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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: cshirsch on July 30, 2018, 09:19:52 PM
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I found this photo of Samuel Layfayette Click. Also, I've included a photo of the rifle made by Click.
(https://image.ibb.co/m5rWw8/Click.png) (https://imgbb.com/)
(https://preview.ibb.co/m8tTb8/1.png) (https://ibb.co/c035Oo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/fsJpio/2.png) (https://ibb.co/dLhFOo)
(https://preview.ibb.co/bsZ1w8/3.png) (https://ibb.co/nKJi9T)
(https://preview.ibb.co/fbFKio/4.png) (https://ibb.co/d4fkOo)
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What are you suppose to get if you click the Pix?
Tim C.
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None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way.
Don't know what you are referring to.
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None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way.
Click is the dude’s last name.
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None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way.
Click is the dude’s last name.
:-)
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None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way.
Melungeon, perhaps?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon
Edited to add: I note that the Wikipedia article says that "Melungeon" is still considered a pejorative term, but I've never run across it outside of a couple history/anthropological books. I'm not using it as such, anyway...
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Still like to know what you are suppose to see. This is what I get:
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Clicking on the rifle gives me the same Pix.
Tim C.
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Still like to know what you are suppose to see. This is what I get:
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Clicking on the rifle gives me the same Pix.
You don't get anything. It's just a photo of Samuel Lafayette Click.
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Nice rifle Chris, thanks for sharing!
Al J.
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You don't get anything. It's just a photo of Samuel Lafayette Click.
Just wondering since the subject line says: "Samuel Lafayette Click photo"
Tim C.
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You don't get anything. It's just a photo of Samuel Lafayette Click.
Just wondering since the subject line says: "Samuel Lafayette Click photo"
Tim C.
Worded other wise it may say "photo of Samuel Lafayette Click"
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Is this really happening???
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:P
Sometimes English is difficult,,,,,
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Click bait?
Robin
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OMG! I actually thought it meant click the photo! I am not kidding, Never put it with the name. I think what threw me off was this:
"Quote from: Shreckmeister on July 30, 2018, 04:33:24 PM
None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way."
And the fact that I could not find Rob's OP, I was looking for the stories.
Need to delete some of the $#@* in my head.
Tim C.
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Yep I pulled my post because I thought you all were losing your minds. 😀
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Amen,schreck, I am glad I wasn't drinking my squeezins when I read all that. I gotta hand it to y'all, that is the closest I have been to hosing down the keyboard since I been on here. lol
Gots to keep on yer toes here.I just love it , and all y'all ,too. Best regards,Clickin Dave on the Mountain 8) 8)
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OMG! I actually thought it meant click the photo! I am not kidding, Never put it with the name. I think what threw me off was this:
"Quote from: Shreckmeister on July 30, 2018, 04:33:24 PM
None of the stories mention it, but was he African American? The picture could go either way."
And the fact that I could not find Rob's OP, I was looking for the stories.
Need to delete some of the $#@* in my head.
Hey Tim, don't be troubled 'bout this. I have to do a courteousy flush on my poor ol brain on a regular basis.Yep, this be about time fer a snort o them squeezzins. yehaaaaaa Dave 8) 8)
Tim C.
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LOL
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Hey Schreck, aint a thing wrong with loosing your mind, besides, we always find it right there with the rest of the stuff we have lost !!! Nothin like hiding our own Easter Eggs !!1 Have a Happy Day,y'all !! dave F 8) 8)
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;D ;) ;) :D.... Boy,.... I sure am glad they figured that out,.... !!! .... btw, Chris,.... never have seen a photo of SLC,... interesting guard on a Tennessee gun, too,... I have seen one other similar one, but it had the typical Tennessee loops,.... regards,... CCF,...
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Amen,schreck, I am glad I wasn't drinking my squeezins when I read all that. I gotta hand it to y'all, that is the closest I have been to hosing down the keyboard since I been on here. lol
Gots to keep on yer toes here.I just love it , and all y'all ,too. Best regards,Clickin Dave on the Mountain 8) 8)
I just spit up my coffee. Thanks for the laugh Dave.
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Well, like they say on the boob tube, "You're just a Click away!".
Or in military jargon, is his real last name Kilometer?
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This is Still funny. Dave F a clickin fool. hahahaha :-* :-*
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Well, old S.L.C. Wasn’t afeared of colorin’ outside the lines. I love that triggerguard, it a real work of art. I can’t tell if thats a patent breech or if the nipple is threaded right into the barrel. In any event there is an interesting clean out screw there as well. And a three quarter stock to boot. Nobody’s gonna mistake this for a Bean build.
Hungry Horse
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Chris,
I went to high school (in Austin Tx.) with some Clicks. And there is an old community up between Sandy and Honey creek in Llano county called the Click community. All the same family.
I hunt on an old family friends ranch up on Cedar Mountain just south of the old Click Store location. Still wild country. Be up there next weekend chasing hogs.
Bob
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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I had a moment of weakness and sold a (I believe) signed Samuel Lafayette Click rifle, though it differed marginally by being hyphenated, S. L. - C. Like the signature presented here, the engraving was bold and deep.
I've never seen that rifle make an appearance anywhere, since then.
Ol' Samuel, is described in the Firefox book series as being a itinerant gunsmith and blacksmith of notable reputation, as well as being quite the character. Memorable would be a good description.
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Chris,
I went to high school (in Austin Tx.) with some Clicks. And there is an old community up between Sandy and Honey creek in Llano county called the Click community. All the same family.
I hunt on an old family friends ranch up on Cedar Mountain just south of the old Click Store location. Still wild country. Be up there next weekend chasing hogs.
Bob
Cool!
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Well, old S.L.C. Wasn’t afeared of colorin’ outside the lines. I love that triggerguard, it a real work of art. I can’t tell if thats a patent breech or if the nipple is threaded right into the barrel. In any event there is an interesting clean out screw there as well. And a three quarter stock to boot. Nobody’s gonna mistake this for a Bean build.
Hungry Horse
It's actually a drum & nipple. Lot's of corrosion there. It was shot a lot.
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Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.
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Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.
He was. The German spelling of his name was "Gleek"
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Threads like this are the reason I keep coming back. Lots of grins... :)
Maybe I missed it, but where was Mr. Click located, and during what time period was he active? I was unable to find him listed in The Texas Gun Trade book, or in the online database of early American gunmakers.
I agree with Hungry Horse, Mr. Click was not afeared to "color outside the lines." If Click had been an artist, he probably would have painted in the Cubist style. You can see that it's a southern rifle, but it is uniquely different.
Notchy Bob
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Haven’t laughed that hard in awhile!!!
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ALR comedy central. Like we say- shot placement is key er ah word placement is key. ;D :)
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Threads like this are the reason I keep coming back. Lots of grins... :)
Maybe I missed it, but where was Mr. Click located, and during what time period was he active? I was unable to find him listed in The Texas Gun Trade book, or in the online database of early American gunmakers.
I agree with Hungry Horse, Mr. Click was not afeared to "color outside the lines." If Click had been an artist, he probably would have painted in the Cubist style. You can see that it's a southern rifle, but it is uniquely different.
Notchy Bob
He worked out of northern Tennessee and southern Virginia.