The late Bob Wyant and his Billinghurst rifles

[BillinOregon]

In a thread on the American Long Rifle forums about Bill Moody's barrels, I mentioned Bob Wyant, who sent me a letter on Jan. 14, 2002, describing the Billinghurst-inspired target rifles he was building using
Moody barrels fitted with false starters. I "met" Bob here on the Muzzleloading Forum.
Bob Roller posted that he knew Bob, and that Bob had died of a heart attack some time ago, sad news that I had been unaware of.
In his memory, here is a photo of Bob with one of his rifles, and a photo of the stock pattern he sent me, in case anyone else is intrigued by this style of rifle. Bob sent me a description of the parts he used, which I can add if anyone is interested.
I hope you are resting in peace, Bob. You were generous to share your enthusiasm with me.

 

[dd832]

Hello Bill,
Sad to hear of Bob Wyant's passing.

I'd appreciate it if you would post information from Bob Wyant about his Billinghurst-inspired target rifles. I have collected photos of Billinghurst rifle over the years and am always looking for more information about them.
Thanks, Mike

 

[BillinOregon]

Mike, will do very shortly.

 

[George]

I "met" Bob here on the Muzzleloading Forum.
Bob Roller posted that he knew Bob, and that Bob had died of a heart attack some time ago, sad news that I had been unaware of.

Bill, back in the early 1990s I ran a BP mailing list named MLML, and there was a member named Bob Wyant. I remember him as a knowledgeable poster and a very generous guy, because back then he made this knife for me just because.

I can't know if this was the same Bob Wyant, but I assume it was.

Strange that this should come up at the same time the old MLML was mentioned in a post here, first time in 25 years.

Spence

 

[BillinOregon]

Spence, always a pleasure to hear from you. I wouldn’t be the least surprised if it was the same Bob Wyant that made that knife for you. Bob was from West Virginia and was an educator by profession.
Was the MLML a Yahoo list? Seems familiar.

 

[George]

Was the MLML a Yahoo list? Seems familiar.

Not Yahoo. It was a mailing list, not a web based forum such as we use now. Every member got every mail/post sent by any other member, regardless of the topic.

Spence

 

[BillinOregon]

Okay, I am attaching photos of the two pages of the note Bob sent. Hope you can read it.

 

[DuncNZ]

Bill click on your letters and you will find you attached all the photos in your photobucket Maybe you want to remove them , Cheers Dunc

 

[dd832]

Thanks Bill for posting info from Bob about his Billinghurst rifle.
Mike