Not exactly for sale

[Captndan]

What do you consider to be the most beautiful antique rifle?

 

[Brazos John]

I like the curve of a Lehigh stock, from the trigger guard to the butt.
Flintlock, of course, full stock.
Poor boy or fancy are both ok.

 

[ORBushman]

What do you consider to be the most beautiful antique rifle?

Not to be snarky but, this is the classifieds section and your thread is a topic of discussion. Wouldn't it be more appropriate in the General Muzzleloading section?

 

[ELewis]

I've always been partial to the 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle

 

[Hawk54]

This should be in the flintlock or percussion rifle section.

 

[Brazos John]

Maybe someone with the ability can move it for us.
Move it to flintlocks, imho.

 

[david w]

Bedford County rifles were quite ornate.

 

[cositrike]

What do you consider to be the most beautiful antique rifle?

Germanic Jaegers

 

[Robby]

Wow, tough question and for me, impossible to answer. High end English, German, and even French rifles fowlers, and pistols all have their grace and craftsmanship, and I try to emulate that in my work, poorly but I do try, because they are challenging and just fun to make. As far as ownership, I like the raw beauty and lines of most schools in the Tennessee Mountain rifle, it suits me.
Robby

 

[Captndan]

Thanks for all the negative response. I could not find another place to put this post. For all you naysayers Happy Holidays and eat more Bacon!

 

[William Lincoln]

Hawken, hands down.

 

[52Bore]

Alexander Henry - Sporting/Target rifle.
Stunning, inside and out.
It barely meets the mfg date rule of this fourm…

 

[springfield art]

I've always been partial to the 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle

Nice mellow appearance. Good photo.

 

[Bushfire]

I'm biased, but I'm really excited for my John manton copy. High grade walnut, v pan, gold inlays and hand engravings make for a stunning rifle.

 

[brushblind]

Sharps sporting models. 59's, 63's, 74's

 

[appalichian hunter]

Early mountain rifles, sleek, slender and no non-sense true working poor man's gun.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Something about a Hawken

 

[Frontstuffer]

This was considered by many to be one of the most attractive of all the US military rifles. I won this in an auction back in 2021 in Camden, S.C. It's an original M1841 "Mississippi" rifle made by Robbins & Lawrence with lock date of 1848. This example is still in the original .54 cal and in good shooting condition. Many were converted to .58 cal for the ACW along with having a bayonet mount added.

Since they were supposedly first used in combat by Jeff Davis's 1st Mississippi volunteer regiment to turn the tide of the battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican-American war, I created a little grouping with the historically correct reproduction leather gear. Since the 1st Mississippians were supposedly outfitted with straw hats and issued big Bowie knives because their rifles had no provision for a bayonet, I included period-type examples of those also

 

[Rancocas]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

 

[Daveboone]

I've always been partial to the 1803 Harpers Ferry Rifle

I have to agree! Certainly there are many individual custom rifles that are beautiful, but for one particular rifle type, I always thought the same as you...the 1803. A friend has one, and I have long admired it.