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Offline Shreckmeister

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Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« on: February 25, 2013, 06:12:47 PM »




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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 09:22:28 PM »
any chance we can see the rest of it?
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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 10:00:38 PM »
Sorry, these are all I took.
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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 10:12:03 PM »
Any ideas on who built it?
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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2013, 04:52:07 AM »
I don't know but it's very similar to the one on ALR in the Unknown Iron
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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2013, 06:07:13 PM »
Yes - it appears to be related to at least three other known guns - the one in the virtual libraray, one from the Bill Ivey book, and one that another ALR member posted a ways back that was found near Maryville, TN.   A pretty distinctive style. 

I could be wrong but my gut feeling on these is that they are from somewhere near the Great Smokies region - could be either side of the NC/TN line - they don't look like upper East TN to me in the sense of the rifles from Unicoi, Sullivan or Washington County areas and I think they were made a little farther south.

Whoever this gunmaker was, i really like his work.

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Re: Iron Mounted Tennesee rifle
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2013, 12:22:06 AM »
Guy, I think you are "on the money" with your assessment- they really are different than the upper E. Tn rifles we're used to seeing.  I wish they would post the photos I sent to the library.
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