Samuel Lafayette Click photo

[Einsiedler]

Chris,

I went to high school (in Austin Tx.) with some Clicks. And there is an old community up between Sandy and Honey creek in Llano county called the Click community. All the same family.

I hunt on an old family friends ranch up on Cedar Mountain just south of the old Click Store location. Still wild country. Be up there next weekend chasing hogs.

Bob

[rsherman]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[Collector]

I had a moment of weakness and sold a (I believe) signed Samuel Lafayette Click rifle, though it differed marginally by being hyphenated, S. L. - C.  Like the signature presented here, the engraving was bold and deep.

I've never seen that rifle make an appearance anywhere, since then.

Ol' Samuel, is described in the Firefox book series as being a itinerant gunsmith and blacksmith of notable reputation, as well as being quite the character.  Memorable would be a good description.     

[cshirsch]

Chris,

I went to high school (in Austin Tx.) with some Clicks. And there is an old community up between Sandy and Honey creek in Llano county called the Click community. All the same family.

I hunt on an old family friends ranch up on Cedar Mountain just south of the old Click Store location. Still wild country. Be up there next weekend chasing hogs.

Bob

Cool!

[cshirsch]

Well, old S.L.C. Wasn’t afeared of colorin’ outside the lines. I love that triggerguard, it a real work of art. I can’t tell if thats a patent breech or if the nipple is threaded right into the barrel. In any event there is an interesting clean out screw there as well. And a three quarter stock to boot. Nobody’s gonna mistake this for a Bean build.

  Hungry Horse

It's actually a drum & nipple.  Lot's of corrosion there.  It was shot a lot.

[Sequatchie Rifle]

Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.

[MGillman]

Was he from Scott County, Virginia? Allegedly his family came from Germany.

He was. The German spelling of his name was "Gleek"

[Notchy Bob]

Threads like this are the reason I keep coming back.  Lots of grins...

Maybe I missed it, but where was Mr. Click located, and during what time period was he active?  I was unable to find him listed in The Texas Gun Trade book, or in the online database of early American gunmakers. 

I agree with Hungry Horse, Mr. Click was not afeared to "color outside the lines."   If Click had been an artist, he probably would have painted in the Cubist style.  You can see that it's a southern rifle, but it is uniquely different.

Notchy Bob

[FALout]

Haven’t laughed that hard in awhile!!!

[smylee grouch]

ALR comedy central. Like we say- shot placement is key er ah word placement is key.   

[cshirsch]

Threads like this are the reason I keep coming back.  Lots of grins...

Maybe I missed it, but where was Mr. Click located, and during what time period was he active?  I was unable to find him listed in The Texas Gun Trade book, or in the online database of early American gunmakers. 

I agree with Hungry Horse, Mr. Click was not afeared to "color outside the lines."   If Click had been an artist, he probably would have painted in the Cubist style.  You can see that it's a southern rifle, but it is uniquely different.

Notchy Bob

He worked out of northern Tennessee and southern Virginia.