this is my 1850s rifle made by James D. Winchell in Hillsdale Mi. It's a 45cal percussion cap with a Remmington barrel octagon to round. Furniture is walnut with brass and pewter.
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my 1850s backlock
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i am slowly falling for the back action locks and the guns using them. sure makes it svelte.
that is a fine thing to have! i wish it had been a law that every arm made had to have its bona fides secreted somewhere on it! but then the road of learning about them would be too smooth.
only wart i can see on this gun is the shiny lock bolt! perfect candidate for fire bluing!
that is a fine thing to have! i wish it had been a law that every arm made had to have its bona fides secreted somewhere on it! but then the road of learning about them would be too smooth.
only wart i can see on this gun is the shiny lock bolt! perfect candidate for fire bluing!
WOW so any idea where that was made? I ask as it is very similar in shape to an Allen & Thurber, BUT the Allen & Thurber was a two-piece stock with a brass receiver, that held an internal lock system where yours has the back action lock. So I wonder if your rifle influenced them?
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I'm in the same court deerstalkert . I like the slim lines ,however this is also a weak spot. the neck is smaller and inlet for the larger lock makes it somewhat fragile. I have shot it it's fairly accurate (5 shots in a 6" pie plate at 50yds). I haven't used much of a load 35 2f bp, what amazed me was how fast the lock speed was. Bruce
Loyalist Dave :this rifle was made in Hillsdale mi. by James Winchell. according to tanselman he is in Jim Kelly's book gunsmiths of Michigan. One of the reasons I was for this sub forum was to see different guns from different parts of the world and how they influenced other gunsmiths. Bruce
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Svelte is right - I have a 20bore SxS with back action locks that handles like a dream.
Great info thanks. I'm pretty sure it's pre Allen & Thurber, so very intriguing as the lines are so close.
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