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Offline AZshot

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Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« on: October 10, 2022, 10:21:02 PM »
I thought it would be interesting to show these, most are from Southern Mountain long rifles, a few from other regions of the South.











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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2022, 04:58:17 AM »
You gotta love the iron works! 
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2022, 05:30:47 AM »
 Thanks for showing. Pictures of original works is always a plus...
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2022, 07:10:24 AM »
Thanks for sharing these photos.
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2022, 08:10:52 AM »
My goodness! What a great selection from a fine collection. Thank you for your time and effort to take the photos and then posting them here. We appreciate it.
Sure shows a wide range and styles all beautifully done. This is the bonus of hand forged versus castings.
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2022, 03:06:59 PM »
Thanks all, I'm glad you liked seeing them.

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2022, 03:29:09 PM »
Another vote of thanks! The creativity of those old makers is to be admired!

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2022, 03:35:57 PM »
The different trigger profiles are interesting as well.
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2022, 03:32:01 AM »
Those are awesome. 

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2022, 04:13:00 AM »
You have a very nice collection!
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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2022, 04:56:59 AM »
Thanks again all.  I was just enjoying looking at mine on their racks, and thinking about iron being used more in the South than cast brass, thinking of all the American migration patterns and where they'd learned.  Trying to determine regional and chorographical trends, like where and why did the ring at the end of the TN hand rail come from?  Identifying an individual gunsmith by trigger guard it too difficult, they changed them sometimes with every rifle.  But it's great to look at them all at once and think about it.

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2022, 07:42:45 AM »
I very much enjoyed the different styles and thank you for putting up the photos.
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Offline cshirsch

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2022, 05:16:42 PM »
Here's some more original iron trigger guards.



















Offline AZshot

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2022, 05:23:55 PM »
Hi Chris, thanks for adding some!

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2022, 03:31:52 AM »
Unfortunately I can't find the photos from a previous ALR post, but the Jacob Young iron mounted rifle has a very nice guard. Jim Parker (aka Bama) did have some photos of the rifle.

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Re: Original Iron Trigger Guards - Southern Samples
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2022, 04:03:46 AM »
Here's a couple more.




JIM