Years ago, circumstances caused me to lose my Jim Chambers Rifle. I have had other rifles in the time since, but I found Jim in the fire fox books a long time ago, and I was really attached to that rifle. I have a couple of doozies, but nothing rang all of the bells except a beautiful Hill Pearce (hope I spelled that right) rifle that I immediately regretted selling. Anyway I could never get over modern standard caliber barrels. i.e., My smooth rifle is a 62 caliber and it weighs like a wall gun. A dead ringer for my ideal rifle popped up online so I immediately threw my credit rating back where it was when I didn't feel like working. And I got a nice old sugar maple 52 caliber Long Rifle built in the 1970s By Malcolm Lewis. It looks used and has a weird looking screw thing where there would normally be a wide head screw holding the hammer to the tumbler. But all the single incised stock lines make me hear Chuck Dixon describing the correct way to build a long rifle, and why I should throw my Hatfield back on the boat to Italy since it was not even worth owning, because everything about it was wrong. I still have nightmares from that whooping. Yes Sir. Anyway, I think I got what I wanted but I don't have it yet. Ive been trying to visually identify a school, but I haven't seen it in person so I can't, because it's been so long since I studied. But it looks like this. I'm taken by the early brass patch box. Thanks for any solid knowledge to get me aimed at the right sources is much appreciated. Thank you for helping me. Be merciful.
