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Anyone familiar with a H.L. MILLER. from Kirbyville, TX? Picked up this Tennessee rifle at a gun show today for the princely sum of $100. I couldn't hand the money over fast enough. Pics later.
I probably live forty miles from there and I haven’t heard of his gunsmithing but he could have been retired a long time also, but I figured a man that liked flintlocks and dachshunds must have been a hell of guy lol.LOL!!! I just moments ago read Mr. Miller's obituary and watched the video. Not that it is funny, just a timely coincidence.
It's hard to act nonchalant when inside you are screaming "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!"Yeah, I think I would have found $100 for that rifle.
.50.Lucky find! What caliber?
right on dave, Where r u at, im from LaBelle, Fannett area, good to see someone close by. Hope your having an awesome evening.I probably live forty miles from there and I haven’t heard of his gunsmithing but he could have been retired a long time also, but I figured a man that liked flintlocks and dachshunds must have been a hell of guy lol.
You think,Yeah, I think I would have found $100 for that rifle.
Awesome words treestalker, ironic, Im trying to work on a beretta o/u tricentennial and would like to be your neighbor, lol. Lloyd from LaBelleHenry Leon Miller was the ML gunsmith who taught me to work on muzzleloading shotguns on weekends in his shop when I was in my twenties. Mr. Miller was very gifted in building, carving and engraving, and his standards of craftmanship were very high. I was sad to hear of his passing this year, and of his daughter Pat passing before him. I worked for perhaps a year off and on under his tutelage. His wife Judy and his daughters Pat and Sandra made me feel welcome and I miss that old German yelling at me, LOL! I know there is a great place in the hereafter for him and his. When I get there, if I do, I'll be expecting the fragrance of Half and Half pipe tobacco. His guns should be reverently preserved. They represent the very best a common man with true talent can do.
Work that may outlast a tombstone. Monument in itself.Treestalker, thanks for the nice story. Puts a face on such grand work.
SM
Awesome, awesome, awesome, solid postHenry Leon Miller was the ML gunsmith who taught me to work on muzzleloading shotguns on weekends in his shop when I was in my twenties. Mr. Miller was very gifted in building, carving and engraving, and his standards of craftmanship were very high. I was sad to hear of his passing this year, and of his daughter Pat passing before him. I worked for perhaps a year off and on under his tutelage. His wife Judy and his daughters Pat and Sandra made me feel welcome and I miss that old German yelling at me, LOL! I know there is a great place in the hereafter for him and his. When I get there, if I do, I'll be expecting the fragrance of Half and Half pipe tobacco. His guns should be reverently preserved. They represent the very best a common man with true talent can do.
Thanks, lots of love and pride in the video. RIP H L MillerCouple of links below, one of his rifles on consignment and I believe probably his obituary also, be sure to watch the video in the obituary.
https://www.tvmnatchez.com/showroom-2
Obituary for Henry Leon Miller at Adams E.E. Stringer Funeral Home
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