Author Topic: F. Lefort rifle  (Read 1116 times)

Offline cshirsch

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F. Lefort rifle
« on: August 06, 2019, 05:20:45 PM »
This rifle has been a bit of a mystery to me.  A Francisque Lefort is listed in Savanah, Georgia in 1811. The rifle was originally percussion so ignore the flintlock lock that someone put in it later.   Very long and in nice condition, it does show characteristics of being southern made.  I may have seen one other Lefort rifle but, as I recall, it was a very early rifle.  The rifle does not appear to be a restocked barrel.  This one may remain a mystery.







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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: F. Lefort rifle
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2019, 08:20:50 PM »
Certainly looks right and southern to me as well. 
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.