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[lew wetzel]

i pulled these images off another site .......flintlock inlines.....one is a harper ferry hall rifle and the other one is bohemian from 1738....very interesting rifles...any of you fellas ever build anything like this?

[keweenaw]

Joe Valentine has build a rifle like the bottom photo, really cool.

[Daryl]

Some Hall Rifle parts castings are available through Track or the Rifle Shoppe.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

The Hall rifle is a tractor and the longrifle is a Porche.  How do you aim it?

[lew wetzel]

taylor,probably with your eyes closed...lol....i am going to have a visitor tommorrow ......hugh tonjes!!!just got off the phone with him and he will be here in the morning...cant wait to see the two rifles he will have with him.....i will take pics...

[northup87]

Taylor just from looking at the pictures I think the sightline is actually along the left side of the barrel on the hall rifle if you look closely you can see the fron t sight is way of center....

[Roger B]

Yep, the sights are quite offset on the originals I saw 2-3 yrs ago at the Tulsa Gun Show.  They were famous for leaking breeches, a fact that I witnessed at Ben's Fort back in the 80s.  There were some dragoon reenactors there that were shooting originals & you could see them "spit" with every shot.  The breech, that is.
Roger B.

[Ky-Flinter]

Joe Valentine has build a rifle like the bottom photo, really cool.

I saw a longrifle with this lock/action at the CLA show in Lexington last year. I spoke with the maker and he graciously allowed me to photograph the piece.  Nice fellow.  I believe he said he made all the components himself.  Unfortunately, I cannot remember his name....  maybe it was Mr. Valentine.

-Ron

[keweenaw]

Yes, the fellow at the CLA show was Joe Valentine.  He also makes absolutely dandy european style powder flasks.  He's a retired dentist and excellent with his hands to say nothing about the fact that he's a really nice guy.  Sometimes he teaches classes at the NMLRA seminars.