I haven't even thought about tools!
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Kaintuck - Thanks for the explanation about ramrods on TVM guns. Bill ”“ Thank you Sir. Your reply sums it up nicely. :bow:
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Thanks Arm but you've got me scratching my bean :hmm: Why is it better to get one without the ramrod hole drilled?
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    Advice for a first time builder

    In response to a couple of replies: Good point about building a gun that fits. I’ve had the pleasure of holding a few originals. Most are too small. The book that I am reading provides some very good fit calculations. Thanks for the different kit retailer and book/DVD recommendations. There...
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Dane and Col. B, thanks. I understand that Tip Curtis no longer has a catalogue but I will try to find out more about his products. Chambers is a little more expensive than Track. I assume that equates to a little more complete kit. A little more complete might be the better choice while the...
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    Advice for a first time builder

    Thanks. I'll pick up a copy of that book. I'm reading Recreating the American Longrifle now. Great book.
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    Advice for a first time builder

    That's a good question. It would spend most of it's time hanging on the wall and a little time plinking at the range. No target shooting and I don't plan to hunt with it.
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    Advice for a first time builder

    I’m new to the forum and have been spending most of my time here in the Bench or looking through search results. Thanks for all the informative posts. I have learned a great deal. I built a DGW percussion long rifle about 40 years ago. I was in my early teens and a machinist/gunsmith Uncle...
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    My first gun from my new shop

    That's a beauty Dave!
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