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CAMPBELL49T
July 1, 2009, 11:35 AM
Gizamo, I would like to find your stomping grounds. That is a very fine looking rifle. Do you know what year it was made.
1KPerDay
July 1, 2009, 05:40 PM
gorgeous. :cool:
Smokin_Gun
July 1, 2009, 05:58 PM
That's a real beauty Gizamo... nice find!
Olmontanaboy
July 1, 2009, 06:09 PM
Nice looking rifle. What's the barrel length?
gizamo
July 1, 2009, 06:49 PM
Thanks guys...
To answer a few questions...the gun was built in the 1970's from what I can tell. The barrel is a Ed Rayl and measures 13/16's across it's flats and is 42 inches long.
Now, riddle me this...anyone know the name of the tang posted in the second picture?:neener:
giz
1KPerDay
July 1, 2009, 06:50 PM
I believe that's known as the Knoxville Dipsy-doodle.
gizamo
July 1, 2009, 07:09 PM
IKPerDay...too funny.:D
Nope for the rest of you...answer this one and I'll ask another that is tellin' about what makes a Southern Mountain Flinter....different...;)
giz
Iggy
July 1, 2009, 07:24 PM
That's a fine lookin' rifle Giz.
I have acquired few of them "Po Boy's" over the years.
You are coming up with some really nice rifles. Keep it up and keep postin'.
Regards,
Iggy
gizamo
July 1, 2009, 08:00 PM
Iggy, my old friend...
From you, that is a high compliment...I'm trying to get folks to see the simple beauty of the lost era. The guns tie together with so much of the Country's history, that they are intertwined....
I'll keep them coming one at a time...
Someday when we've enlightened a few more...we'll talk about this'n......;)
Or this'n....
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l163/Gizamo1/Fowler002.jpg
I'm just hopin' to stir up a little bit of the passion that we had for these guns when we were youngin's...so many years ago.!
giz
AussieTH
July 2, 2009, 12:51 AM
Congrats - some lovely guns and wood crafting there Giz.
I am just venturing towards flintlocks. What does something like what you have posted cost?
Ratdog68
July 2, 2009, 01:21 AM
Gizamo... those are some fine lookin' smoke poles !! Love the stock on that second one too.
Shotgun Willy
July 2, 2009, 01:40 AM
Now, riddle me this...anyone know the name of the tang posted in the second picture?
What, do mean the 'Lollipop' tang?
My google-fu is strong.
gizamo
July 2, 2009, 06:22 AM
We have a winner:D
The extended tang is sometimes seen in these guns, and the one in the picture is typical of a Lollipop tang.
There is something unique about the triggerguards in the Tennessee guns, that you don't see in others. Anyone know what that is?
giz
1KPerDay
July 2, 2009, 12:19 PM
No, but keep posting more pics. *droooooool*
CAMPBELL49T
July 2, 2009, 11:45 PM
If i bought one, I don't know about the rifle. But I would sure be a po boy.
Great looking rifle................
Iggy
July 3, 2009, 07:19 PM
Giz, Now I'm set to learn something here about trigger guards. Lookin' forward to the information. Mine all have guards similar to your's, but I don't know the significance of that.
I can't tell from the pictures of your mountain rifle, does it have a grease hole in the stock, or a patch box, or nothing?
A Bean patch box would not be inappropriate. Not that I would recommend you modify that beauty one iota.
gizamo
July 3, 2009, 07:32 PM
Iggy,
The Tennesee guns and some of the Southern Mountain guns often exhibit squared up trigger guards...viewed from the side profile they lack any roundness.;)
As to the patch box....my gun has nothing.....which is typical along with simply having a hole bored in the stock for grease, with no cover.
giz
4v50 Gary
July 3, 2009, 09:09 PM
Thank you for sharing Gizamo. Those are two interesting rifles. The mountain gun has the later pronounced crescent buttplate that was meant to be fired off the arm. The other gun has a flatter buttplate that was held to the shoulder (so I was told). I like the long tangs of the Southern Iron mounted rifle. It gave the stock strength at the wrist.
Iggy
July 3, 2009, 09:47 PM
Giz,
Thanks, I kinda figured that was the case. All three of my rifles have the same style trigger guards as yours.
I agree with Gary about the long tangs. The wrists on some of those old timers were pretty thin.
I chose not to have grease holes in my stocks as I was afraid of the grease penetrating and softening the wood.
The figure in your stocks has got mine beat.
I have a .40 rifle and pistol made from the same piece of wood and the same barrel.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/Iggy25/Flintpistol.jpg
Those are both fine lookin' flinters !!!
gizamo
July 4, 2009, 10:01 PM
Gary,
Don't know about you...but havin' acquired a few of these off the arm guns...I'm leaning on prefering them to shoulder mounts. I own a few cast off stocked guns...but in the smaller calibers...the shoulder mounts feel right...
giz
Das Jaeger
July 5, 2009, 02:36 AM
Love those rifles !
Very classy , beautiful lines , keep the picture show commin ! :)
There is just sometin about those rifles that a .50 BMG Barrett can never have .
Sincerely , Das Jaeger
Iggy
July 5, 2009, 08:54 AM
Here's a couple more for viewing
54 cal flintlockhttp://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/Iggy25/54Flint.jpg?t=1246794770
Here is an original piece of wood from between 1820 and about 1840. It is a English double gun in my collection. I believe it to be maple burl with birdseye.
It is attached to my pride and joy! 12 gauge Shotgun...and one that I still shoot and hunt with.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l163/Gizamo1/SXS008.jpg
giz
1KPerDay
July 5, 2009, 02:16 PM
wow. :cool:
Iggy
July 5, 2009, 06:13 PM
I'm gittin' greener by the minute.. Nice guns Giz..
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