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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Lee Jones on August 24, 2025, 04:19:42 AM
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59.1 inches overall, barrel 43.8 inches, 0.46 inch bore at muzzle, rifling not apparent at muzzle. Purchased in the mid-1970s from Floyd Everhart out of his ad in Gun Report.
See also
# 4: https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=85197.0 (https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=85197.0)
#211: https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=85198.0 (https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=85198.0)
(https://i.ibb.co/w3wN2yz/Palm-1-overall.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sk6vXjV)
(https://i.ibb.co/WZHJVRc/Palm-2-buttstock.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wVdmc2K)
(https://i.ibb.co/whfHjX64/Palm-3-lockplate.jpg) (https://ibb.co/23T2HQKd)
(https://i.ibb.co/JRW5c10j/Palm-4-breechplug.jpg) (https://ibb.co/4ZwPFq9R)
(https://i.ibb.co/Ng6PL2vz/Palm-5-signature.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hxRjKF6v)
(https://i.ibb.co/kgNjRsNw/Palm-6-toeplate.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SXFbh4FM)
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Very interesting toe plate.
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Nice rifle, thanks for the links to other arms by Palm, really gives good perspective on his work. Maybe there’s more examples out there.
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#192 https://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-prospering-new-republic-1780-to-1860/case-8-romance-of-the-long-rifle/john-palm-swivel-barrel-flintlock-kentucky-long-rifle.aspx (https://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-prospering-new-republic-1780-to-1860/case-8-romance-of-the-long-rifle/john-palm-swivel-barrel-flintlock-kentucky-long-rifle.aspx)
A swivel breech double barreled flintlock in the NRA National Firearms Museum
References also refer to #109 and #206 being known. I also saw a wreck of a barrel once decades ago at a Pennsylvania gun show, but cannot remember the number.