redcoatrifleman
32 Cal
I have heard from a few different sources there is an early picture of the Schreidt Rifle with a stepped wrist and a wooden trigger guard. Anyone have a copy of this picture that's willing to share?
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Schreidt Rifle Wooden Trigger Guard
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ronaldrothb49
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If you are referring to the Schreit rifle it is in Rifles of Colonial America Vol 1. It does not have either a stepped wrist or a wooden trigger guard.
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This one perhaps? Sorry pic isn't uploading
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
It used to.
rich pierce
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Not sure I have the old picture, but it definitely had a shallow stepped wrist and at one time had a wooden guard. There’s even uncertainty on whether the wooden guard was original. Next it had a brass guard that was of far too late a style. Then finally what we see now.
Uncle Miltie
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Guards made of thick horn often give the appearance of wood but they are far more durable.
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Do a search on the forum for "wood trigger guard". Be sure to use the quotation marks to get results for the phrase and not the individual words.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/latter-day-jaeger.64530/#post-785411
You will get a lot of results.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/latter-day-jaeger.64530/#post-785411
The trigger guard is made of wood.
You will get a lot of results.
ronaldrothb49
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I knew that there were pictures of it in Rifles of Colonial America but did not know the history of it till I went on a search this morning. Apparently there have been several changes made to it over the years which kind of makes me wonder if anything about it is real, a lot of unscrupulous people out there. I had the pleasure of meeting one who had several unsigned originals who was trying to get John Schippers to engrave and antique names on them so they would be worth more.
