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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: wvgeoff on June 24, 2016, 03:13:22 AM

Title: Help identifying maker of longrifle
Post by: wvgeoff on June 24, 2016, 03:13:22 AM

I'm hoping someone can tell me about the gunsmith who built this longrifle. It belonged to my deceased father-in-law who passed away before I could find out any information about it. None of his kids even remember seeing it. He lived in Ohio.  He or his father may have taken it in trade at some point.

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It's about a .32 or .33 caliber. The patchbox still has balls in it.

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I went over all the metal on the gun and couldn't find any initials or dates. The lock has a little engraving on it but nothing special. Thanks for any info on this!

Title: Re: Help identifying maker of longrifle
Post by: Shreckmeister on June 24, 2016, 04:24:43 AM

Reminds me of Thomas Allison

Title: Re: Help identifying maker of longrifle
Post by: wvgeoff on June 25, 2016, 04:42:06 PM

Thanks for that info! I'll see what I can find of his work.

Title: Re: Help identifying maker of longrifle
Post by: Shreckmeister on June 29, 2016, 10:51:13 PM

The patchbox reminds me of him, but that box was used by many western PA gunsmiths.  The sideplate does not look like any of his that I've seen.  It might help
you more than the patchbox in identification.