Noodling in the NRA virtual museum I came across this and thought of this thread. Coulda been a plank rifle maybe? Looks almost Bedford-ish to my unschooled eye.http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/the-prospering-new-republic/case-29-the-rifle-shop-and-the-plains-rifle/nicanor-kendall-(windsor,-vt)-underhammer-percussion-rifle.aspxToo bad the NRA is so very lousy at actually telling us about these guns. Grrrrr. Not so much as caliber or barrel length, much less such insignificant efemera as twist rate. Who is running that outfit?
Quote from: Kermit on January 06, 2013, 07:03:26 AMNoodling in the NRA virtual museum I came across this and thought of this thread. Coulda been a plank rifle maybe? Looks almost Bedford-ish to my unschooled eye.http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-galleries/the-prospering-new-republic/case-29-the-rifle-shop-and-the-plains-rifle/nicanor-kendall-(windsor,-vt)-underhammer-percussion-rifle.aspxToo bad the NRA is so very lousy at actually telling us about these guns. Grrrrr. Not so much as caliber or barrel length, much less such insignificant efemera as twist rate. Who is running that outfit?Aside from being a homely gun, that Quilted Birdseye is some gorgeous wood.The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne VT recently had a fairly large collection of VT made guns donated by Terry Tyler of Dorset Vt. Worth the visit if you are in the area.http://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibitions/lock-stock-and-barrel-the-terry-tyler-collection-of-vermont-firearms/RFMcD