Jaeger

[Supercracker]

Stophel

I've also noticed that all the original Germanic fowlers I've seen still tend to have longer barrels.

Did they also not follow the fashion of having shorter, 30" or so, barrels that seemed to happen in England and Ireland in the 19th century?

 

[Rifleman1776]

Steve, I like my Jaeger.
But, looking at those two you posted, I fell in love all over again. :bow:

 

[Capt. Jas.]

I posted this gun some years ago but this is a Germanic styled rifle of the Suhl flava.

 

[bnail]

phenominal! to my eye, they have to represent the epitome of a gun builder's skill.
without getting into semantics, were Jaegers ever built in North America, or are theystrictly European arms?
I have to believe that these styles were continued in the colonies by the migrating gun builders

 

[Robby]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Robby

 

[Mike Brooks]

Hash gun?

 

[Capt. Jas.]

Yeah, sorry. Thought I included that earlier.
Made by Jim Hash, Appomattox VA

 

[Rifleball36]

Were there any left hand Jaeger's ?

 

[Mike Brooks]

Probably, but none I recall seeing.

 

[Robby]

This is about as close as I have seen.

Maybe he was left eyed, or only had one eye.
Robby

 

[Stophel]

Super crisp carving, Steve. :wink:

You see a left handed Geman gun every once in a LONG while. Pretty rare. Left handed people just had to learn to do everything right handed.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Super crisp carving, Steve. :wink:

You see a left handed Geman gun every once in a LONG while. Pretty rare. Left handed people just had to learn to do everything right handed.

Yes. Left handedness (is that a real word? :wink: ) was considered evil and a sign of the devil. LH people tried to hide their 'defect'. I had mine beat out of me as a child.

 

[raszpla]

I like this version :hatsoff:

 

[szihn]

Just a tid-bit of information;
I made another left hand Jaeger Lock a while back. I made it a bit "thick" to compensate for shrinkage because I want to send it to Barbie Chambers and see if she and her dad Jim will put it into production. I am doing this free of charge, just because I think there is a need for such a lock in the market.
I am not very knowledgeable in the field of mass producing locks by the casting process, but Jim and Barbie are.

If I hit the dimensions correctly (same internal geometry as their Early Ketland) I am hoping they can make molds and give the LH market a lock that will be all they could hope for.

If not.....well I guess I will just have to put it in another LH rifle.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I think there is a need for such a lock in the market.

Probably is. I believe the percentage of LH folks is 25%.

 

[Mike Brooks]

I think there is a need for such a lock in the market.

Probably is. I believe the percentage of LH folks is 25%.

Which isn't encouraging for production, not much demand. I doubt I have built more than 5% of my production left handed. Besides, There are already a bunch of left handed locks on the market.

 

[Stophel]

If you're gonna make a left, you need a right to go with it to make a matching pair! Someone may want a double! :grin:

 

[szihn]

Well I already made it.

I guess there could be a right to go with it, but I am working 12-14 hours a day 6 days a week now. I hope it helps Chambers and all the builders out there. If not....oh well.
As for me, I build about 1/3 of all the guns I make in LH. I don't know why that is, because according to the NEA, only 11% of the population is left handed. Not 33%. But if I look at my work load about 1 in 3 is lefty.
Weird-------

 

[KHickam]

Well, Steve it could be a bunch of left eye dominant people shoot left handed but are normally right handed? :hmm:

 

[szihn]

Well now, that might be the explanation.