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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Hurricane ( of Virginia) on December 16, 2010, 01:37:59 AM
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Does anyone know of another gun with this same barrel signature?
http://www.aaawt.com/html/firearms/f616.html
Hurricane
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To my untrained eye, and limited knowledge, something doesn't look quite right. The side plate washers seem to be of a later time, and the engraving of the cheekpiece, patchbox, and barrel signature don't look like the same hand. It could be a later gun with a used barrel. Seems more 1810 to me. Interesting that there's no carving. I do like the looks of it though.
Bill
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I agree with Bill. I would bet that engraved name/date on the barrel never saw the 18th century!
Dennis
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I wouldn't be so quick to doubt that signature and date. Compare it to the Johannes Moll signature Eric Kettenburg recently posted. http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=13490.0 I don't think a 1794 date for that rifle is unreasonable.
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Something smells like a rusty can of salmon. And personally, I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "re-stock." Oh wait, that is the word.
It's not really fair to go by photos, but the price is absolutely absurd and there is a lot about the stocking, the cheek inlay, the lock etc. on and on and on that is just plain weird and wrong with a capital W. Actually the barrel is probably the only right thing about it - I've seen Jacob George signatures like that too, as well as one or two others. I think it was popular for a time.
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Daniel Russell, huh? ;D ;D :D :D #@!! $#@* it's cold right now!
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You know, it's not out of the realm of possibility that some of these guys were purchasing gross lots of barrels from a local barrelmaker/barrelmakers and having their "signature" impressed on them at the time of manufacture. That work isn;t rocket science nd it sure would be economically feasible.