Nose cap/Nose piece ??????

[Huntschool]

Has anyone seen an original American long rifle from the 1750's to the very early 1800's with a different type of wood for a nose cap/nose piece ?  Or, has anyone built one that way ?  Is there HC here ?

This, of course excludes half stock English sporting rifles. 

inquiring minds want to know........

Thanks

[Daryl]

There is a picture of a 2 barrel keyed English-styled rifle with short barrel & 1/2 stock .75  cal. made by Krider in Piladelphia, I think. Page 231  of Firearms of the American West, 1803 - 1865.
The forend 'cap' appears to be silver or perhaps pewter.  Engraved on a cartouche n the cheep piece with "Presented to W.H.Owen/by/Major M. Chevallie/April 9th 1852"

[WKevinD]

Does horn count, I have a Jaeger with a horn nose cap and sliding wood patchbox with a horn finial as a contrast to the wood.

Kevin

[Mike Brooks]

Has anyone seen an original American long rifle from the 1750's to the very early 1800's with a different type of wood for a nose cap/nose piece ?  Or, has anyone built one that way ?  Is there HC here ?

This, of course excludes half stock English sporting rifles. 

inquiring minds want to know........

Thanks

Nope, never saw an Colonial/American rifle with a different type of wood for a nose cap. I don't even recall horn.

[Pukka Bundook]

Hunt,

I do not think you will find a gun of this period with a contrasting wood nosecap.  Horn/metal if European, but not wood.
Idea of a nosecap is to add something a little less liable to split than the wood, so adding wood to wood would be pointless.

All best,
R.

[rich pierce]

There were rumors about a number of original features of the 1761 Schreit rifle including the guard and nose cap but I have not kept a record of those discussions. I seem to recall thoughts that it had a wooden guard and horn nosecap. Agree that contrasting wood has not been a known feature of longrifles here in America.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

I've used ebony on both full stocked Jaegers, and half stocked English sporting rifles, because it looks like horn, sorta.  But not on a longrifle.

[Huntschool]

Thanks all...