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Offline Sweeney

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original warren&steel
« on: May 14, 2015, 03:17:20 PM »
A close friend of mine has a half-stock percussion rifle with 'Warren&Steel, Albany' on the lock. He wants to sell and asked me for advice. Can any of you advise?

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Re: original warren&steel
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 03:40:56 PM »
Steel warrented?  Was there a steele maker
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Re: original warren&steel
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 07:09:42 PM »
Sellers has a listing for Warren & Steele, Albany, New York. Lockmaker only.

Back in the day there must have been thousands of lock maker company's supplying the gun making trade. In my pile of parts, I have about 100 original locks or lock plates, both flint and percussion, and none of them have the same makers name, nor are many of them the same size or exactly the same shape.

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Offline Majorjoel

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Re: original warren&steel
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 11:02:55 PM »
Posting pictures of your rifle will give us a better chance to try and figure out what you have.
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