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Offline okawbow

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Percussion rifle
« on: February 03, 2018, 04:45:16 PM »
The 4th gun for your viewing pleasure.











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Offline Hungry Horse

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Re: Percussion rifle
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2018, 06:13:37 PM »
This appears to be a modern restock of an old rifle, or a rifle built from collected antique parts. The odd 3/4 length stock detracts from the looks. It’s a shame that somebody with obviously little experience, or possibly natural talent got ahold of such a nice piece of curly maple for this project.

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Offline Curt J

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Re: Percussion rifle
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2018, 08:05:46 PM »
I'm not so sure that it is a modern re-stock.  While definitely a re-stock, it looks more like a 19th Century re-stock that has been cleaned a little too much. That might explain the "3/4 stock" part, as that was sometimes seen, even on original guns, by some makers.
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