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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: hurricane on December 03, 2010, 05:50:46 AM

Title: ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel
Post by: hurricane on December 03, 2010, 05:50:46 AM

This gun speaks for itself!!!!!

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Title: Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel
Post by: Dale C on December 03, 2010, 03:15:11 PM

What a fantastic rifle. At the risk of sounding greedy, would it be possible to get a photo of the ramrod side panel?

Title: Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel
Post by: Blacksmoke on December 04, 2010, 07:13:28 AM

hurricane:  Here is another rifle by D. Boyer.  These photos were taken of the gun as it arrived for some restoration.  It is a "chunk" gun with a massive barrel on it that measured 1 & 1/4" at the breech and 1 & 1/8" at the muzzle.  The cal. was 45.  Some one had converted it to percussion and had done a butchering bad job with it.  I converted it back to flint and made it "sound" again.  The gun weighed 16 lbs.  I suspect that this rifle was made late in Boyer's career circa 1855.        H. T.
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo77%2FBlacksmoke_2007%2FDBoyer05.jpg&hash=5115a2f2c8f8650a07898046f47d99c59b045c2f)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo77%2FBlacksmoke_2007%2FDBoyer04.jpg&hash=030a1cfaf55aaf86df8246566d6bcc310d856552)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo77%2FBlacksmoke_2007%2FDBoyer03.jpg&hash=35423e20e125db80a7b2cf73561bce41c2dba06e)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo77%2FBlacksmoke_2007%2FDBoyer02.jpg&hash=7367e349527217675bf5b696e7c79dcc6e1a6503)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo77%2FBlacksmoke_2007%2FDBoyer01.jpg&hash=239a918f6474d15308b1a5c7098f4122c38c7da4)

Title: Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel
Post by: hurricane on December 04, 2010, 07:19:58 AM

many thanks. We will add it to the Museum.
HUrricane

Title: Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel
Post by: Blacksmoke on December 04, 2010, 05:40:28 PM

Further comments on the D. Boyer chunk gun:  The bottom of the barrel breech was stamped "Leeds" and the rifling had a left hand twist.  This suggests to me that Boyer used an English imported barrel for this rifle.  Also the brass patchbox was installed with "brass" screws!   H.T.