HOOT! Len, you have a point there. My custom cues are either finely balanced pieces of specialized equipment...or pieces of worthless kindling...all depending on whether I win or lose. :D

But that junk gets left to your Kids to fight over or throw away.

I hope that by the time I die that I will have nut'n mo dan a few pairs of comfy PJs and worn bathrobe, a well aged pipe, a well used Scotch tumbler and a stack of memories to make me smile till I goes da ways of all flesh...dats all Iz will need...

How much was it???? Did it have the Gunmakers name on it. This gun is circa 1860. Can you get in touch with who owns it or did U buy it? Tabs wants to know.

If it's of the same origins of the one I'm holding, it doesn't have a name on it, just numbers, three different ones to be exact.

tabs,
firstly, no i didn't buy it, but i sure liked it a lot.
i recall taking their number, it is around here somewhere. i will find it asap.
i believe it was marked with only the makers initials. J.M.D.
not sure of the exact price, seem to recall somewhere between 2 and 3 thousand, will get more info when card surfaces.
if you want to send me your phone number , i'll let you know what i learn.
david

Matt there were ALOT of Rifle makers back in the day. Some can be worth alot and others ehhh who cares. Condition matters.

I tend to like the heavy barrel target rifles of the era. False Muzzle and Short Starter. I am paticularily fond of John Krider of Phildelphia work. I like to stay with the Pennsylvania and NY makers for the most part.

I am looking for an HV Perry swivel breech 3 barrel rifle. I had an opportunity in 06 on one, but had just bought a Rigby and Whitworth rifles in AU so I had to pass.

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This rifle was made by Choate of NY. He was a well respected maker of fine rifles. I like it because of the simple but clean lines. It is in great shape as well.

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Here is a False Muzzle and Short Starter. The False Muzzle was used so that the crown on the barrel would not get worn by the loading of the rifle. The Short Starter got the bullet started down the barrel, where the ramrod would be used to seat the bullet on the powder charge.

Up for bid is Geo. Washington's axe...the very same one he chopped down the cherry tree. I've replaced the head and the handle, but intrinsically it occupies the same space.

Interested, Tabs?:rolleyes:


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Only if it say "Property of G Washington" inscribed on it.

When me and my former spouse separated I was in a state of chaos. I had no interest in my belongings what so ever. I just needed badly to get out, which some of you very helpful and supportive guys may remember. I literary went out that door with the cloths I was wearing, an old piano, my guitars and the Porsche. Everything else I left behind.

I have not missed one iota. Nothing. Zero.

In all the bad commotion, I could actually feel a separate sense of relief, rid of my materialistic burden, as it were.

Does that make any sense ?

Yes it does. I never understood the t-shirt slogan "whoever dies with the most toys wins". I spent a lifetime accumulating art and gadgets of every description, but for the past year we have been selling off whatever we could - keeping only a handful of favourites. Not for the money - but just to simplify our lives.

We're not old by any means - but want to be free of the burden of so many possessions.

We have a large house in town, and a much smaller recreational property - and guess what? Increasingly we prefer to spend time at the recreational property, where life is simple and uncomplicated.

Friends of ours sold up, and bought a small flat in Paris and a small cottage on Crete, near the sea. Both places are minimally furnished. And these are people who acquired things all of their lives! And now they couldn't be happier!

Where would you like that written? End of the handle work for you?

Ahhh... Now U see the rub. You have to do your research to find out where the inscription should be on the axe. Otherwise its a FAKE.

I had an eccentric friend (not crazy as he was very wealthy) many years ago and he took stock of all his possessions and was shocked at the sheer number of "things" he had. He arbitrarily picked a number...250, I think and decided he would never have more than 250 "things."

For example a house was one item, a car was another, a shirt was another, etc. A pair of socks was considered one item. He made it a personal committment so that if he wanted to acquire something, he had to get rid of something else. It did not have to be of similar value...for example I remember he gave up a wheel barrow when he decided to buy a restored Piper Cub.

As long as I knew him he stuck to this personal sense of constraint. And he seemed pretty happy with it. He felt it made you really take into account what was really important to own.

A bit of trivia...the Jeep wagoneer Burt Reynolds was driving in the opening scenes of Deliverance was his. (He was the canoeing expert for the movie).

QUOTE: "the Jeep wagoneer Burt Reynolds was driving in the opening scenes of Deliverance was his."
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It's valuable information like THIS that keeps me coming back here!:)

Now, if I could just get a hold of Jon Voight's old LeBarron.

See George C.

Dang! To get to that 250 limit, I'll have to cut a few things. I guess the kids have got to go....