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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: moleeyes36 on September 24, 2016, 01:33:20 AM
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This picture is from Gunsmiths of West Virgina, by Fred R. Lambert and James B Whisker. Its caption is, "an early Honaker rifle from Raleigh County". From the list of gunsmiths in the book I guess it probably was Abraham Honaker (1774-1869). The picture is not very detailed and I have a question about the furniture. Does anyone know if it would it have been brass or iron?
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F14k8v4n.jpg&hash=e0f33585cd1d77efee2e3e85f84c80e515966967)
Mole Eyes
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I saw the remnants of the stock from an original Honaker that Ian Pratt had access to. The furniture on it was iron. I know that he built an iron mounted rifle for a customer based on that remnant. You might contact Ian as he seemed to have a great deal of knowledge about the Honaker family of gunmakers.
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The Honakers were our competitors in pre civil war Va and later WV. I have had the opportunity to see quite a few Honakers. That bird showed up in even later guns. The only ones that I have ever seen (2) were brass.
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http://aspenshadeltd.com/inventory_hon.html
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I saw the remnants of the stock from an original Honaker that Ian Pratt had access to. The furniture on it was iron. I know that he built an iron mounted rifle for a customer based on that remnant. You might contact Ian as he seemed to have a great deal of knowledge about the Honaker family of gunmakers.
I tracked down Ian Pratt's email on and sent him a message. Thanks for the tip.
Mole Eyes