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English rook rifles
Jul 28th, 2018 at 9:30pm
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Hello  I have  bunch of English rook rifles, or so called.  Is there any that other people that like this kind of thing. They range from London guns to Scottish and Ireland. 

I would appreciate any word of people that like these

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Reply #1 - Jul 28th, 2018 at 10:13pm
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Yes I like them I have a Holland and Holland tip up reclined to 25-20 wife, I will try to get some pics tomorrow.
  
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Reply #2 - Jul 28th, 2018 at 10:13pm
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Uuuhh, well, I like took rifles.
  
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Reply #3 - Jul 28th, 2018 at 10:14pm
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Typo: “rook rifles.”
  
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Reply #4 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 6:03am
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I love rook rifles. I used to have a Woodward Martini rook rifle in 360 No.5 that shot 38 long colts into clover leafs at 50 yards- I foolishly let it go when I needed some cash.
  
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Reply #5 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 8:43am
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By all means post photos and descriptions, whats not to like about a Rook rifle?
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Reply #6 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 10:36am
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Just one of my Rook rifles just Love them. TJ.
  
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Reply #7 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 11:08am
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Here are the pics of the H&H 25-20 wcf.
  
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Reply #8 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 11:09am
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a couple more
  
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Reply #9 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 11:53am
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Her are pictures of some of them

The side lever tipper is what most people think of with a rook rifle, and what i have most of. This is a Horsley from York, I like the basket weave engraving. It is also on the trigger guard 300 rook

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This is Holland and Holland hammerless in 300 sherwood

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This is a McCririck and soms Ayr Scottland, 300 rook. I think it is a better looking rifle than the H&H

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Small framed snider WC Scott, 38 rook

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This is just a bit different a reilly on a tranter patent, 38 rook

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One of the martini action ones, Chas Osborne 450 rook

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Not really sure if this classifies as a rook rifle. A Westly Richards in 32-40. They actually used this caliber a lot. The photo makes the checkering on the wrist look bad, don't know why

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Reply #10 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 12:18pm
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the Snyder is really cool, as they all are.
  
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Reply #11 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 3:47pm
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The Horsley is over flowing with Charm.
  

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Reply #12 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 4:00pm
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Those are beautiful, as are your Winchesters, I'm impressed with the collection you have. Never saw a small Snider, and didn't even know they existed. Thanks. Smiley
  
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Reply #13 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 5:29pm
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The names on Rook rifles are the retailers who are only occasionally the actual makers.
Fazer, top to bottom;1) Perks,2) Webley,3) ???could be Webley, 4) Belgian, 5) Tranter, 6)Braendlin Armoury, 7) Westley Richards---action possibly Francotte.
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Reply #14 - Jul 29th, 2018 at 5:51pm
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Lovely collections/specimens, all! I have a Issac Hollis and Sons Martini action in 380 Rook, but it’s not in as good as a shape as any of the pictured guns here. All the other ones that I have seen seem to command prices that are a bit too much for me, but I am always looking out for them.
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