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Offline DaveM

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1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« on: October 20, 2017, 03:10:19 AM »
Came across this old article.  Did anyone ever hear of the rifle described in this article?



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Offline trentOH

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2017, 04:47:43 AM »
Trimmed in silver. Getting shorter as it gets older. A relic. Other than being retired at full pay, that's not a rifle, that's ME!!!!!!!
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2017, 03:42:27 PM »
Don’t know, when I enlarge the screen enough to read the fine print, it’s so fuzzy it’s unreadable.

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Offline spgordon

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2017, 04:12:33 PM »
Hungry Horse: if you click on the article/image, it should open in another screen (crystal clear)--and than should be able to be enlarged further (without losing clarity)?
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2017, 04:29:47 PM »
I down loaded it, cropped it and printed it, NOW I can read it! Thanks for posting!
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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2017, 05:21:06 PM »
AHH, new technology makes my head hurt.
 There are pictures of this rifle around. It is very interesting, and quite modern for the time period. The pistol grip stock, percussion lock,  and the flashy inlays, suggest this was more of a presentation piece than an everyday rifle. Davy elected to take his old flintlock to Texas, and left this modern marvel at home.

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2017, 09:24:18 PM »
I have a picture of this rifle locked up in my photo buzzard account.   It has a back action percussion lock and is really quite ugly compared with most other standard lock rifles. IMHO
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2017, 10:07:27 PM »
Sorry about the image but sounds like you figured it out. Majorjoel sounds like it was really not made in 1829?
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2017, 10:30:01 PM »
MajorJoel,Is this the rifle?

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2017, 10:48:49 PM »
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Majorjoel sounds like it was really not made in 1829?
It is.  The rifle is mentioned in his autobiography.
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2017, 10:53:17 PM »
Little wonder he left it at home
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2017, 04:23:24 AM »
The article says the rifle was flint. And, I don't see any of the mentioned inlays. I guess they are all on the other side.
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lostinthewoods

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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2017, 08:30:35 PM »
Quote from: oakridge on October 21, 2017, 04:23:24 AM
The article says the rifle was flint. And, I don't see any of the mentioned inlays. I guess they are all on the other side.

No, that's not the rifle described in the article, it's in response to the post by Majorjoel. That was about another rifle presented to Davy Crockett.
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Re: 1902 article about Davy Crocketts rifle
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2017, 03:33:14 AM »
Quote from: lostinthewoods on October 21, 2017, 08:30:35 PM
Quote from: oakridge on October 21, 2017, 04:23:24 AM
The article says the rifle was flint. And, I don't see any of the mentioned inlays. I guess they are all on the other side.

No, that's not the rifle described in the article, it's in response to the post by Majorjoel. That was about another rifle presented to Davy Crockett.


OOPS! Sorry about that. I must be missing a post here. When Majorjoel said he had a "picture of this rifle", I just  assumed he was talking about the one in the article. Is anything known of the whereabouts of the rifle described in the article?

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