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Tangs
« on: October 15, 2011, 03:07:12 PM »
I hope this is not a triveal  question. On the early guns were the tangs shaped mostly or were they mostly left square?
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Online J. Talbert

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Re: Tangs
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 03:27:13 PM »
Square was probably the most common on early American rifles

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Re: Tangs
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 07:16:31 PM »
I think that even early on, the tang style was somewhat of a regional thing. Shaped tangs on European guns predate any longrifles yet known by decades.
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Re: Tangs
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 08:06:54 PM »
As I look through both of RCA,s I count more shaped tang ends than square ones. I think there were a dozen or more shaped than square.    Smylee
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