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Evening all,
Decided to post some pics of a couple of my rifles and reap some opinions. Now, I'm Bulldog born, and Bulldog bred, and when I die I'll be? Bulldog dead, that's right. Son of His Majesty's former 13th Colony in America, Georgia.
Born in Savannah, I followed my grandaddy's example, and, unlike any of his brothers and sisters, or his kids and other grandkids, moved about some. Did a few years in the former Creek/Cherokee border country of Coweta, and now live a few miles from the meandering Tallapoosa River in Alabama.
Anyway, enough pontification from me, behold these guns. The first I am wondering if the rest would agree is a Lehigh valley style, Golden-ageish gun. .50 cal, shallow round grooves, minor adornment. Sheet brass box, vent pick holder, L&R lock, swamped barrel that balances like nobody's business, gorgeously inflamed stock. Belonged to a fella from Ohio whose son brought it to the Georgia mountains with the other 40ish muzzleloaders his dad left when he passed.
Second, what I decided about a year ago was a generally Dickert/Lancaster Golden Age gun, found in a Newnan, GA pawnshop along with my early Leman flint .54. It's a .45 straight barrel browned from here to Sunday, with L&R lock, hobbyist engraving and carving, but that nevertheless shoots a 1 inch group at 50 yards.
Love to have anyone's thoughts, opinions, or alibis. Cheers gents, from a Savannah boy lost in the wilds of Alabama! (Yes, quality bourbon is to blame.for my cheerfulness tonigh!)
Decided to post some pics of a couple of my rifles and reap some opinions. Now, I'm Bulldog born, and Bulldog bred, and when I die I'll be? Bulldog dead, that's right. Son of His Majesty's former 13th Colony in America, Georgia.
Born in Savannah, I followed my grandaddy's example, and, unlike any of his brothers and sisters, or his kids and other grandkids, moved about some. Did a few years in the former Creek/Cherokee border country of Coweta, and now live a few miles from the meandering Tallapoosa River in Alabama.
Anyway, enough pontification from me, behold these guns. The first I am wondering if the rest would agree is a Lehigh valley style, Golden-ageish gun. .50 cal, shallow round grooves, minor adornment. Sheet brass box, vent pick holder, L&R lock, swamped barrel that balances like nobody's business, gorgeously inflamed stock. Belonged to a fella from Ohio whose son brought it to the Georgia mountains with the other 40ish muzzleloaders his dad left when he passed.
Second, what I decided about a year ago was a generally Dickert/Lancaster Golden Age gun, found in a Newnan, GA pawnshop along with my early Leman flint .54. It's a .45 straight barrel browned from here to Sunday, with L&R lock, hobbyist engraving and carving, but that nevertheless shoots a 1 inch group at 50 yards.
Love to have anyone's thoughts, opinions, or alibis. Cheers gents, from a Savannah boy lost in the wilds of Alabama! (Yes, quality bourbon is to blame.for my cheerfulness tonigh!)
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