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Offline Nordnecker

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Escutions or inlays?
« on: November 22, 2015, 04:15:30 PM »
In our virtual library- North Carolina- Catawba school- unsigned rifle by Mbriggs.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=22016.0
At the entry pipe, you can make out 2 pins, one for the thimble, the other for the barrel lug (I assume). I think I can see 2 pins around the middle thimble. But at the muzzle end I can't tell. Surely, you wouldn't hide the front barrel pin behind a nailed on inlay, would you? So are these just decorative inlays and not escutions for barrel pins?
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Re: Escutions or inlays?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2015, 06:09:28 PM »
 I think they are false wedges.
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Re: Escutions or inlays?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2015, 09:02:37 PM »
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Surely, you wouldn't hide the front barrel pin behind a nailed on inlay
Maybe not on this particular gun, but yes it has been done.  Instead of a pin going thru the underlug, it is hooked.  The barrel is removed by sliding it forward and up.  I had one original that the pin was hidden inside a poured pewter nosecap.  It baffled me for a bit while trying to figure out how the barrel was held on.
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Offline Nordnecker

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Re: Escutions or inlays?
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2015, 11:08:16 PM »
Hmmm. I have read about hooked under lugs, but I thought they were only applicable when using a straight sided barrel. 
FWIW- I've been planning on building a rifle similar to this one for a while. The Bbl I'm using is swamped. I'll do the best I can with the patchbox. It certainly won't be a bench copy, and I'm gonna use a triggerguard that is a little different, too. So any comments on this rifle are welcome. Just remember- I SEEN IT FIRST! ;)
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Re: Escutions or inlays?
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2015, 11:17:30 PM »
Nordnecker,

You might send Michael Briggs an email or message,  He is a member here.  I image he would answer your questions about the rifle.

-Ron
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