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Offline Daryl

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Re: 24” Jaeger Rifle
« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2021, 04:18:20 AM »
Absolutely. It will be what you build.  If it looks even remotely like a Jaeger, call it such.  It appears from the parts, to be a lot closer to a Jaeger than that TC called their rifle.
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Offline alacran

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Re: 24” Jaeger Rifle
« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2021, 03:15:49 PM »
Jeagers weren't stocked in maple.  You don't want the stock shaped . The parts will dictate your shape.
Jeagers were most certainly stocked in maple. In Steischloss Jaegerbuschen, by Erhard Wolf, there are 4 rifles made in maple "ahornholz".
Actually more than that because one of the numbered  guns is actually 2 rifles 2 smooth bores and two pistols all out of maple.
They span the 1st half  of the 18th century, to the second half of the 18th century, so it was not a fleeting fad.
I lent out my copy to friend last week or I would give the pages. There are 45 numbered guns in that book and ten percent of them are made out of maple.
That's quite a statement.....  I would call maple stocked jeagers. incredibly rare at best.
I've ony had the oportunity to handle 6 original German Jeagers. Five of them were stocked in walnut. Four of them were at the Winternationals version of gun makers hall. Two of them were in a late friends private collection. One was stocked in walnut. The other was stocked in what could have been maple or some kind of fruitwood. It was stocked in what is known as a "Capuchin stock".
Before the Nazis came into power private gun ownership was legal in Germany, and target shooting was very popular. George Shumway states in his book that thousands of private guns were also destroyed by the allies after WW2.
I also find it interesting that in Wolf's book the text does not make any mention of maple stocked guns being rare.
Were jeagers generally stocked in walnut yes of course.  But to say that they were not stocked in maple is not accurate.
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Re: 24” Jaeger Rifle
« Reply #27 on: February 01, 2021, 04:41:56 PM »
Here’s a cute boys jaeger with a 14.5” barrel/27” overall that I found online this morning. Not flintlock but still pretty cool. Doesn’t look like walnut but I’m not sure. Maybe some type of fruitwood? I’ve been on a jaeger kick lately and like the simplistic overall design and mounts this one features. 

https://www.aaawt.com/html/firearms/f581.html
I'm pretty sure that's a canoe gun.


Mike,

Your guess is most certainly better than mine. I know absolutely nothing about jaegers. I bought Shumway’s book and I’m even more confused. Think I’ll let the Pennsylvania schools continue to be the root cause of my confusion for awhile before switching to guns built in other states let alone other continents.
I was poking fun at the 'canoe gun" fellows.... not at you. ;)
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Offline Pukka Bundook

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Re: 24” Jaeger Rifle
« Reply #28 on: February 01, 2021, 05:29:40 PM »
That's the way I took it Mike!

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Re: 24” Jaeger Rifle
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2021, 05:46:24 PM »
Here’s a cute boys jaeger with a 14.5” barrel/27” overall that I found online this morning. Not flintlock but still pretty cool. Doesn’t look like walnut but I’m not sure. Maybe some type of fruitwood? I’ve been on a jaeger kick lately and like the simplistic overall design and mounts this one features. 

https://www.aaawt.com/html/firearms/f581.html
I'm pretty sure that's a canoe gun.



Mike,

Your guess is most certainly better than mine. I know absolutely nothing about jaegers. I bought Shumway’s book and I’m even more confused. Think I’ll let the Pennsylvania schools continue to be the root cause of my confusion for awhile before switching to guns built in other states let alone other continents.
I was poking fun at the 'canoe gun" fellows.... not at you. ;)

Sorry I’m a little slow on the uptake. Never thought you were poking fun at me. Canoe guns are an easy target though.
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Josh Sawyer