I usually spend one day talking myself into buying a high ticket item and two days talking myself out of the purchase, this procedure has stopped me from a lot of impulse buying but might not work this time.
My nephew messaged me yesterday about a flintlock rifle in one of the local pawn shops, naturally I assumed it would be a CVA or TC but he said it had a long barrel, this peaked my interest.
After mulling over it for a while I decided to drive over to take a look just out of curiosity. I could see the gun in the rack as soon as I went through the door, OH ME, I could tell it was special from a distance.
Now, I am an OK builder but who ever built this gun had skills that eclipsed me by a mile. It was a mixture of styles, slender like a southern gun but with brass furniture and possibly a Becky or small Siler lock, the barrel appeared to be a straight GM either 42 or 44" long in either .40 or .45. It had an expensive single set trigger, much more ornate than any I can find on line today. Everything including the patch box was perfectly inletted. At first glance it appeared to have never been fired but I didn't have anything to look down the barrel with me. The wood was figured with burl but appeared to be fruitwood and not maple.
They were asking about parts cost or a little less for the gun or about a thousand, I don't know it they would negotiate on the cost.
I have two .40s and a .45 already and don't need this gun but there was something about it that keeps drawing me back.
My nephew messaged me yesterday about a flintlock rifle in one of the local pawn shops, naturally I assumed it would be a CVA or TC but he said it had a long barrel, this peaked my interest.
After mulling over it for a while I decided to drive over to take a look just out of curiosity. I could see the gun in the rack as soon as I went through the door, OH ME, I could tell it was special from a distance.
Now, I am an OK builder but who ever built this gun had skills that eclipsed me by a mile. It was a mixture of styles, slender like a southern gun but with brass furniture and possibly a Becky or small Siler lock, the barrel appeared to be a straight GM either 42 or 44" long in either .40 or .45. It had an expensive single set trigger, much more ornate than any I can find on line today. Everything including the patch box was perfectly inletted. At first glance it appeared to have never been fired but I didn't have anything to look down the barrel with me. The wood was figured with burl but appeared to be fruitwood and not maple.
They were asking about parts cost or a little less for the gun or about a thousand, I don't know it they would negotiate on the cost.
I have two .40s and a .45 already and don't need this gun but there was something about it that keeps drawing me back.
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