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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Shreckmeister on October 09, 2023, 11:53:00 PM

Title: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Shreckmeister on October 09, 2023, 11:53:00 PM

I can’t find anything on this guy. Anyone recognize the name?

Title: Re: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Shreckmeister on October 30, 2023, 03:04:04 PM

The only W. Himmerle I can find in PA or OH census’ was a William in Beaver County listed as a farmer
 
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Title: Re: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Shreckmeister on October 30, 2023, 03:13:09 PM

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Title: Re: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Shreckmeister on January 04, 2024, 03:53:09 PM

I just realized the trigger guard is identical to those sold at Whitmore Wolff hardware in Pittsburgh which would have been available to a smith in Beaver County PA but I don’t know if that guard was sold through other hardware suppliers?  That would put the date between 1859-1870 ish

Title: Re: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Hungry Horse on January 04, 2024, 09:01:12 PM

 Often gunsmiths that took their training on the cusp of the breechloading/cartridge era found that although they had been trained to build guns that were now getting hard to sell, there were still customers that wanted a muzzleloader because of the economical price of the gun, and its ammunition. A lot of these little known smiths worked a farm for the majority of the year, and built a gun or two in the winter months.
 I own a Lehigh smooth rifle that I suspect was made by such a smith. But, alas he didn’t bother to sign it, so there’s no way to be sure.

Hungry Horse

Title: Re: W Himmerle longrifle?
Post by: Bob Roller on January 05, 2024, 05:58:10 PM

Quote from: Hungry Horse on January 04, 2024, 09:01:12 PM

Often gunsmiths that took their training on the cusp of the breechloading/cartridge era found that although they had been trained to build guns that were now getting hard to sell, there were still customers that wanted a muzzleloader because of the economical price of the gun, and its ammunition. A lot of these little known smiths worked a farm for the majority of the year, and built a gun or two in the winter months.
 I own a Lehigh smooth rifle that I suspect was made by such a smith. But, alas he didn’t bother to sign it, so there’s no way to be sure.

Hungry Horse

Reload the gun,not the brass cartridge ;D ;D ;D.
\Bob Roller