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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2017, 03:16:48 AM »
NIce looking rifle. Looks like the remnants of an old wrist repair. Wrap has been removed and nail/screw holes filled in.
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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2017, 03:27:18 AM »
Nice!

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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2017, 04:33:23 AM »
....WOW.... Guess I should monitor posts more often.....I would have paid more.....sold for $810  .....!!! ::) :-\ ::)

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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2017, 05:51:19 AM »
Lock had been held with only two bolts. Heavy corrosion on barrel from (corrosive) percussion caps. My guess, it was originally percussion. Me, I might maybe consider reconverting it back to percussion.

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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2017, 07:01:48 PM »
The lock is an obvious reconversion, and the gun was used as a percussion at some point. Hard to tell from the pictures if there's an original notch in the wood for a flint hammer or not.  Given the wrist repair, strange at best, makes me wonder if the back part is original to the front part! In hand, you could tell if the wood grain matches front and back, but not in the pictures. At least I can't.
But the butt, and up to the lock area, looks like possibly a gun by Whitson. Well bought if both pieces are original to one another!
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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2017, 07:53:35 PM »
I see a notch for the cock. Fine old rifle!
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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2017, 08:05:55 PM »
Yes, a notch,, but is it the original notch?
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Re: TN rifle, looks original at thegunrunner.com auction ends in about an hour
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2017, 09:20:37 PM »
Great looking old rifle.
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