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Offline Flint62Smoothie

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Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« on: September 20, 2024, 11:18:27 PM »
Hi all:

Just traded for this … I’d sure love to get some information from Mike about the build, inspiration and any info he, or perhaps even others, may recall, thank you!





















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Offline Stoner creek

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2024, 11:32:25 PM »
Check your personal messages.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2024, 04:47:08 PM »
They sure change hands quick before finding a new permanent home. I wouldn't mind owning that one myself. It would save me from having to make another.
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Offline mountainman

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2024, 05:12:06 PM »
That's a great looking rifle, I like those Moravian styles.
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Offline Hatchet-Jack

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2024, 05:46:34 PM »
That's a beautiful gun. Nice to see these pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2024, 01:19:07 AM »
I love it.  Congrats!
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Offline TF Black

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2024, 02:05:53 AM »
Nice score - really like the looks of that rifle, too. Would also love to hear a bit more about the inspiration from Mike too. I’m more of a fowler guy than a rifle guy, but looks to me like a couple steps in between an early Germanic jaeger rifle and a more typical later PA longrifle?
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2024, 04:46:55 PM »
Quote from: TF Black on September 23, 2024, 02:05:53 AM
Nice score - really like the looks of that rifle, too. Would also love to hear a bit more about the inspiration from Mike too. I’m more of a fowler guy than a rifle guy, but looks to me like a couple steps in between an early Germanic jaeger rifle and a more typical later PA longrifle?
It's right out of the Moravian books.
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2024, 05:00:14 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on September 23, 2024, 04:46:55 PM
Quote from: TF Black on September 23, 2024, 02:05:53 AM
Nice score - really like the looks of that rifle, too. Would also love to hear a bit more about the inspiration from Mike too. I’m more of a fowler guy than a rifle guy, but looks to me like a couple steps in between an early Germanic jaeger rifle and a more typical later PA longrifle?
It's right out of the Moravian books.

If you search the gunbuilding section of the forum with “Oerter” and “Christians Spring” you’ll find many examples of the work done by Oerter and his mentor Albrecht; much of it in the 1770-1776 era but some earlier into the 1760s. Dating on the “Marshall rifle” is uncertain but it looks much like Germanic rifles of 1750s plus or minus. The Moravians near Allentown had a community with a numbers of craftsmen including gunsmiths. You can look up “Moravian gunmakers” and find recent books on them and their guns. Among the best documented early Pennsylvania gunmakers.
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Offline TF Black

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2024, 05:19:03 PM »
Rich, as a newcomer to the rifle side of the hobby I appreciate the helpful context and information. I’ll get reading…
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Offline Austin

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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2024, 03:39:29 PM »
That’s a good one!
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Re: Mike Brooks #364 - 50-cal, 38” barrel
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2024, 05:44:22 PM »
  Great trade indeed... Good looking gun...Iowa special.. an Kudos to Mike
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