New toy.

[Hlbly]

Some junkers have class!

[rich pierce]

Thanks for sharing your toys! Your parents raised you right!

Bore size and barrel length? Does this fall close to the Soddy Daisy style?

[Avlrc]

Gerald, that is a beauty. You must have a rifle rake, the good stuff you turn up. Congratulations   

[JTR]

Nice one!

[Molly]

I think hilbly must have a rifle mine somewhere down there.  Goes out from time to time with a pick and shovel and digs up a "new" one.

[mr. no gold]

Hlbly, if this is a junker in your opinion, I would sure like to see your best! Great gun here and still in flint.May have had an alteration here and there, but that is real life at least down there in the mountains,
Thank you for bringing it by for us to 'ooh and ah' over. Dandy gun and a super find.
Dick

[bama]

Great rifle Gerald, please bring that to the Alabama show.

Jim

[Hlbly]

It will be there.

[jdm]

That gun has the  "LOOK".  Wow! 

[Rajin cajun]

Am I looking at Va. on this one Hillbilly ?
That’s almost a home rifle for you buddy, right across the state line I’d guess. You could probably stand on your deck and see where it was made.
Nice rifle Gerald!

Bob

[Sequatchie Rifle]

Love the triggers!

[AZshot]

Nice rifle.  Researching...

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

  .. 9 part hinge, held on with 3 screws,... are we thinking, "Whitson" ,... .. eager to see this one in January,... thanx, Gerald,....!!! ... regards,... CCF
 

[Robby]

Thanks for sharing Hlbly, a real beauty in the raw!!!!!
Robby

[Hlbly]

Nothing and I mean NOTHING about this gun looks Soddy. The “lines” you see are reflected sunlight.

[Shreckmeister]

Wow. If I could pick one from that region, that would be it. Very nice

[AZshot]

I went back and looked up some Soddy rifles so I could point out what I thought looked similar.  Which are 1) mostly the thick top of the buttplate heel, and 2) the straight line from wrist to buttplate with the cheekpiece top exactly in line.


https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=6000.0


http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/2010/05/soddy-daisy-rifle-by-jack-duprey.html


https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1971-B23-Tennessee-Rifles.pdf

[Hlbly]

In my 56 years of collecting, I have owned several Soddy rifles. I am aware of what they look like.

[AZshot]

Yeah, in my 3 years I'm trying to learn.  Can you explain why you say "Nothing and I mean NOTHING about this gun looks Soddy. The “lines” you see are reflected sunlight" yet I point out 2 features that look Soddy? Could these features originated in NC and later moved over the divide to TN?

[B.Barker]

Now that's a cool rifle. Thanks for posting and I hope I am able to make it to Alabama this year.

[Angus]

Beautiful find. Love the lines and hardware.

[Sequatchie Rifle]

Yeah, in my 3 years I'm trying to learn.  Can you explain why you say "Nothing and I mean NOTHING about this gun looks Soddy. The “lines” you see are reflected sunlight" yet I point out 2 features that look Soddy?

I agree with Gerald. This gun is elegant, the triggers, guard, inletting, profile (especially the butt) look northwestern NC to me. The workmanship is superior to most Soddy guns. The wood work is exceptional. It’s a graceful rifle to say the least.

I think the stock profile and box details are very revealing. Does anyone have a photo of a Sam Glover patchbox? Although I think this rifle predates Glover’s work.