Need Identification of Old Rifle

[Notchy Bob]

I've been following this thread but have not posted up to this point because I didn't really have anything to offer. However, I would like to say "Thank you" to jimhallam for that most interesting historical note.

Also, the trigger guard on that rifle interests me. We have an old percussion Tennessee rifle in the family, stamped "J.J. PRYOR" on the barrel, that has an identical guard. We usually think of the old southern rifles as having all hand-forged furniture, but if this one was hand forged, it would be atypical. I'm thinking that type of guard, likely a casting, was probably a hardware store item like the Bluegrass lock. We know Tryon made and sold parts to the western gunmakers back in the day. Maybe Bluegrass sold more than just locks.

Notchy Bob

 

[KYates01]

Very interesting! I would love to see a similar rifle to mine as to know what parts or modifications I’ll need to do to complete the rifle.

 

[KYates01]

I also wonder if the 2 piece stock was a repair to a broken/split that resulted in a small section cut off and the use of the aluminum ramrod/pipe tube used to reattach/realign the 2 pieces now.

Really have no clue, but based on the length of the fore stock, I’ll have to shorten to install a brass nose piece. Thoughts on how far I go to complete? I’m hoping I can find a picture of a similar rifle to use as a guide to complete.