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Post by deputydon on Mar 14, 2006 10:39:26 GMT -5
Bounce is it home or @ 2M's ? I will be in Creighton today and might stop out if your gonna be home.
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Post by bounce on Mar 14, 2006 11:35:48 GMT -5
Will be home after 12:30 or so I'm going to run up to Verdel in a minet hear and pay the man for it as I had to pick it up at Albert Lee's on sunday in Lynch and did't know how to find Jim E. but at his elivator on a workday
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Post by bounce on Mar 14, 2006 13:18:27 GMT -5
I'm home now & for the day DD, he took my check so that ends that two year saga. I think maybe I should be very thakfull that I am a nite owl M/C on this deal. Just an educated guess? anyway stop over anytime!!
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Post by deputydon on Mar 14, 2006 18:21:45 GMT -5
I MIGHT stop over tonight while I'm working!!! lol
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Post by bounce on Mar 18, 2006 23:46:04 GMT -5
It's Offical the Jeager will make smoke again one day!! SJ I am now hopeing to know how the ball go's down rang by the time your out hear for your hunt, as I now plan to be useing it myself for this years deer hunting...smiles Two Moons took pictures tonight after puting it back together so maybe they will get posted sometime if he gets them out to Bill to do it?? Looks maybe to have ben maid in 1859 Pruff mark is B over crown over W
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Post by stumpjumper on Mar 19, 2006 8:06:38 GMT -5
.54 cal or real close to that, I'm glad ya got your baby home  . When Two Moons had er apart, did he give ya the caliber. Is it definitely a .54 ?? I'm gonna have to tinker some with my Hatfield before I come out in Dec. I'm having trouble generating enough spark. It may be my flints. But I'm not rulin out the frizzen, or lock spring. We'll see. Anyway, lookin forward to seein the snap-shots.  |
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Post by bounce on Mar 19, 2006 17:07:28 GMT -5
Was mostly interested in if would find it shootable or not so as far as I know when I first mesured the bore that was the only time and that was just a little larger than .54 but I thought the end maybe opend up for easyer loading patch & bal and I did ask T/M if it was and he said yes!! so I'm shure that it is. The pin hole I menchend was emty, it is for the front sling strap and T/M had an origanal, that will be on the pictures too as for the sling hole in the stock he was able to fill that hole allso..smiles The gun still need some work but for now it is back home and I can start working on freshning the barrel, the good news is all the rifleing is good & deep with no big holes. But it was well rusted so is ruff but this can be taken care of. T/M's called it a German Hawken, a Shootzen, a a yeager- Shootzen as he says the sights are for both hunting & target. He did give the bore a couple of acid treatments so the bore is now pretty darn clean and ready to fresh.
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Post by twomoons on Mar 20, 2006 9:57:24 GMT -5
We took the gun apart this weekend and it looks like it will be a shooter. I will have to get aspecial nipple for the gun and the barrel will take some scrubbing, but it will shoot! I do have some photo's and will e mail them to Bill for posting. It is amazing when you can tear apart a gun that is 150 years old and it is still shiney on the interitor. The breech plug threads looked like they were cut yesterday. The gun is proofed with a crown over a W hick would lead me to believe that it was made during the reign of William I, this would place it at about 1860.
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Post by deputydon on Mar 20, 2006 10:03:53 GMT -5
Well done guys!!!
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Post by bounce on Mar 20, 2006 17:13:37 GMT -5
I have a ? for anyone that may have an educated opinion on this, This gun has a- B over a crown then a W, I was just looking in a book listing Proofmarks and it shows a - Crown over a B as a gun that was Imported which passed proof test. Now my thought & ? is with the over the [crown] could that mean it was Exported? If so I bet it did go to St. Louis Mo. and comepeated with S. Hawken & others. something else I for got to say the gun weighs 8 lbs. At any rate I'm as happy to have it as I would be to own a real S. Hawken allso!!
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Post by deputydon on Apr 2, 2006 21:09:07 GMT -5
Well guys Bounce showed me thw barrel today w/o the plug in, that alone was inpressive (that they got it out.) I think 2M's will have Bounce shooting
@ the spring shoot!!!!! Looks like plenty of rifling to work with!!!!
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Post by bounce on Apr 3, 2006 7:12:48 GMT -5
I asked bill about this and he and I agree but don't know for shure that we are right? the Jeager under the barrel on the stock is stamped V llll Does anyone feel they know what this means? I had 3 posibilities with leaning hardest to being 1854? or 9, or 1859?
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Post by deputydon on Apr 3, 2006 14:47:53 GMT -5
sounds good ta me
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Post by bounce on Apr 3, 2006 17:40:57 GMT -5
Two Moon's just called and said if he only had the right nipel he would be shooting it in an Hour!! That man is truly amazing!!!!! Helps though when he want's to try it out just as bad or worse than I....smiles
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Post by deputydon on Apr 3, 2006 21:20:11 GMT -5
Two Moon's just called and said if he only had the right nipel he would be shooting it in an Hour!! That man is truly amazing!!!!! Helps though when he want's to try it out just as bad or worse than I....smiles I'm gonna do alittle brown nosing but still tell the turth.............2M's is by far the best damn gunsmith for our type of weapons in the MIDWEST maybe even farther than that !!!!!!! |
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. When Two Moons had er apart, did he give ya the caliber. Is it definitely a .54 ?? I'm gonna have to tinker some with my Hatfield before I come out in Dec. I'm having trouble generating enough spark. It may be my flints. But I'm not rulin out the frizzen, or lock spring. We'll see. Anyway, lookin forward to seein the snap-shots. 