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Offline sonny

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anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« on: May 23, 2010, 05:10:14 AM »
Well i started to scrounge around looking for the perfect picture of a new england half stock rifle.I now must have a halfstock but need to see how they really looked as i cannot find pictures of any.....thanks........sonny
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Offline David Rase

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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2010, 06:20:10 AM »
Go to David Price's web site.  http://www.davidpriceflintlocks.com/id34.html
He has several 1/2 stock N.E. rifles.
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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2010, 06:25:46 AM »
Spectacular half stock New England rifle!  ALR Library again.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=8209.0
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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2010, 06:01:43 PM »
they seem to have a hawkin shape don't they????..sonny
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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2010, 06:55:54 PM »
Not when they are viewed side by side. Then differences both subtle and large will be noticed. But both rifles are fine pieces, and right now the New England rifles are seen less often than Hawkens.
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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2010, 07:20:21 PM »
Quote from: sonny on May 25, 2010, 06:01:43 PM
they seem to have a hawkin shape don't they????..sonny
Not even remotely.
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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 12:39:06 AM »
Sonny
I e-mailed you some scans of magazine articles about New England rifles.I hope they help.Here is a link to photo's of one I did last year.

link;http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=3115.0


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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2010, 08:29:16 PM »
Quote from: sonny on May 23, 2010, 05:10:14 AM
Well i started to scrounge around looking for the perfect picture of a new england half stock rifle.I now must have a halfstock but need to see how they really looked as i cannot find pictures of any.....thanks........sonny

This is from Rochester NY marked Moore. Probably 1840-50 have not researched it.
Barrel has been shortened at the breech and the patent breech replaced with a drum and nipple.

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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2010, 08:49:37 PM »
That's not really a New England type of rifle.  The one TimM linked to is an exemplary example. (is that being redundant?) 

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Re: anybody have pictures of half stock new england rifle
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2010, 06:48:31 AM »
Quote from: Stophel on May 27, 2010, 08:49:37 PM
That's not really a New England type of rifle.  The one TimM linked to is an exemplary example. (is that being redundant?) 

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It would depend on the era I guess. I figured it was too late so only one photo.
This basic layout  was used by N. Lewis and others farther east in New York, Troy (Albany region) and perhaps as far east as Mass.

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