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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: okawbow on June 29, 2023, 01:43:14 AM
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The embellishments limits topic in gunbuilding has a link to a rifle by Benjamin J. Kough. That rifle was made in Huntingdon Co. and has a lot of similarities to a Bedford Co. rifle by George Fay that I have. The architecture is similar, as is the butt plate, trigger guard, and triggers. The patch box hinges are both hidden type, which is not common.
Does anyone know of a connection between these two gunsmiths?
(https://i.ibb.co/Wkbdx2Q/9-EAF1-CDD-6-A65-4360-BA31-9-A7496-F7-E788.jpg) (https://ibb.co/v37rwjb)
(https://i.ibb.co/K6Hfcpn/13-C983-ED-43-A1-42-F2-A5-E3-E82-CA4-A405-EA.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Y2G14Fg)
(https://i.ibb.co/L8ckdgL/51-C459-AA-ECBC-4307-8-DCD-BD02-BEBE9742.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HVbFTPW)
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Jacob Snider apprenticed w/ Fay who was more a Blair Co than Bedford Co gunsmith. I have never seen a Fay that I can recall w/ a Bedford hand made gunlock & hammer. If this gun is not signed it may indeed by a B J Kough. Compare with what Edith Cooper (KY Rifle & Me) called the "silver collection." Certainly 1 of top Silver Age guns. Even w/o a Bedford lock I'd put Fay close bpttom of major Bedford Co gunsmiths -- he never had the talent to make the gun shown here.