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Last updated 8/2/2008
The Owens Homeplace
Big Ridge, Dickenson County, Virginia
Big Ridge, Dickenson County, Virginia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Mountain Rifle by John F. Bergmann
Rifles built in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee in the early 1800s by gunsmiths who brought with them the designs and styles they had learned in the east, built guns that met local needs using the materials provided by the land around them. One important difference between these guns and the fancy rifles from the east was the use of iron for fittings, instead of brass. Walnut and curly maple, as seen above, were the favorite woods for stocks.
Rifles built in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee in the early 1800s by gunsmiths who brought with them the designs and styles they had learned in the east, built guns that met local needs using the materials provided by the land around them. One important difference between these guns and the fancy rifles from the east was the use of iron for fittings, instead of brass. Walnut and curly maple, as seen above, were the favorite woods for stocks.