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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: huntinguy on August 21, 2013, 08:09:04 PM

Title: Gilbert Forbes
Post by: huntinguy on August 21, 2013, 08:09:04 PM

I was reading on the Revolutionarywararchives site and there is a comment about Gilbert Forbes. In other searches I see "Court Martial for the trial of Thomas Hickey and others" "The Committee then quickly identified Forbes as Gilbert Forbes, a well-known gunsmith who owned "The Sign of the Sportsman" shop on Broadway."

Are there any know specimens of his work around?

Part of my interest is pure history. I have linage back to the rebellion.  And I am kind of looking for patterns of Rev. era rifles.