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• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 09-11-2012 at 09:55 PM
  The rifle was made in St Louis about 1860 maybe later, it was owned by Stephen Stutler from
  West VA and he used it for hunting. The lady I got it from told me she had it appraised a while
  back in Denv...

• Posted in thread: looking for a Gunsmith in East Texas on 09-11-2012 at 09:50 PM
  here is the link to the pictures I posted back when I joined

• Posted in thread: looking for a Gunsmith in East Texas on 09-11-2012 at 09:40 PM
  I posted pictures of it back in 09 when I first got the rifle, I have tried both Google and
  Bing, I found one gunsmith listed in my area, but when i call the phone number, I found he had
  died two yrs ...

• Posted in thread: looking for a Gunsmith in East Texas on 09-08-2012 at 01:06 PM
  I have an old Plains Rifle, was given to me back in 2009. The rifle looks great, but the hammer
  will not stay in the cocked position. Does anyone know of any Gunsmiths near me? I am between
  Timpson an...

• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 08-25-2009 at 10:13 AM
  A Hawken it is most definitely not. I think Quantrill has it nailed.OH I do agree with you, It
  is not a hawken but I have found while searching the net that some people Interchange Plains
  Rifle and Ha...

• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 08-24-2009 at 10:06 PM
  I found another website that deals exclusively with flintlocks/percussion rifles. The owner of
  the site told me "It is a plains rifle from about 1850" "there were so many makers then that it
  is diffic...

• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 08-18-2009 at 10:13 PM
  It is interesting muzzle decoration, I cant see if that is just at the muzzle or if it goes on
  down. I am forwarding them to a couple BP gunsmiths near the origin of this rifle and see what
  they have ...

• Posted in thread: Are you with us, or against us? on 08-18-2009 at 06:02 PM
  I don't know what kind of time we are talking about but I am available nearly all the time.
  Former Newsman/Disc Jockey at several small Radio Stations including two Christian Stations in
  Lufkin TX KAV...

• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 08-18-2009 at 02:30 PM
  sorry again, now I have deleted them from this hard drive by mistake, so I will try again
  laterYAY, here they are, you can see down the bore a little so maybe you can actually see the
  grooves.

• Posted in thread: can anyone identity this rifle? on 08-18-2009 at 12:16 PM
  Cant see the rifling from here. Sounds real interesting though. I have taken two more photos of
  the bore of the rifle and you can actually see a little way inside. one of the pics on the
  right side of...