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Offline k morgan

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copper mounts
« on: December 17, 2023, 08:34:58 PM »
were there ever any copper mounted guns fowlers rifles inerested if anyone knows of any
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2023, 11:12:11 PM »
 I’ve seen a couple of SMR’s that have copper ramrod pipes, and wear plates, and side plated. But nothing else is copper. I don’t know if the copper was original to the guns, or replacement parts.

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Offline JeffG

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2023, 01:24:49 AM »
I like copper, for knives and such. I have never seen a gun mounted in copper.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2023, 01:49:20 AM »
I saw an original at a gun show once. It was a long time ago before they invented cameras.  The internet hadn't even been invented yet. Never saw the gun again after that.
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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2023, 02:09:02 AM »
Purely contemporary and not assigned to a particular school but I did this one earlier this year with a bunch of copper adornments.









 I like working without the rule book sometimes.
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2023, 04:43:01 PM »
I don't remember seeing a copper trimmed muzzle loader but when production guns started arriving I heard them referred to
as "Brass and Pine rifles".Mostly half stock types but they were for some people,a beginning that was expanded into what we
now see.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2023, 07:37:18 PM »
Nifty gun Wayne.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2023, 09:29:11 PM »
Agree - looks like a comfortable heads-up shooter.
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Offline Spalding

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2023, 01:04:43 AM »
I really liked how that rifle turned out, Wayne.
Been meaning to ask you how you did the copper tail on that Buck Ridge lock?

Bob
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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2023, 01:23:29 AM »
Soft solder and a little bit of file work!
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Offline JeffG

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2023, 02:14:26 AM »
 Stoner creek. That's a beauty!! Nice work.
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Offline Frozen Run

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Re: copper mounts
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2023, 08:42:14 AM »
Wayne, you make a beautiful gun, you have a deep love for these old guns and it shows in your work.

Here's something on the topic:

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=51012.0
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