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FOR SALE [FOR SALE] Austin & Halleck Mountain Rifle | 50 Caliber | NEW LOWER PRICE

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ZenRooster

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As a complete and doe-eyed newbie, I went thru a phase of purchasing muzzleloader rifles and pistols with hopes of learning and enjoying the hobby. Unfortunately, I never got around to shooting any of them. I simply don't have the time, so I've decided to offer them for sale to a new home.

The first up is this beautiful Austin & Halleck Mountain Rifle (Percussion). Made in the preferred Weston, MO factory. (Or so I've read many times.) Brown-blued barrel. 50 Caliber with 1:66 Twist. The rifle is near flawless / pristine. I'm very tempted to keep this one. Overall excellent / pristine / like new condition. $1000 $900

Payment options are very flexible, including cash if face-to-face in the upstate SC area.

Free shipping from my FFL (City Arsenal in Greenville, SC) to your home.

Please feel free to ask questions. Happiness guaranteed.
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If you own a gun shop in Greeneville, SC, I think I have a rifle that would seriously interest you... Are you familiar with the Peden/Boyd families that built rifles there from ca..1810 up to around 1870?
 
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If you own a gun shop in Greeneville, SC, I think I have a rifle that would seriously interest you... Are you familiar with the Peden/Boyd families that built rifles there from ca..1810 up to around 1870?
I don't own a gun shop, but I do live in Greenville, SC, and I'd be thrilled to hear more about this. Please share.
Why are the sights on backwards?
No clue. I'm told both front and back are on backwards. Funny thing. In my research on A&H Mountain rifles, I learned two things. First, the A&H rifles are generally believed to be of very high quality. Second, more than one person has sights that were on backwards. LOL Crazy.

ZR
 
I don't own a gun shop, but I do live in Greenville, SC, and I'd be thrilled to hear more about this. Please share.

No clue. I'm told both front and back are on backwards. Funny thing. In my research on A&H Mountain rifles, I learned two things. First, the A&H rifles are generally believed to be of very high quality. Second, more than one person has sights that were on backwards. LOL Crazy.

ZR
I have a rifle, can. .45 cal, built and signed by D. T. Peden for Robert McElveen. I found the customer's name on the tax rolls for that county. Made between either 1855 and 1861, or 1865 and 1870. Peden spent the majority of the WBTS making ammunition at the SC Armory, and evidently not building guns for private customers. D. T. was the fourth and last generation of this Irish gunmaking family.
The rifle has some unique traits for the time. Definite Southern styling, but NOT a Southern MOUNTAIN Rifle. Distinctive Peden "'stepped" upper end of the buttplate, w/ a hooked breech.; back-action lock. Unique set trigger arrangement that requires the set trigger to be engaged, for the main trigger to hold at full-cock (I have read that this was a common arrangement on Peden guns.)
Fancy and ornate patchbox, w/ a separate covered .45 "groove" to hold spare balls.
Wood in stock is in VG condition; I didr repair a thin split in forearm using homemade animal glue.
Barrel has been over-tightened on breech, evidently to stop a pressure leak.
Going to attempt attaching some photos...
Will try for some better quality pics later today...
 

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I don't own a gun shop, but I do live in Greenville, SC, and I'd be thrilled to hear more about this. Please share.

No clue. I'm told both front and back are on backwards. Funny thing. In my research on A&H Mountain rifles, I learned two things. First, the A&H rifles are generally believed to be of very high quality. Second, more than one person has sights that were on backwards. LOL Crazy.

ZR
Think he asked to “ hear more about it”
 
Not trying to sell this rifle... It's the first time I have had a chance to share a piece of someone's "hometown history" with someone from where the gun was built, and who would enjoy seeing it. Riflemaking in the hill country isn't as well-studied as the SMR"s, NC guns, etc., but it had its own niche. Just sharing, not selling.
When I decide to sell something, it'll be on the right board, with pics of item and required info included.
 
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I guess that would work... I was just meaning to respond to ZR's invitation, maybe a bit too long after my Adderall wore off...
65 in two months, and my brain still gets hijacked at times.
 
Not great pics, but better than the others...
 

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