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General discussion => Contemporary Longrifle Collecting => Topic started by: Fowlerman on December 02, 2015, 06:25:19 AM
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I have 4 of his guns 3 flintlocks and one percussion 2 of these guns are made of rare wood it is called quilted birds eye maple and one with virgin growth birds eye his name is Jim Turpin out of Kansas City Kansas he is booked up for ten years now got one of his last guns a 54-28 gauge fowler 20-62 36 cal 32 cal these guns are fast no delay locks tuned to perfection in my opinion he is one of the best makers today each of these guns are 7 to 10 thousand a piece if you have heard of him or have one of his guns let me know
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Turpin has been around for ever.
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http://longrifle.com/artisans/artisan.asp?ID=102&membersonly=yes
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In your opinion is he a good maker
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In your opinion is he a good maker
I'm sure some like his work and some don't, not going down that road. ;)
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All I wanted to know if he was considered a reputable maker and why don't you want to go down that road if you have a opinion you should voice it. That's my view
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All I wanted to know if he was considered a reputable maker and why don't you want to go down that road if you have a opinion you should voice it. That's my view
I'm a slow learner but I am learning to shut up when I may offend, not that my opinion of Turpin's work would be offensive. If you like his work then that's all that counts. I'm sure you'll find many to agree with you. Personally I'm finding voicing your opinion doesn't get you anywhere.
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People place more value in one's opinion when he agrees with them. ;D
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It doesn't matter if you agree with me it's not going to offend me yes I like his work you may not this is life who are y'alls favorite maker cause I think you will agree these flintlocks that the current makers make are works of art
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Fowlerman...use some punctuation please.
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Sorry hurried through the discussion.
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It doesn't matter if you agree with me it's not going to offend me yes I like his work you may not this is life who are y'alls favorite maker cause I think you will agree these flintlocks that the current makers make are works of art
i don't think its fair to critique jim turpins work on a public site every one has their favorite makers i think there is an active thread about it on the board right now
punctuation is for punks taylor ;D
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In general, Fowlerman, we critique when a maker presents their work and asks for input. Some people make all or part of their living in this business and there is no predicting what sampling of people will respond if we go down that road of critiquing someone's work without that person being in the room. But what is said impacts a business whether the person critiquing the work is credible or incredible.
Questions such as "Whose work do you currently admire?" are welcome.
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Has some interesting videos out ned
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Rich I never thought of it like that thanks for the advice. Moving forward who's work do y'all admire. I live in Utah not very much flintlock shooters here. I told people I am hunting turkey with my fowler they laughed at me till I came back with a good size jake. I am the only one in my town that shoots a flintlock most everyone shoots a inline w. Scope.
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Rich I never thought of it like that thanks for the advice. Moving forward who's work do y'all admire. I live in Utah not very much flintlock shooters here. I told people I am hunting turkey with my fowler they laughed at me till I came back with a good size jake. I am the only one in my town that shoots a flintlock most everyone shoots a inline w. Scope.
Here you go:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=25084.0
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There is a long thread on whose work we admire. I like a lot of different work. Builders have their own styles and some work a particular type or school while others are more diverse. For a Lehigh I like Allen Martin, Eric Von Ashwege, and Eric Ketterberg. Yet each of them do distinctive work. For a well -appointed Golden Age rifle from Pennsylvania I'd pick Bill Shipman, Mitch Yates, Ed Wenger, Eric Von A. and Taylor Sapergia or Mike Gahagan. Your pick. If I wanted something that expanded on original work, Jim Kibler. But some specialize so for a Beck, Tom Caster. If I wanted an aged early fowling piece I'd go with Ken Gahagan or Mike Brooks. If I wanted an early rootsy rifle Allen Martin, Jack Brooks, Mark Wheland, Eric Kettenberg or I'd like to get Tom Curran's early short rifle away from him. For an iron mounted Southern rifle Ian Pratt. For a Hawken Taylor again. And so on and so on.
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Wow never knew is was so diverse.
