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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Anyone have any thoughts on this rifle that turned up in Texas?
« on: March 04, 2022, 05:19:12 PM »
The photos below were sent to me by a Texas museum thinking it might be a Gillespie rifle since it seems it belonged to a family that lived near Asheville NC before they moved to Texas. It is a Gillespie but may possibly have been made in thst area.

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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: Anyone have any thoughts on this rifle that turned up in Texas?
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Offline AZshot

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Re: Anyone have any thoughts on this rifle that turned up in Texas?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2022, 11:00:07 PM »
Two features I'm not sure I've seen on a Gillespie are the rearward facing triggerguard rear spur (usually curve forward), and the point in the toeplate (not sure this isn't on any Gillespies...looking at books now, including yours!)
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Re: Anyone have any thoughts on this rifle that turned up in Texas?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2022, 04:57:30 AM »
 Is that the lock from this gun laying next to it? If so it would be easier to get a better mental picture if it were fitted in the mortise. Although the gun is defiantly southern. I don’t know enough about Gillespie built guns to make that call.

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