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Offline DaveM

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Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« on: May 25, 2021, 10:05:57 PM »
Came across this other article published in Williamsburg Virginia.   I clipped this a while ago and just saw it while looking for the article to share in the other thread with Scott.  Anyone ever see a rifle barrel with this maker mark?  The attached article was published April 12, 1776.  I assume they mean it was rifled with 12 grooves.



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Offline spgordon

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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2021, 10:07:40 PM »
Refers to the rifle as "her"--as Oerter does about the rifle he made for Martin Baer in 1773.
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2021, 10:24:39 PM »
Sounds like a big bored rifle.
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2021, 12:08:51 AM »
Wasn't Wistar getting his barrels marked "CW"?  :o
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2021, 02:42:48 AM »
"her"  ;D
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2021, 01:42:52 AM »
What the heck does "...the spring of the box out..." mean?   ???
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2021, 02:27:35 AM »
Quote from: Eric Kettenburg on June 02, 2021, 01:42:52 AM
What the heck does "...the spring of the box out..." mean?   ???

Catch spring of the box lid?
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Re: Rifle found at Williamsburg VA in 1776 - article
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2021, 03:35:46 AM »
"Spring of the box out" perhaps means that it is missing or broken.
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