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General discussion => Contemporary Longrifle Collecting => Topic started by: bones92 on June 11, 2016, 04:56:10 PM

Title: Tingle rifle
Post by: bones92 on June 11, 2016, 04:56:10 PM

There's a nice Tingle .45 on auction.  Curious to see what it fetches. Part of me says I should get a second  one, but the other part says "why do you need TWO?"

Title: Re: Tingle rifle
Post by: D. Buck Stopshere on June 13, 2016, 07:17:52 AM

Save your money and buy better.  Look at the rifles on Track Of The Wolf's online catalog.

There are some excellent buys.

A friend of mine who is stationed here at Fort Bragg, bought a real nice flint longrifle with a swamped octagon barrel for about $2K from T.O.T.W. He graduated to that from his experiences with the Pedersoli flintlock "Blue Ridge Hunter" (picture the Hatfield) and wishes now he had "graduated" earlier than he did.

Title: Re: Tingle rifle
Post by: bones92 on June 14, 2016, 05:40:14 PM

Agreed, Buck... but it can be fun to have a bit of variety in one's muzzleloading repertoire.  The Tingle rifles represent an interesting bit of contemporary history, and the quality of his work seems to have a good reputation.   Plus, he didn't make too many of these.