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Offline varsity07840

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Opinion wanted
« on: November 11, 2020, 11:45:15 PM »
I'm building an early brass mounted Virginial rifle and can't decide between two patch patchboxes. Two door "peanut" style or a Culpepper style as sold by TOW. Opinions welcome.

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Re: Opinion wanted
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2020, 12:55:18 AM »
Hi,
Did any early (whatever that means) Virigina rifles have brass peanut patch boxes?

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Re: Opinion wanted
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2020, 04:26:21 PM »
I was a bit concerned about that myself, although I’ve seen pictures of a House rifle with one.
By “early” I ran round face lock and a buttplate with less pronounced curve, among other things.

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Re: Opinion wanted
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2020, 05:20:03 PM »
The House brothers created the Woodbury school of rifles that uses elements that “could have been” and while influenced by existing Southern longrifles, has a more creative playbook. Because their work is so well done and coherent, it’s easy to think it is historically accurate. As such, many suppliers of gun parts offer guards, buttplates, patchboxes, and so on based on Woodbury school designs and call some of them “early Virginia” when “early Woodbury” might be a better description.
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Re: Opinion wanted
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2020, 06:48:17 PM »
Thanks for the input. Culpepper it is.