Any Vincent or Ohio Photos ???

[Skychief]

I like this style of rifle. Anybody have any photos or thoughts of them to share? :thumbsup:

 

[sniper68]

:grin:

 

Skychief,
We have a whole passel of Vincent photos, and info on the Vincents, in volume 5 of our Ohio Gunsmiths & Allied Tradesmen book set. There are also quite a few original Vincents in our members collections, some of which will be on display in Marietta, Ohio in April. Visit our web site at; aolrc.org, and you can pull up one of our newsletters that features the Vincents.
Mark :thumbsup:

 

[Skychief]

Very nice Sniper and thanks for the info Papa! :thumbsup:

 

[Skychief]

:grin:

Sniper, thanks for the photo. I really like the crescent moon inlay. Can you share any information about this rifle with us? Caliber, how's she shoot, etc????

 

[zampilot]

Skychief,
Thanks for asking the board for pics. I have almost all the parts set to go for a Vincent after I finish the present project. I'm doing a .50 cal in 7/8" barrel.

 

[F.G. Ford]

I have a very fine Vincent in .45 cal.
If I could figure how to use "photobucket" I would be more than happy to show you mine.
Best regards
Old Ford

 

[4570tc]

my next rifle build will be a Vincent for target matches.

Could you tell me how long your barrel is?

I plan on using a 13/16" 45 cal.

Thank You

 

[Herb]

Here is a .40 Vincent I built, based on photos from the Ohio Gunsmiths book mentioned above. The rifle looks much like the one pictured above by Sniper68, having the man in the moon and three stars inlay, but the deep fluting along the comb. I can't locate my photos just now. This rifle was for a dentist, thus the human teeth silver inlays. The target was shot at 50 yards from rest, testing .400 balls with .020 and then .010 OxYoke patching. I had only three left for the .010 patching, but this is what happened.

 

[markstark]

Hi there My 45 is a vincent style built here in Australia. I didnt know Vincents were a breed like say Hawken till I read this thread .It looks really good Ill get some photos up .

 

[Dphar]

This rifle has a variant breech but is correct otherwise.

Green Mountain 45 caliber barrel is extremely accurate.
42 inch barrel made as a target rifle with open sights and lollipop tang sight and globe front as well.

Dan

 

[sniper68]

Sorry to take so long to respond. :redface: Had to shovel some snow.
The barrel is signed "E. Kincade 1995". 36" X 7/8", .36 cal Green Mountian bbl.. Weights 8.4 lbs..The only load I tried was 40 grns fffg, .018 ticking patch. 5 shots just under 1/2" at 25 yards, benched. :shocked2: Offhand 5 shots just under 1", all dead center ! :shocked2: :idunno: Needless I didn't try any other loads. :nono:

 

[Dphar]

By Don King

Different cameras different lighting
Dan

 

[zampilot]

Wow Dan, who did that work?

 

That is nice inlays but I like the second one down. The inlay in the other three is nice work but to me it looks like a lot of jewelery and takes from the actualy bueaty and flow of the lines of the gun itself.

 

[cgg]

My .45 Vincent, made by a friend about 8 or 9 years ago, from Track of the Wolf parts.

 

[Jay Gardner]

cgg,

That's a beautiful rifle. Hell, all of the rifles in this thread are beautiful. Makes me want one in a bad way. Who would be a good guy to make one?

Thanks

 

[runnin lead]

What is it like shooting a rifle with such a deep crecent buttplate ? I know in these small calibers that recoil is of no concern .

BEAUTIFUL RIFLES ,can't wait to build mine,barrel is about 6 weeks out.the breachplugs who knows .
Mine is going to have a hooked breach so I can pull the barrel for cleaning & have it setup to be a switch barrel gun starting with a .36 then maybe a .45 flint,already have a Ohio .32 caplock

 

[Dphar]

Wow Dan, who did that work?

Don King. Now unfortunately retired...

And a target pistol be built back in the 60s.

Saying Don built a lot nice guns would be an understatement.

I owned this one for a couple of years. Then like a fool sold it.

I still have a Flint Hawken by Don though.

 

[Dphar]

That is nice inlays but I like the second one down. The inlay in the other three is nice work but to me it looks like a lot of jewelery and takes from the actualy bueaty and flow of the lines of the gun itself.

But for what they are they are correct. The Vincent was built for an art show. I like relief carving better than lots of inlays and I prefer doing carving to doing inlays.

But a carved Vincent is not correct. The Bedford style has both. You would have to handle the Bedford to appreciate it.
The Bedford is the neatest of the group and was Don's personal rifle 3 times, he kept selling and reacquiring it over the years. Its now found a permanent home with another friend. Don was laying out the stock on a blank when his neighbor walked in his shop and told him that President Kennedy had been shot.
There is a couple of J&S Hawken plains rifles with a lot of silver on them as well. People who could afford fancy guns had them. A well to do River Boat pilot is not likely to have a very austere Hawken plains rifle. It was below his station in life.
What people owned and what they wore was an indication of who they were and their position in society. So a person of means is not going to attend a rifle match with a "barn gun". Nor would anyone else that could avoid it.

Dan