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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 586 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #15 - May 14^th, 2017 at 10:44am	Print Post
	j h rector info "New York State Fire Arms Trade" compiled by Tom Rowe. you can see an example of his work at (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #16 - May 14^th, 2017 at 11:50am	Print Post
	scharfe wrote on May 14^th, 2017 at 10:44am: j h rector info "New York State Fire Arms Trade" compiled by Tom Rowe. you can see an example of his work at (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Interesting gun--judging by the sights, seems more of a dual-purpose hunting & target rifle than a strictly target gun. Once had a tang sight, but many hunting rifles of the time were also provided with those. Ought to be worth the price, but I wonder how long it's been listed; info these auction sites take care to conceal. Can you tell if Rowe's book is based on the Jerry Swinney's history of NYS gunmakers?


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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 586 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #17 - May 14^th, 2017 at 11:56am	Print Post
	never seen the book. I just passed along info from the gun listing.


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ResearchPress Full Member Offline Posts: 110 Location: UK Joined: Aug 18^th, 2004	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #18 - May 15^th, 2017 at 3:16am	Print Post
	waterman wrote on May 13^th, 2017 at 2:31pm: I am looking for references to the makers of percussion target rifles in the post-1865 period. Is it exclusively Amercian makers you are looking for? If your interest extends to British Gunmakers and long range target rifles, I have articles on Joseph Whitworth, Alexander Henry, George Gibbs, John Rigby. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) and many articles. Note also the information on Charles E. Overbaugh, New York, for a fascinating rifle attributed to him. David

	David Minshall - (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) - (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Firearms, long range target shooting and military history
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32 ballard xl Full Member Offline Stand on your hind legs, and shoot like a man. Posts: 129 Location: Akwesasne, New York Joined: Feb 20^th, 2011	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #19 - May 20^th, 2017 at 8:33pm	Print Post
	waterman wrote on May 13^th, 2017 at 2:31pm: I am looking for references to the makers of percussion target rifles in the post-1865 period. I have A.M. Carey's American Firearms Makers and all of Ned Roberts books. What have I missed? Yes, I am still searching for info on William B. Farrow from Holyoke, Mass. Carey is the only reference so far. Also, I have a cased Brockway rifle I want to learn about. Is there any forum that discusses these rifles? You've read "The Muzzle Loading Caplock Rifle" from cover to cover? I found more than 100 in that book.

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Saratoga Bill Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Location: Saratoga NY or Crystal River F Joined: Oct 18^th, 2016	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #20 - Jun 7^th, 2017 at 11:08pm	Print Post
	Rowes. book is an excellent reference on NY made guns but leaves a bit to be desired in gun descriptions. As an aside, muzzleloading shoot at Old Saratoga last week only had 3 slug gun shooters.( I'm shooting a Bresien '41 cal.) Consensus thought is that there may only be around 100 or so slug shooters left as no new guns are being made. Bill


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #21 - Jun 8^th, 2017 at 12:38am	Print Post
	This is a cool old photograph, I like this photo; it's the 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters organized in Lynn, Massachusetts and mustered in for three years service on September 2nd 1861. The company was originally recruited for Colonel Hiram Berdan's sharpshooter regiments, but when the men were informed that they would lose their enlistment bounty, they declined to join Berdan's regiments and instead remained independent;


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2882 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #22 - Jun 8^th, 2017 at 3:33am	Print Post
	I'm still working on the Willard Milton Farrow biography. One of the things I learned is that one of Farrow's brother-in-laws is in the above photo. I don't know which guy he is. He was killed in 1864, in The Wilderness battle.


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desert-dude Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 439 Location: Selah Joined: Jul 23^rd, 2013	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #23 - Jun 8^th, 2017 at 10:53am	Print Post
	If everything else fails try an ILL (interlibrary loan). 43 libraries world wide gives you a fighting chance. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #24 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	Norman Brockway;
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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #25 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	Norman Brockway;
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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #26 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:34pm	Print Post
	Norman Brockway;


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #27 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:35pm	Print Post
	Norman Brockway;
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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2133 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #28 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:36pm	Print Post
	Norman Brockway;
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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7427 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Percussion target rifles? Reply #29 - Nov 15^th, 2018 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	Excellent, Bob! Frank

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