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Re: "New Roller"
Reply #30 - May 15th, 2020 at 10:59am
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Rebel wrote on May 15th, 2020 at 9:30am:
quit wine-ing. Wink

I don't know, maybe. Is that a popular style of engraving?
Perhaps a tribute to Bacchus, promoting "group tighteners"

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Black Leaf engraving. (German floral engraving). Grape leaves being the motif. Very nice.
  
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Reply #31 - May 15th, 2020 at 11:38am
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thanks Joe,

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Reply #32 - May 15th, 2020 at 12:46pm
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Got to thinking about that sight.  Might it have been a shotgun originally?

Many have been converted to rifles.
  
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Reply #33 - May 15th, 2020 at 9:31pm
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westerner wrote on May 15th, 2020 at 12:46pm:
Got to thinking about that sight.  Might it have been a shotgun originally?

Many have been converted to rifles. 


Rolling Block shotguns I've seen had a grooved top receiver Joe to get low enough to see the bead front sight. I think this taller rear sight on the receiver would need a very tall bead to match up front.
  
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Reply #34 - May 15th, 2020 at 9:37pm
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Yeah, your right Vall. 

Seems like I saw one of those sights before. Almost like deja vous all over again.  Weird.
  
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Re: "New Roller"
Reply #35 - May 16th, 2020 at 4:52pm
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  They are not grape leaves, at least not like any grape leaf I've seen, and I've seen lots. Maybe hops. I know very little about hops except that they are labor intensive.
  
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Reply #36 - May 16th, 2020 at 8:18pm
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I see both grape leaf and acanthus mixed into the stems. it's appealing, but may not be a normal rendering. It sure wouldn't be on Colts, which tended to have everything, but the leaves were usually done in a single style. Of course, never say never when dealing with firearms- and certainly with Colt.
As a guess, this one was to pass a test, maybe for a guild, and the craftsman included each to show his versatility.  He passed.
  
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Re: "New Roller"
Reply #37 - May 16th, 2020 at 10:05pm
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leaves of three, let it be.
  
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