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Offline EC121

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A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle. Edited!
« on: December 19, 2024, 08:22:54 PM »
Rifled .62cal., 38" tapered barrel.  1" to 7/8".  Early Davis lock.  Nice carving.

Edit: Turns out it is a Getz .60cal.  Went to test fire it, and I couldn't get a .600 and patch to load.  .590s worked fine.  So I looked under the barrel while I was cleaning it.  The folks at the auction house didn't know a straight from a tapered barrel or the proper caliber.












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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle.
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2024, 03:48:06 AM »
I like it :)
Nothing beats the feel of a handmade southern iron mounted flintlock on a cold frosty morning

Offline Bob Roller

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Re: A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle.
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2024, 06:50:07 PM »
Who made it?I know Tom Dawson was active in that era and made copies that had the original flubs and fubars in them.IF you can remove the barrel and it IS a Dawson made copy it probably will have "T.K.Dawso-Williamsport Ind. and gun #???on the bottom flat.

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Offline EC121

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Re: A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle.
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2024, 07:27:53 PM »
As the  header says, the gun is signed D A Hoffman.

 

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Offline Daryl

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Re: A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle. Edited!
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2024, 10:17:36 PM »
Nice rifle - should be fun to shoot.
Daryl

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Offline Top Jaw

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Re: A nice, old 1981 Hoffman rifle. Edited!
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2025, 03:47:47 PM »
This rifle and the Hoffman fowler thread below are head and shoulders above the crowd for what was typically being built in 1979 & 1981.   He was certainly in the rare group (and very few) that were doing this kind of work then.  Particularly this type/style of early gun, which wouldn’t catch on with the rest of the public or building community for at least 10 or 15 years later.  I get jazzed when I see work that was way ahead of its time.  Guns, horns, bags, etc.