D. Buie For P. Quin rifle

[cshirsch]

This is a nice rifle but a bit of a mystery.  Has some southern attributes with a Slocum, Baldwin & Co., New Orleans lock.  The inscription on the barrel seems to be 'D. Buie For P. Quin'.  I am trying to link it to New Orleans but the only D. Buie gunsmith I find is Daniel Buie in Tennessee and later in Texas.   .49 caliber rifled.

[rsells]

I do not have any info on the maker, but I had the opportunity to purchase a group of parts from a family who had a member of their family pass.  The fellow lived in Celina, Tn.  In the parts I purchased was a set of triggers that look exactly like the ones on the rifle in your photo's.  The triggers are unique, and I have kept them for many years.
                                                                           Roger Sells

[cshirsch]

I do not have any info on the maker, but I had the opportunity to purchase a group of parts from a family who had a member of their family pass.  The fellow lived in Celina, Tn.  In the parts I purchased was a set of triggers that look exactly like the ones on the rifle in your photo's.  The triggers are unique, and I have kept them for many years.
                                                                           Roger Sells

Please post a good photo of the triggers.  Thanks

[Dennis Glazener]

I suspect the New Orleans lock was a store brand, stamped that way by request of that hardware. Lots of import locks, and I am sure domestic as well, were sold with whatever business bought enough to warrant the manufactor putting their names on the locks.
Dennus

[OLUT]

This is a nice rifle but a bit of a mystery.  Has some southern attributes with a Slocum, Baldwin & Co., New Orleans lock.  The inscription on the barrel seems to be 'D. Buie For P. Quin'.  I am trying to link it to New Orleans but the only D. Buie gunsmith I find is Daniel Buie in Tennessee and later in Texas.   .49 caliber rifled.

I can't comment on the gun, but , for what it is worth, there was a " P. Quin" living in St Helena Parish, Louisiana in the 1850 and 1860 census ..... could he have been the owner???

[cshirsch]

This is a nice rifle but a bit of a mystery.  Has some southern attributes with a Slocum, Baldwin & Co., New Orleans lock.  The inscription on the barrel seems to be 'D. Buie For P. Quin'.  I am trying to link it to New Orleans but the only D. Buie gunsmith I find is Daniel Buie in Tennessee and later in Texas.   .49 caliber rifled.

I can't comment on the gun, but , for what it is worth, there was a " P. Quin" living in St Helena Parish, Louisiana in the 1850 and 1860 census ..... could he have been the owner???

Excellent!  Thanks for your research.

[wildcatter]

Awesome rifle, thanks for sharing. Haven't seen a beaver tail cheek rest with the inlay in it like that.

Matt

[Cajun72]

Nice rifle