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Offline Shreckmeister

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C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« on: April 06, 2011, 05:33:35 PM »
    This rifle appears to be original percussion fullstock with an interesting steel triggerguard.  The steel triggerguard is screwed to the bottom of the stock rather than inlet and pinned.  No evidence that an earlier guard was ever inlet to the stock.  Lock is marked "H. O. Wilds", small caliber unmarked barrel.
   The patchbox is a dead on ringer to one I saw on a rifle at the Baltimore show marked C.S.  The owner indicated it was a Charles Slaysman.  Chandler's
Patchboxes book shows very similar patchboxes used by Gumpf and Gibbs.
    Additionally, the other rifle in the one photo is marked F. Smith on the lock and has beautiful workmanship.  That rifle has an interesting stock in that both
sides are mirror images of each other.  Both have the cheekpiece and star.
Comments appreciated on that as well.  I thought it very unusual.  Saw another rifle by that maker at Lewisburg which had normal stock.







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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 02:48:19 AM »
I have a Charles Slaysman at home,, be back Monday, if you want I'll send you a photo of mine, so you can compare them.
Paul
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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 07:26:35 AM »
I don't see anything that suggests Gumph or Gibbs.
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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 04:59:32 PM »
Maybe that was mine C.Slaysman at the Baltimore show, do you remember who's table it was on ?
Paul
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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 06:23:28 PM »
I'm sorry I don't remember, but think it was on a a table in the left half of the show and the barrel was marked C S.  I asked the owner who made it and he said Charles Slaysman.  I think I told him I had one with a patchbox just like it.  Does this patchbox look very similar to yours.
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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 01:38:15 AM »
Was in row R table 9, that would be to the back on the left.  If that was where you saw it, that was mine.
Paul

I emailed you a couple of photos of my Slaysman
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Re: C. Slaysman, C. Gumpf, J. Gibbs or other, opinions wanted?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2011, 03:00:42 AM »
I think Slaysman worked somewhere around Lewistown in Mifflin County.  Have seen some of his guns but don't remember them that well............Don
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