Squirrel's Rifle

[1950DAVE]

Not very good pics but the best I could do dealing with a glass case. Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC. Visited a few weeks ago for the first time. Thought this was interesting. Would love to know more of the story of Squirrel.
Dave

 

[ohio ramrod]

Yea, getting good pictures of items in glass cases can be a bummer. I remember trying to take pictures of Napolion's fowling pieces at the Dixie Gun works. Beautiful gold filled engraving but lousy pictures

 

[oldwood]

There's just somethin' about those old mountain rifles weather they are made in the hills of Pa. , W. Va. , or Eastern Tenn. , Basic lock , stock , and barrel. One of my favorite rifles is a copy of a rifle found on the headwaters of the Monongahela River , just across the Mason - Dixon Line Preston Co. W. Va.. The original could have been made 50 mi. north around Pittsburgh , Pa. and carried south into the Cheat River branch of the Mon. River. She's a skinny barreled girl .40 cal. , flinter , local walnut stock , w/ iron and copper hardware. She shoots like a house-afire. Better than this old guy deserves.........................oldwood

 

[PathfinderNC]

Very cool. Looks like it has either a tiny hammer or a huge breech.

 

[kje54]

Not very good pics but the best I could do dealing with a glass case. Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC. Visited a few weeks ago for the first time. Thought this was interesting. Would love to know more of the story of Squirrel.
Dave

Here's my squirrel's rifle.

He knocks acorns off the trees at 50 feet.............

 

[ML48]

Here's my squirrel's rifle.

He knocks acorns off the trees at 50 feet.............

Sounds like the squirrel has been training pretty much with it.

 

[R.J.Bruce]

When I shot black & white film, I kinda studied photographic filters. I won't swear to it, but I do believe there's a filter, or combination of filters, that will allow filming through glass. A polarizing filter comes to mind first, but there might also be another filter/filters to add to the polarizing filter to compensate for any of the various Kelvin temperatures that the lights around the case(s) are putting out.

Which means that a true digital camera with lenses that are threaded for filters will be required to take decent images.

 

[ML48]

When I shot black & white film, I kinda studied photographic filters. I won't swear to it, but I do believe there's a filter, or combination of filters, that will allow filming through glass. A polarizing filter comes to mind first, but there might also be another filter/filters to add to the polarizing filter to compensate for any of the various Kelvin temperatures that the lights around the case(s) are putting out.

Which means that a true digital camera with lenses that are threaded for filters will be required to take decent images.

Actually on some of the cell phones, there is an option for shooting through glass. I have a Lumix that has that option and it works great.

 

[tenngun]

I love to see photos and drawings of original guns where the gun makers didn’t know the rules for the ‘schools’ they were building

 

[SDSmlf]

Not very good pics but the best I could do dealing with a glass case.

Even with the challenges of the protective glass, your photographs are better than some here use when they are trying to sell a gun or other item.

 

[hanshi]

"Squirrel's rifles", huh. I don't believe in arming squirrels any more than I do in arming bears.

 

[smo]

Dave, the next time your over that way check out the Charles Hall Museum .
It’s in Tellico Plains Tn. Where the Cherohala Skyway starts .

It holds an impressive display of old weapons .
Flintlocks up though the WW II era.
Also there’s a tremendous display of original telephone equipment, switch boards and all.

The Gentleman I talked with when I visited there years ago, said He installed the first phone & electrical lines too that area…

It may very well have been Mr. Hall…
Truly a knowledgeable Gentleman.

Tons of great antiques & photos from the early days of the area.. Well worth your time!

 

[1950DAVE]

Thanks for the heads up on the museum at Tellico . We fished there five or six yrs ago and came back thru there from Cherokee. I wasn't aware of the museum. Planning on another trip that what this fall ill have to look it up.
Dave.

 

[William Schenck]

Between Andrews and Bryson City on US 19 lies Granny Squirrel Gap. I wonder if there is any connection.

 

[1950DAVE]

A little more about this gun builder and a pistol by him. The Price of Freedom: Cherokee Percussion Pistol
Dave