What Lock is this?

[Ike Godsey]

AWI = American War of Independence.

thank you all for your comments.

i myself thought that 2180.00€ is way to high priced too.
but as you know, one might over look something important.... not so in this case.
its good to have you around - thank you for your comments!

i will not take the gun, looking for something better...

thanks again.

ike

 

[Robby]

AWI, thanks!!!
Robby

 

[Capt. Jas.]

...good locks - no question - but post AWI. can you convince me that this is not the case? ike

English lock makers Twigg, Griffin and Bailes had all made locks with roller frizzens by the 1760-70's.

For what it's worth, I agree with Travis....in that this is not a good representative Revolutionary War piece anyway. No point in sugar coating it as you haven't bought it, that rifle is overpriced for what it is.

That lock is a Davis Twigg and find the 1972 date suspicious as the trigger is an unmodified current Davis offering too....#0210.

Enjoy, J.D.

Ditto that

 

[shootrj2003]

54 ball,
I do respect your assesment ,you can see much I know little about ,my assesment was based on the fact that a Pedersoli Kentucky style rifle,(no knock I own a Pedersoli and I love them)is going for 700.00 new nowadays but their not a custom by any stretch,if I could handle the rifle I 'm sure I could feel the bad points but it appears to me to be a fairly well put together rifle but I have no training here being mostly a shooter up to now,I suppose if I built one from scratch and you praised it I could feel very proud ,but I have a feeling in today's market the rifle would fetch at least a grand from a not very picky fellow and he would feel very happy with it ,however a collector,any collector may indeed sneer at it, or maybe I'm just ignorant.

 

[jdkerstetter]

I wonder what Track of the Wolf would ask for this gun. :hmm:........ :stir: Enjoy, J.D.

 

[shootrj2003]

At least we all agree it's not worth the asking price!

 

[shootrj2003]

I wish I could see this rifle