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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: mark esterly on December 04, 2014, 04:54:36 AM

Title: R C A no. 65
Post by: mark esterly on December 04, 2014, 04:54:36 AM

am I goofy or are there 4 rr pipes total on this one.  anyone know of any others with 4?

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: Bill-52 on December 04, 2014, 02:13:22 PM

Mark,

Can't comment on RCA 65 but I do know that Martin Shell used four ramrod pipes on some of his rifles.

Bill

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: kaintuck on December 04, 2014, 02:54:14 PM

I have sometimes.......just for fun, and only one on some southern guns..... :P

Marc n tomtom

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: gusd on December 04, 2014, 04:59:34 PM

I believe most Geo. Schroyer rifles had 4.
Gus

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: JTR on December 04, 2014, 07:32:36 PM

I had a nicely carved Henry Spitzer Virginia rifle with 4 pipes.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=6321.0

John

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: galamb on December 05, 2014, 04:10:19 AM

Here's another Virginia, Ca. 1785, built by Adam Haymaker.

Now it does have a 51 and 3/4" barrel which most likely accounts for the (extra) pipe, but it definitely has four (4) - or maybe it was a "Virginia thing"  ;D

(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi760.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx243%2Fgalamb2%2FAdamHaymaker_zpsf40c3789.jpg&hash=aafffda83681bdab5dcf07046d8f76ffd2d721bc)

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: valongrifles on December 05, 2014, 04:46:20 AM

My Lauck has 4, also.

Title: Re: R C A no. 65
Post by: mark esterly on December 06, 2014, 12:45:59 AM

thanks guys.   the plan for my 44" squirrel barrel is 4  pins so may as well do 4 pipes too.