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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Shreckmeister on July 04, 2023, 07:44:21 PM

Title: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 04, 2023, 07:44:21 PM
An early restock, it had a Dickert barrel in it.


(https://i.ibb.co/hRKJ70C/IMG-2347.jpg) (https://ibb.co/LzCXkKv)

(https://i.ibb.co/sv0BJns/IMG-2346.jpg) (https://ibb.co/99FM36y)

(https://i.ibb.co/fCQQPV2/IMG-2355.jpg) (https://ibb.co/LCvv2D8)
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: JTR on July 04, 2023, 09:47:50 PM
A little TLC and it'll look good as new!
Happy 4th!
John

Ps. You're rifle? And where did you find it? ;-)
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 04, 2023, 10:24:03 PM
Maybe more than little😁  got it from a friend here. He got it many years ago at a local gun shop.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: DaveM on July 05, 2023, 12:30:50 AM
Cool! Does look early, wonder how wide the butt plate is. How do you know it was not a dickert? Kind of looks like the rear of the trigger guard had a screw originally (plugged hole)? And did you get the sideplate and pipes with it? You sure it s a restock? Sometimes stocks were later “modernized”.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 05, 2023, 12:53:53 AM
Buttplate 1 7/8 wide. Patchbox is Beck. Not sure it was restocked I’ve nothing but pics to compare. Stock is very old. No cheek piece. I didn’t get the pipes
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 05, 2023, 12:58:21 AM
Note the off center patchbox lid catch.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: 120RIR on July 05, 2023, 01:16:46 AM
Any plans for a restoration...or is there not enough left other than what we see in the photos to make it reasonable and worthwhile?
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: lexington1 on July 05, 2023, 04:51:04 AM
 Relic, restock, whatever, it's still pretty cool.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 05, 2023, 05:13:32 AM
Quote from: 120RIR on July 05, 2023, 01:16:46 AM
Any plans for a restoration...or is there not enough left other than what we see in the photos to make it reasonable and worthwhile?
   I’m undecided at this time. Someone with a signed Beck barrel has reached out to me. A signed lock would move this toward restoration
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on September 26, 2023, 08:44:36 PM
Trigger and plate

(https://i.ibb.co/n6qgqFL/IMG-2602.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xjf2fqC)
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: JTR on September 26, 2023, 09:27:57 PM
Is there any forearm left on it?
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: D. Taylor Sapergia on September 27, 2023, 08:23:27 PM
Interesting trigger.  That's the second one I've seen this week that had parallel sides and a square end to the shoe.  That's a feature I've never noticed before, and I've always thought triggers were rounded on the tip so that's the way I've made mine.  Live (pay attention) and learn.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Joe Stein on September 27, 2023, 09:56:50 PM
That square end of the trigger is a characteristic of J P Beck and N Beyer.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Shreckmeister on September 27, 2023, 10:13:53 PM
Quote from: JTR on September 26, 2023, 09:27:57 PM
Is there any forearm left on it?
The forearm is still there John But just passed the ramrod entry pipe. Everything is gone.
Title: Re: Relics of J P Beck
Post by: Jdbeck on September 28, 2023, 07:09:19 PM
Patch box, trigger, and trigger plate all are indicative of Lebanon School.

That patchbox I’ve seen on 3 JP Beck signed rifles and 1 Christian Beck from the Kindig collection.
(https://i.ibb.co/TLw1kLy/View-recent-photos.png) (https://ibb.co/Sr6cPrS)