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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: cshirsch on July 30, 2018, 09:19:52 PM

Title: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on July 30, 2018, 09:19:52 PM
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)
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Tim Crosby on July 30, 2018, 11:33:16 PM
 What are you suppose to get if you click the Pix?

   Tim C.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on July 30, 2018, 11:57:13 PM
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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: rich pierce on July 31, 2018, 12:07:17 AM
None of the stories mention it, but was he African American?  The picture could go either way.

Click is the dude’s last name.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on July 31, 2018, 01:18:15 AM
None of the stories mention it, but was he African American?  The picture could go either way.

Click is the dude’s last name.

:-)
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Elnathan on July 31, 2018, 03:36:23 AM
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...
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Tim Crosby on July 31, 2018, 04:14:06 PM
 Still like to know what you are suppose to see. This is what I get:

Upload and share your images.

Drag and drop anywhere you want and start uploading your images now. 16 MB limit. Direct image links, BBCode and HTML thumbnails.

Start uploading

 Clicking on the rifle gives me the same Pix.

 Tim C.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on July 31, 2018, 04:29:02 PM
Still like to know what you are suppose to see. This is what I get:

Upload and share your images.

Drag and drop anywhere you want and start uploading your images now. 16 MB limit. Direct image links, BBCode and HTML thumbnails.

Start uploading

 Clicking on the rifle gives me the same Pix.

You don't get anything.  It's just a photo of Samuel Lafayette Click.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Algae on July 31, 2018, 06:41:48 PM
Nice rifle Chris, thanks for sharing!

Al J.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Tim Crosby on July 31, 2018, 06:42:13 PM
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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Mike Brooks on July 31, 2018, 06:51:45 PM
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"
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Shreckmeister on July 31, 2018, 09:42:35 PM
Is this really happening???
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: JTR on July 31, 2018, 11:19:25 PM
 :P
Sometimes English is difficult,,,,,
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Robby on July 31, 2018, 11:41:45 PM
Click bait?
Robin
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Tim Crosby on August 01, 2018, 12:53:24 AM
 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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Shreckmeister on August 01, 2018, 03:33:33 AM
Yep I pulled my post because I  thought you all were losing your minds. 😀
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: mountainman70 on August 01, 2018, 04:57:18 AM
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)
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: mountainman70 on August 01, 2018, 05:03:16 AM
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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on August 01, 2018, 03:11:47 PM
LOL 
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: mountainman70 on August 01, 2018, 04:22:19 PM
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)
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Cades Cove Fiddler on August 01, 2018, 04:26:16 PM
 ;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,...
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Shreckmeister on August 01, 2018, 05:24:59 PM
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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: WESTbury on March 12, 2021, 12:30:23 AM
Well, like they say on the boob tube, "You're just a Click away!".

Or in military jargon, is his real last name Kilometer?
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: mountainman70 on March 12, 2021, 03:02:46 AM
This is Still funny. Dave F a clickin fool. hahahaha :-* :-*
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Hungry Horse on March 12, 2021, 04:15:37 AM
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
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Einsiedler on March 12, 2021, 04:55:09 AM
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
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: rsherman on March 12, 2021, 05:48:46 AM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Collector on March 12, 2021, 10:19:48 PM
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.     
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on March 13, 2021, 01:41:17 AM
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!
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on March 13, 2021, 01:43:40 AM
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.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Sequatchie Rifle on March 13, 2021, 03:34:30 PM
Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: MGillman on March 15, 2021, 02:30:26 PM
Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.

He was. The German spelling of his name was "Gleek"
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: Notchy Bob on March 15, 2021, 11:02:59 PM
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
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: FALout on March 16, 2021, 04:29:55 AM
Haven’t laughed that hard in awhile!!!
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: smylee grouch on March 16, 2021, 05:35:50 AM
ALR comedy central. Like we say- shot placement is key er ah word placement is key.  ;D  :)
Title: Re: Samuel Lafayette Click photo
Post by: cshirsch on March 16, 2021, 02:44:21 PM
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.