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TIGER MAPLE Antique LONG RIFLE in .36 Caliber
Guns International #: 101234437 Seller's Inventory #: 8261
Category: Antique Rifles - Percussion - Kentucky Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1466
Total Number of Listings: 29942
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order
Description:
TIGER MAPLE Antique LONG RIFLE in .36 Caliber
Circa 1840s American Long Rifle!
Here we present an antique Tiger Maple Stocked American Long Rifle in .36 Caliber, made circa the 1840s.
The American Longrifle, more commonly, but less correctly, known as the ‘Kentucky rifle’, was described by Captain John G. W. Dillin in the dedication to his seminal 1924 book, The Kentucky Rifle:
“From a flat bar of soft iron, hand forged into a gun barrel; laboriously bored and rifled with crude tools; fitted with a stock hewn from a maple tree in the neighboring forest; and supplied with a lock hammered to shape on the anvil; an unknown smith, in a shop long since silent, fashioned a rifle which changed the whole course of world history; made possible the settlement of a continent; and ultimately freed our country of foreign domination.
Light in weight; graceful in line; economical in consumption of powder and lead; fatally precise; distinctly American; it sprang into immediate popularity; and for a hundred years was a model often slightly varied but never radically changed.”
The overall condition is good. The iron parts have a dark finish with a dark patina. The stock has very nice grain and has been repaired around the lock. The bore is in good shape with nice rifling. The action is excellent.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 31 inch octagon.
Caliber: .36 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1150
#8261
SOLD
Antique: Yes