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Offline whetrock

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Re: Another J. Sheets Rifle
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2025, 06:59:27 PM »

Did anyone other than John Armstrong regularly use that sort of tipped butt plate?
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Re: Another J. Sheets Rifle
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2025, 08:40:20 PM »
Quote from: 120RIR on August 13, 2025, 06:31:05 PM
There is indeed an iron tip on the buttplate.  What might the significance of that be even on a wreck such as this?
Quote from: whetrock on August 13, 2025, 06:59:27 PM

Did anyone other than John Armstrong regularly use that sort of tipped butt plate?
Yes, If you have access to the reference I gave to page 286 in the gray Maryland book, Christian Hawken rifle pictured has an iron tip butt plate. The cheek carving and wrist carving are very similar as well. The patch box has a Q type finial to.
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Re: Another J. Sheets Rifle
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2025, 08:47:30 PM »
Homerifle,
Thanks for the reply. I hadn't read your earlier post carefully and had missed your earlier reference to the MD book.
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Re: Another J. Sheets Rifle
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2025, 10:22:11 PM »
 Maryland Longrifles - Hartzler/Whiskers page 286
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