ALR Museum Gunmaker: D ( David or Daniel ) Boyer... Orwigsburg, PA .. A Swivel

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

This gun speaks for itself!!!!!

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The Museum Committee

[Dale Campbell]

What a fantastic rifle. At the risk of sounding greedy, would it be possible to get a photo of the ramrod side panel?

[Blacksmoke]

hurricane:  Here is another rifle by D. Boyer.  These photos were taken of the gun as it arrived for some restoration.  It is a "chunk" gun with a massive barrel on it that measured 1 & 1/4" at the breech and 1 & 1/8" at the muzzle.  The cal. was 45.  Some one had converted it to percussion and had done a butchering bad job with it.  I converted it back to flint and made it "sound" again.  The gun weighed 16 lbs.  I suspect that this rifle was made late in Boyer's career circa 1855.        H. T.

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

many thanks. We will add it to the Museum.
HUrricane

[Blacksmoke]

Further comments on the D. Boyer chunk gun:  The bottom of the barrel breech was stamped "Leeds" and the rifling had a left hand twist.  This suggests to me that Boyer used an English imported barrel for this rifle.  Also the brass patchbox was installed with "brass" screws!   H.T.