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I live in Utah not very much flintlock shooters here
I don't know what part of Utah you are in,
but Utah is full of traditional muzzle loaders,
but you are not going to find them at the local shooting range.
Start going to Muzzle loading club shoots or Rendezvous.There are several in the state.
There is also a large contingent of long time flint shooters that don't belong to any club
but get together every month or so to shoot.
The group I shoot with tend to look at Cap lock shooters funny, and want nothing to do with
an inline action gun.
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Wow never knew is was so diverse.
Haha, I was just warming up. Lots more categories to add. French fusils, English trade guns, fine English rifles, later trade rifles with faux tiger maple striping, Euopean jaegers, early Southern rifles, fantasy Kentuckies, plus builders with a special touch in building Bucks County rifles, Dickerts, a checkered Fordney, which reminds me of a Ferguson rifle, etc. and I have favorites for all those too.
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Go to the NMLRA web site and find a field rep. for Utah. They will most likely be able to direct you to some traditional ML flintlock shooters or clubs.
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JoeG is right. I am one of those guys that shows up with a caplock at these shoots, and the big boys kick sand in my eyes. Joe knows- he brought a fullstock caplock Hawken once........
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Fowlerman;
Go to the Contemporary Markers blog and do a search for "Jim Turpin" You'll see more of his work.
http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com
And oh, Welcome to ALR!
dave
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Thanks hey do you guys watch Pawn Stars on History channel. well the old man that tried selling the Gattling gun he lives in the same town I do in fact I mow his lawn. He comes back from the gun shows with some old guns.
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Fowlerman;
Go to the Contemporary Markers blog and do a search for "Jim Turpin" You'll see more of his work.
http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com
And oh, Welcome to ALR!
dave
The man sure is capable of some nice work. He probably suffers from "westernitis".....he lives to far west for most people to know who he is.
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hey do you guys watch Pawn Stars on History channel.
No, they are a bunch of idiots
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hey do you guys watch Pawn Stars on History channel.
No, they are a bunch of idiots
Not only are they idiots,they have an "expert" for EVERYTHING under the sun---yeah,SURE THEY DO!!!
Bob Roller
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If you ever have a piece 'o crapola old gun to sell that's the place to go. They over pay for all guns I have seen.
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"He probably suffers from "westernitis".....he lives to far west for most people to know who he is."
Heck Mike, I lived in KC, MO. for 22 years and I never heard of him while there. Means nothing of course since I wasn't into muzzleloading back then.
dave
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I never said I like them ;D
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Fowlerman, I have a rifle made by Jim Turpin. It is #52 and it was made in 1981. It has a 44 inch Douglas barrel in .32 cal and a Dixie Barnett lock. I spoke to Jim about this gun and he told me that it was ordered by a fellow who wanted a "Roman nose Kentucky" and no particular school was copied so it is considered a generic Kentucky. Since I have a Turpin rifle in hand I will comment on his work. The wood to metal fit is excellent, the wood finish and carving are excellent and the engraving is superb. Jim commented about the gun..... "This is one of my early guns as I was building about 15 to 20 guns a year back then. I had a small black powder shop in Overland Park KS named "Uncle Turps Cannon Works".. I am impressed the skills that Jim had acquired so early in his career.. I do take it out on occasion to thin out the local squirrel population and it still shoots "center"!!!!...Ed
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15 to 20 guns a year is alot of guns.
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Turpin has a table every year at the CLA show in Lexington.
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Hey. Ed I have # 67 73 141 143. I do agree his work is super my lock is at his house now getting the frozen refaced. Kind of funny how I got the 2 guns 67 73 I have a good friend in Branson Mo.( Dc. Waldorf) he called me up and said my refrigerator and stove broke I need money I bought the 20 gauge (67) for 2000$ and gun 73 for 1800$ 36 cal. I stole them I want to send pics but I can't figure out how to on this forum.
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I'm a little confused.
You are asking for comments about the quality of a guys work, and you own four of them?......Hmmmmmm?!!!??
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Just making conversation