Rich Pierce said:It's kind of a mixed build. Early buttplate, later guard, late lock moldings. If we date a gun by its latest feature, 1790 is as early as it can be. Change out the guard and it looks better to me.
Okwaho said:Rich Pierce said:It's kind of a mixed build. Early buttplate, later guard, late lock moldings. If we date a gun by its latest feature, 1790 is as early as it can be. Change out the guard and it looks better to me.
I agree with Rich and TG here.A guard with a little deeper bow and a higher grip rail will make a real difference and the gun look earlier.Most reenactors won't know the difference unless they have seen and/or handled a Revolutionary War period Lancaster County rifle. This is a nice rifle with good architecture and a little tweaking will greatly help its appearance.
Tom Patton
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