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Offline Hurricane ( of Virginia)

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ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« on: October 07, 2010, 04:16:27 PM »
One of the many "Kentucky" influential ancestors: a Jaeger

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=12514.0

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( Disclaimer: This site is devoted to the American "Pennsylvania/ Kentucky Longrifle" and presents other guns on occasion for the interest of the "student.")
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2010, 05:21:09 PM »
Thanks!  The maker sure could carve.  It's terrific to see some of these European guns that were kept in like-new condition.
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 01:33:44 AM »
Hurricane,
 Thank You for posting. I hope the Museum Committee Continues to make provisions for these precursors to the Longrifle. I for one, would like to see more published !
Jim
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 05:40:11 AM »
I agree. There should be a place here for these Jaegers. If for nothing else than educational sudy of Longrifle evolution and heritage.
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2010, 02:25:57 PM »
What a great Jaeger.  The very first Jaeger that I copied had very similar carving, but mostly incised.   There are so many lessons to be learned from studying the carving techniques exhibited on this piece---a very worthy addition.

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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2010, 02:08:51 AM »
Can somone who has actually seen this rifle read the name?
I can't tell if it reads Zully (umlaut over the u) or if those two "L;s" are actuallly two script "S's"

Spetl either way, I could not find him, neither in Gardener nor Erhard Wolf
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2010, 03:35:37 AM »
Wow, really neat rifle.   Now I can see where all the "Coo-Coo" clock carvers got their experience and training.......Don
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2010, 02:21:46 AM »
 WOW!  I must admit that this is the first Jaegar that I've checked out; I like it.  Any idea as to where and when it was built?  Also, the almost total lack of a chip-out surprised me.  I was under the impression that a fantail plug left chip-outs over time.  One of my sons was able to inspect one that the owner thought dated from about 1780 while he was in Germany.
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Re: ALR Museum presents ( for your interest only) An Ancestor Jaeger
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2010, 03:49:08 AM »
I would say 1760's-1770's or so, and built somewhere within the Austrian sphere of influence.

Is it smooth, or straight rifled?
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