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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: albert on August 28, 2020, 02:47:27 AM
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(https://i.ibb.co/Xpvt0R1/20200826-182457.jpg) (https://ibb.co/L621j7m)
(https://i.ibb.co/JFV1NPt/20200826-182441.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CsgcqF8)
(https://i.ibb.co/j5Dpj4Z/20200826-182639.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZJxZbT1)
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(https://i.ibb.co/VQYCj52/20200826-182424.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WPvzxjg)
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(https://i.ibb.co/CbyShvQ/20200827-191213-capture.jpg) (https://ibb.co/F51dgJz)
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Albert looks like a Huntington county rifle to me - might be wrong but it’s my guess - maybe a Dunmeyer?
Buck
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I think that you nailed it Buck: Huntingdon County. The odd trigger (might be single set) and the chamfered edge of the butt plate finial at the comb is almost a Huntingdon signature. If it is unsigned, it will take awhile to pin down a maker. It's a nice rifle and could use some extra care, it appears. Our good friend Dr. Jim Whisker lists a Casper Ealy Davis as a gunmaker in the region. He was born in 1848 and died in 1928. He could have been your guy. Nice rifle and I would like to thank you for showing on the ALR Forum.
Dick
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Speaking of the trigger , it was originally a set trigger , but somewhere in its time the triggers were damaged or something , because the trigger that is there is crudely made , and it's not made to be used as a set trigger , the plate is originally made for double triggers
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https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/kentucky-rifles/fine-mifflin-county--pennsylvania-percussion-long-rifle-by-christian-detwiler-ca--1850-s-.cfm?gun_id=101401624
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Mark , thanks for the information , didn't see that one for sale.
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That's the same gun. :o
Did you not buy it from that site?
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A friend bought it , he brought it to me to strengthen the broken wood where it was cracked and possibly going to come apart , put missing pins in to hold barrel. IMHO , he paid more tha it was worth . It wasn't in very good+ condition as to what I read in the description that was posted on the website , but if it is a rare piece that might command the price. One other thing I put a bore light fown the bbl. and couldn't see any evidence of riffing.
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Could you post a bottom shot of the trigger guard? I have what I think is a Detweiler that has been fitted with a steel guard screwed on. Just trying to figure out what style I need, maybe a Huntingdon ? Thanks, Roland
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(https://i.ibb.co/7rY5bSF/20200826-182732.jpg) (https://ibb.co/p408n1p)
Thi is the only other picture I have
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Ok, Thank you for posting, Roland