Whitmore, Duff, Wolff & Co.

[Brokenbear]

Just one shot ..30 grains ...PRB ..pleaz pleaz pleaze no mo and even then make your forehand grip do all the recoil work ..I shudder when I look at that picture with the lock out and all of that wallerd out thin tire old wood

Enjoyed your trip thru history and impressed with your skill sets and equipment

I confess I would want to shoot it too!

Bear

 

[Davey Boy]

I will check the measure that is with the powder horn that came with it out of curiosity. But I will use your recommended load of 30 grains. Perhaps I will test the horn's powder for ignition and if it flares up well, use it for the one shot. How old the powder is in the horn, what a story this rifle could tell.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

You have a very interesting half-stock rifle there.

Just a guess, but I think your gun was made sometime around 1830-1850.

It's interesting that the lock seems to not have a "half cock" notch on the tumbler (the internal part that rotates with the hammer).

The existing notch on the tumbler is a "full cock" notch, used to hold the hammer in the cocked position until the trigger is pulled. Most locks have a "half cock" notch which is more in the shape of a U located about 1/4" below the full cock notch. It's purpose is to hold the nose of the (missing) sear arm in a trapped pocket so the gun can't accidentally fire.

Many old rifles were made with no half cock notch.