New old guns

[bobw]

Well just about exactly what I mean. A friend asked me to stop by and look at a Shiloh he bought on auction and was having problems dropping the breech block. I checked it over found the problem and we moved on to some of his new old guns. An almost mint 78 Borchardt military rifle in 45-2.1, A Ft Griffin" Buffalo Sharps" which was a 15 lb gun with a 30bull barrel in 45 -2 7/8, a Bridgeport rifle lettered to Conrad at Ft Griffin in 1877 by RL Moore. This gun had a military butt and semi buckhorn rear sight and a modified frt sight that started out as a std frt with the bronze peg insert. The big firing pin and a slightly cratered breech block above the pin. Looks like it will shoot.... The next Sporting rifle was a Hartford model std barrel with the Hartford collar and pewter forend tip again a military butt its a 44 and I'm guessing a 44-77 but would need a chamber cast to confirm that. Again a very small notch in the semi buckhorn rear and modified frt with a very fine blade and bead combo. This gun was lettered to the Latham gunshop in Cheyenne ,Wyo. . The last gun was a #1 sporting rifle heavily modified by Freund in 45-2.4.Freund breech work ,double extractor, hammer, barrel replacement, engraving which was documented as belonging to D. Boone May a notorious shotgun guard on the Deadwood stage that operated between Cheyenne and Deadwood. Neat gun with serious history behind it. Might get a chance to shoot the 45-2.1 I worked on tomorrow and he sure wants to run afew thru that Ft Griffin Sharps ,I told him I just happen to know the only guy with period correct ammo that would chamber in it in 250 miles.... Will see. I kinda like this kinda X-mas experience. bobw