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Offline snapper

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Alex Henry Double Rifle
« on: September 18, 2021, 06:46:36 PM »
A few years ago I bought a nice Horsley double rifle on auction.   In June and again this week I shot it in the double rifle match at F'ship.   One of the guys that helped with the match got to looking at it and told me that he was the next to last bid on that rifle when it sold.   The more he handled it the more he wanted it.   He tried to buy it from me but I was not interested in selling it, until he kept raising his offer.

One of the dealers had this AH rifle for sale.   So I ended up selling my Horsley and bought this AH.

AH records shows that this is a .451 best double rifle made in 1867.

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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2021, 06:52:04 PM »
Nice!!  Can't make out the writing on the inside of the lock.  What's it say?
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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2021, 07:30:47 PM »
Bob Roller   :)

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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2021, 07:31:14 PM »
Locks are marked Joseph Brazier Ashes.

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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2021, 09:11:44 PM »
LOL - beautiful rifle and case & accouterments.
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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2021, 08:07:55 AM »
That is one exceptionally fine looking rifle Art!!!  I would love to shoot it sometime.

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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2021, 12:39:41 AM »
Beautiful rifle. I'm glad you got your hands on one.
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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2021, 07:02:52 PM »
That is an exceptionally nice Alexander Henry double rifle. You are fortunate to be its current caretaker. Nice purchase!
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Re: Alex Henry Double Rifle
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2021, 03:35:08 AM »
Quote from: snapper on September 18, 2021, 07:30:47 PM
Bob Roller   :)

Fleener
THANK YOU for such a compliment.It was these locks from Brazier and Stanton that were my
inspiration to try to make them as closely as possible to this level of quallity.They are what's called
"3 pin locks" and the "pins" are the 3 bridle screws.IF i decide to make any more locks they will be this pattern
internally or like the one that BrentD showed recently which had the screw spacing of the 4 pin drill
gauge I made in 1987.I used only 3 of the 4 positions this fixture has and it looks good.
You mentioned a Horseley gun and in a1998 issue of The Double Gun Journal thre is a picture od a Horseley
double with a magnificent pair of Brazier locks with "5 pin bridles". I think THIS gun started as a muzzle loader and was
later remade into a breech loader.I think all of us who admire grand rank craftsmanship owe gwe the British a thank you and we shpuld drink a toast to these superb crats people.

  This is a superb SxS rifle and I am glad to see it now owned by some who knows exactly what it is and appreciates this level of quality,
Bob Roller
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