This!^^^^An old double hammer 12 gauge side by side. Preferably a damascus barrel.
This!^^^^An old double hammer 12 gauge side by side. Preferably a damascus barrel.
Get a Traditions Prairie Hawken percussion rifle. Better yet get a kit version for that build it yourself, personalized touch! Lots of fun and will keep you busy during those long winter nights!
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Seems like the whitetail rack kinda rules out the Alaska specific part. Where did you get the whitetail? Maybe a rifle from the European settlement of that area?What is going to be the right long gun to display over that mantle that will evoke the spirit of America (and of Alaska)? I could go with any of my vintage Winchesters, but, to be honest, I don't want them left out to be stolen; I'm more interested in a reproduction that I might artificially age to give it that antique look. I'm thinking about some sort of flintlock or percussion rifle or musket, but a SxS or lever gun might work, too.
What are your thoughts?
PS: I also plan to display a white tail 9 pt rack (antlers only, with velvet over the skull cap) immediately above or below said long gun.
Mrs farmer is an accomplished decorator. She has my T/C Hawken. 54 on display below the 9pt that I used to tag him.
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Pics are too dark, but you get the idea.
Seems like the whitetail rack kinda rules out the Alaska specific part. Where did you get the whitetail? Maybe a rifle from the European settlement of that area?
It will be a cold day in Hades when I put a Nagant on my wall LOL.How about a Mosin-Nagant? Caribou's wife, Agnes, is quite proficient with one!
No. Alaska is the last free state on earth. Why do you think I have Ronald Reagan as my signature line in my posts?Not to be a "sky is falling" type, but any state or local laws about locking up all weapons? In that case, a non firing replica might be best.
Thanks for the inspiration. Reminds me that I need to get a photo of our recently deceased bird dog enlarged and framed to go up there, too.Mrs farmer is an accomplished decorator. She has my T/C Hawken. 54 on display below the 9pt that I used to tag him.
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Pics are too dark, but you get the idea.
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You're in Alaska, what better wall hanger than a Mosin Nagant?
You guys do realize that Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1869-nearly thirty years prior to the adoption of the Nagant rifle...right? The Mosin Nagant has zero connection to Alaskan history.
In fact, the Nagant is part of Soviet history, whereas Russian America (what Alaska was called before it was Alaska) is part of the royalist/Tsarist/monarchy history of Russia.
A mid 19th century or earlier Russian percussion or flintlock might be historically appropriate, however. (But as I said, I don't know anything about those rifles.)