Special Exhibit and Lecture: A newly discovered "Rifle of Colonial America"

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

RCA  “X” (Never before seen by the Kentucky Rifle Public)

 A Rifle of Colonial America…”#X” ..a newly discovered  ~1780 long rifle, never before seen publicly, will be exhibited for the first time at 4:00 PM on Friday at Virginia KRA show. Wallace Gusler, eminent scholar and authority on Kentucky Rifles,  will present a lecture about this rifle and its “ significance and period characteristics” in a slide show of detail photos   




The 33rd Annual Virginia - Kentucky Rifle Show that will be on Oct 27th and 28th. It is a great show that is held in a great location. This years show will be extra special due to the number of early Virginia rifles that will be on display. The Kentucky Rifle Foundation will have a display of rifles from the Giles Cromwell collection that is featured in his new book at our table. There will also be another display of early Virginia rifles by another table holder close to ours. The show is located at the Holiday Inn and Suites at Front Royal, Virginia. The details about the show can be found in the Classified section that lists the upcoming show schedules on this site. The show is open to the KRA, CLA, HCH and NMLRA members. Otherwise you must make contact in advance to gain entrance.

[bama]

I will be there and will be looking forward to seeing this rifle and all the other great rifle that will be at this show.

[Robby]

Take pictures!!!!!
Robby

[Ky-Flinter]

Hurricane,

For those of us who cannot attend the Show, will Mr. Gusler's lecture be recorded and possibly posted here?

-Ron

[Jim Chambers]

Looking forward to the show.  I will be there with two tables full of the contemporary rifles from the Bob Routhton collection.  Several will be Virginia style pieces.  Stop by and say hello even if you're not interested in any of these pieces.
Jim Chambers

[Shreckmeister]

Ladies and Gentlemen...step right up.     Wish I could go.

[lexington1]

Hurricane,

For those of us who cannot attend the Show, will Mr. Gusler's lecture be recorded and possibly posted here?

That would be great. I have 0% chance of going!

[Eric Kettenburg]

Well all this fluffy fun aside, I hope that some pictures will be posted as well as an outline of Wallace's discussion of the piece.  I've not talked to him in quite some time now and I'm a bit out of the loop insofar as what he's turned up.  The teaser cheek photo appears to be quite interesting.

[Elnathan]

Well all this fluffy fun aside, I hope that some pictures will be posted as well as an outline of Wallace's discussion of the piece.  I've not talked to him in quite some time now and I'm a bit out of the loop insofar as what he's turned up.  The teaser cheek photo appears to be quite interesting.

I sincerely hope so. I'm intensely curious, but there is no way I can possibly go see it in person.

[DaveM]

Interesting / odd face on the inlay, will also be interested to see more photos.  Is that walnut?  The grain almost looks like a curly walnut to me but hard to tell from one closeup.

[Shreckmeister]

Interesting / odd face on the inlay, will also be interested to see more photos.  Is that walnut?  The grain almost looks like a curly walnut to me but hard to tell from one closeup.

   Is it an eastern woodland native with stretched ear lobes?

[Don Stith]

Come on Fred
Surely you can show us more than that little teaser photo

[Avlrc]

Come on Fred
Surely you can show us more than that little teaser photo

"If you wanna   see more, you gotta come inside & pay", 

[Clowdis]

Wow, all this lead up....and nothing, not even a maker.

[lexington1]

Exactly

[Shreckmeister]

It would be nice to see.

[Mike Brooks]

Wow, all this lead up....and nothing, not even a maker.

Must have been discovered to actually be a heavily modified CVA.....

[Don Stith]

Maybe we need to bombard Hurricane with PM's to get him to  share some photos.
 Any other thoughts?

[Eric Kettenburg]

Let's all take it easy on Fred!  I don't know any 'inside info' but I suspect the original posting was utilized as something of an advertisement for Wallace's lecture and in reality the rifle's owner or Wallace (or both) are in control of the photos and/or the rifle itself.

I'd like to see it as much as anyone else but I have a gut feel that the photos are not going to be posted here prior to being perhaps published somewhere?  You know, the free milk and the cow thing...

It sure is an interesting cheek inlay.