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Offline heinz

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Antigue rifles at Simpsons
« on: September 28, 2012, 10:23:12 PM »
I visit this site because of my other addiction, WWI auto pistols.  Today I noticed they have severasl long rifle including what is purported to be a Joe Long.    I have no financial interest in any of these but thought some here might want to take a look.

http://www.simpsonltd.com/index.php?cPath=350_368_372&osCsid=bfc5aba4a294fa492b2009dae5c15a10
kind regards, heinz

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Re: Antigue rifles at Simpsons
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 04:55:34 PM »
By no means do I speak with the authority of many other students of Upper Susquehanna guns, but having edited the ALR Library book on Upper Susquehanna makers, I feel confident in saying that without a barrel signature or other very distinctive features, attributing a maker of a Upper Susquehanna gun, is hazardous , at least in this case. Perhaps, the best one can say is it is "consistent with the work of Joe Long." Check the "book" as the whole school of makers produced remarkably similar guns.

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Re: Antigue rifles at Simpsons
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2012, 06:14:15 PM »
Don Getz and I had a discussion of this rifle a couple weeks ago and Don was pretty convinced that while it was upper susqy it wasn't Joe Long.

Tom

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Re: Antigue rifles at Simpsons
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2012, 06:41:06 PM »
Hate to get shot down again, but it sure looks like Baum's mustache and crown sideplates, moon
and patchbox.
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