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Offline bgf

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Re: small lock for very early southern rifle
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2010, 03:30:46 AM »
J.D.,
I'm glad you said that.  1810-1820 happens to be a great time for southern rifles, anyway. 

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Re: small lock for very early southern rifle
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2010, 08:26:00 PM »
A large barrel does not necessarily dictate a large lock. For example I used a the large L&R that TOW calls an Ashmore on a 1" barreled rifle years back and the lock was actually way to big even for a Hawken type rifle.

I used to own the rifle below, it is certainly not out of proportion.
Small Siler  and the barrel is a swamp either 1 1/8 or 1 1/16" at the breech. Think its the larger size.


This does not make it 100% HC, but the lines are not compromised by using the smaller lock.
Dan
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