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[Roger Fisher]

[Roger Fisher]

Daughter in law posted these photos of the J YOUNG half stock rifle.... The shoe is mine the cat and the rifle are not!

The rifle range photo does not belong with this post.   So, can anyone identify this range???

Anyone identify this rifle its time period (mid nineteenth century??) area and of course any guess on value.     Rifle has no rib and no rod pipe although forestock has the rod hole and presently an iron rod therein!

Anybody?     

[nord]

I'd tend to go later than 1855. Further, I'd take a peek under the barrel and see if there isn't a Remington stamp or somesuch.

This gun is devoid of artistry. Thus a utility piece. We don't discuss value here as a rule but guns such as this are common and can be had generally in a range of between $450 and $800.

[Dr. Tim-Boone]

This gun is devoid of artistry.

Look like Industrial gun....the guard is so thick and massive. The stock does have better architecture than many late guns.....

my  $ .02 worth

[The other DWS]

For a late model percussion, I sort of like it, though the TG is a bit massive and unfinished looking, like they didn't want to take time to file it down and clean up the casting.  To me its a nice, better than average looking wood, commercial hunting gun.  kind of the winchester 94 .30-30 of its era.

PS I like the cat too!

[BGC]

Yep, I would say that the rifle is made by Joe Young of Wetzel County, WV.
Prior to moving to WV, Joe made some pretty crude rifles. When he moved to WV, he adopted the style of rifle made by his brother in law, Joshua W. Stackhouse. Both Stackhouse and Young both lived on the same road within a stone's throw of each other. Your rifle could have been made from 1860's to 1880's.