White Walker
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About 31 years ago, I was given an old flintlock Pennsylvania Longrifle. The person who gave it to me was an old timer who used to trap for a living in Missouri as a young man. He told me that he'd found the rifle one day inside of an outhouse on an old abandoned homestead. That's all that I know. Anyway, It has a 47" long barrel. It has a .40 bore, rifled to 1 turn in 48". The top barrel flat has *LEMAN-LANCASTER PA* stamped near the breech. It has a modern replacement front sight of Silver that replaces the original silver sight that had been twisted off years before. It has a 13" pull to the front or release trigger. There was never an entry thimble installed on the rifle.
I've been told by an advanced collector and expert on the subject that the rifle is undoubtedly one of Henry Leman's very first rifles that he built with his own hands in his small shop that he'd established inside of his fathers beer brewery. I'm told that the rifle was probably made in 1834 or 1835, before any of his government contracts had been made. Beats me because I'm no kind of expert on the subject. Anyway, I thought that some of you guy's would find this interesting. Here are some poor photo's of it that I took many years ago...
Fred
Here are some of the cuts that were inflicted on the barrel. Long ago I'd taped each of the cuts closed. Maybe I shouldn't have. But with no absolute proof that they were made by a saber, they could've been made by a kid with a corn knife.
The rifle had been broken at the wrist long before and had been repaired with a copper band without any glue being used. I clued the wood together again and replaced the copper band.
I've been told by an advanced collector and expert on the subject that the rifle is undoubtedly one of Henry Leman's very first rifles that he built with his own hands in his small shop that he'd established inside of his fathers beer brewery. I'm told that the rifle was probably made in 1834 or 1835, before any of his government contracts had been made. Beats me because I'm no kind of expert on the subject. Anyway, I thought that some of you guy's would find this interesting. Here are some poor photo's of it that I took many years ago...
Fred
Here are some of the cuts that were inflicted on the barrel. Long ago I'd taped each of the cuts closed. Maybe I shouldn't have. But with no absolute proof that they were made by a saber, they could've been made by a kid with a corn knife.
The rifle had been broken at the wrist long before and had been repaired with a copper band without any glue being used. I clued the wood together again and replaced the copper band.
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