TENN. "AR" RIFLE W/ SAWTOOTH FOREND CAP POSTED BY NORD IN LIBRARY

[JIM FRANCIS]

NORD, I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THIS POST NOW. JUST SAW IT TWO DAYS AGO. I HAVE A RIFLE WITH THE SAME PEWTER CAP AND WANTED TO DO SOME MORE CHECKING. MY RIFLE HAS A CURLY MAPLE STOCK AND IS BRASS MOUNTED. TANG GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BUTT PLATE EXTENSION AND THE EXTENSION ALSO HAS THE SAME SAWTOOTH DESIGN. MY BARREL IS UNMARKED. I WONDER IF THERE ARE MORE GUNS KNOWN WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAP AND IF ANYONE HAS BEEN  ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAKER.    THANKS, JIM FRANCIS

[nord]

Jim,

So many rifles now presented that I don't happen to remember very many. Do you by any chance remember the ID number? Otherwise it's a needle in a haystack unless someone can direct me a bit closer.

[jdm]

Was it  Tenn. rifle for your review and comments Posted on Oct 23.  JIM

[Dennis Glazener]

Was it  Tenn. rifle for your review and comments Posted on Oct 23.  JIM

Here's a link to that rifle.
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=18547.0

I think this is the one Jim is talking about. Its in the Library under http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=4163.0 Iron mounted "Unknown". Once they get buried in the library they can be hard to find! Best to do a search for them.
Dennis

[Sequatchie Rifle]

Yes, the one attributed to Robert Hughes!  One of my all time favorites.

[JIM FRANCIS]

DENNIS, THAT WASN'T THE ONE. BUT IN GOING THROUGH THOSE POSTS, I NOW COUNT 4 KNOWN RIFLES WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF NOSE CAP.
NORD, I CAN'T REMIMBER THE NUMBER ON THE POST BUT YOU HAD "AR" AFTER THE NUMBER AND SAID JERRY NOBLE HAD SAID IT WAS POSSIBLY FROM ONE OF THE RICES.
 
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF MY RIFLE.

[timM]

Jim,

This link should take you to it.


http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1634defe7d1621ca207cdbcf2166a9b1&board=156.0

[JIM FRANCIS]

090119 IS THE ONE I WAS LOOKING FOR.    THANKS, JIM

[Dennis Glazener]

DENNIS, THAT WASN'T THE ONE. BUT IN GOING THROUGH THOSE POSTS, I NOW COUNT 4 KNOWN RIFLES WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF NOSE CAP.

Look at the second link

I think this is the one Jim is talking about. Its in the Library under http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=4163.0 Iron mounted "Unknown". Once they get buried in the library they can be hard to find! Best to do a search for them.
Dennis

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

Are the identical unique nose caps significant enough to make an attribution of Mr. Francis' gun to "A+R"??
Hurricane

[Sequatchie Rifle]

I have a similar brass mounted rifle with the same guard, nosecap, and triggers.

[JIM FRANCIS]

SEQUATCHIE,  ANY MARKINGS ON YOUR RIFLE? THE ONLY MARKING ON MINE IS A STYLEIZED "H" ON THE LOCK. THE VERTICLE LEGS ARE THIN RECTANGLES AND THE CROSS BAR IS AN ARROW. LOCK SEEMS TO BE A TYPICAL HARDWARE STORE LOCK. NO MARKINGS ON BARREL.
           AS FAR AS AN ATTRIBUTION GOES, I DON'T THINK WE CAN. I DO THINK THAT THESE RIFLES WERE POSSIBLY MADE IN THE SAME SHOP OR AT LEAST IN THE SAME CLOSE PROXIMITY. MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS A SIGNED GUN WILL TURN UP AND CLEAR SOME OF THIS UP.