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TKS - it shoots exceptionally well. Although it's a "A" weight .50 barrel, it's 48" length makes for a exceptionally strong holding rifle - even though it is very light at around 8 pounds.
Generally we (Taylor and I) need 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 pounds to hold this well.
The barrel (and stock) is very skinny in the middle, which is parallel for quite a piece - in the middle, then flaring for the muzzle.(only teh outside dimension, of course).

The late period, all incised carving is quite nice, actually, even for those of us who love the raised carving of the 18th century. The use of lots of wire, silver and brass inlays is also of late period rifles, gaining in popularity through to the 20th century in areas where ML's were still being built.

Inlays and sheet parts, ie: patch box & hinge, along with entry pipe, pipes and inlays are hand made, of course. The humped and thusly grooved tang where it meets the barrel, are typical of Verner only, I think, along with the rounded or softened corners of the octagonal flats.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

Edited by CptCurl (19/03/12 09:53 AM)

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