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Anybody have a rifle malfunction that made them say what!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marplot" data-source="post: 3099366" data-attributes="member: 129667"><p>Not my malfunction, but SOMEBODY! <strong>1816/1822 Musket</strong></p><p></p><p>I bought this as a piece of History and the story that went with it. I paid $175 shipped and worth it to me! Call me a hopeless romantic. It hangs in my living room with the story attached.</p><p></p><p>From what I've researched, this is a Model 1816 I doubt the hammer is original to the conversion, as it seems homemade. Somebody made a Shotgun out of this gun and used it up. The stock is badly cracked and repaired with nails, a testament to the will somebody had to keep this thing together, and hopefully they got good use out it. This is a neat relic of American History. Probably converted by hand either in this person's own shop, or by a local smith. Beaten to absolute hell and back and repaired to keep it functional. Probably so they could harvest wild game so their family could eat. This is a gun of necessity. Not some safe-queen like so many of us have today, with our multiple firearms. It must have been a one-gun for a frontier family. </p><p></p><p>Something they probably cursed because it "never worked quite right", but that they relied on to keep their family safe and fed. Maybe nailed it back together because they had a misfire on a big fat racoon and swung it against a tree in frustration because they couldn't feed their family that night. This is pure American ingenuity and "get stuff done with what you got" spirit at it's finest. Call me a hopeless romantic, but this is the most beautiful rifle I've seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marplot, post: 3099366, member: 129667"] Not my malfunction, but SOMEBODY! [B]1816/1822 Musket[/B] I bought this as a piece of History and the story that went with it. I paid $175 shipped and worth it to me! Call me a hopeless romantic. It hangs in my living room with the story attached. From what I've researched, this is a Model 1816 I doubt the hammer is original to the conversion, as it seems homemade. Somebody made a Shotgun out of this gun and used it up. The stock is badly cracked and repaired with nails, a testament to the will somebody had to keep this thing together, and hopefully they got good use out it. This is a neat relic of American History. Probably converted by hand either in this person's own shop, or by a local smith. Beaten to absolute hell and back and repaired to keep it functional. Probably so they could harvest wild game so their family could eat. This is a gun of necessity. Not some safe-queen like so many of us have today, with our multiple firearms. It must have been a one-gun for a frontier family. Something they probably cursed because it "never worked quite right", but that they relied on to keep their family safe and fed. Maybe nailed it back together because they had a misfire on a big fat racoon and swung it against a tree in frustration because they couldn't feed their family that night. This is pure American ingenuity and "get stuff done with what you got" spirit at it's finest. Call me a hopeless romantic, but this is the most beautiful rifle I've seen. [/QUOTE]
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