Reeder Custom Guns - It is a very limited model .45-70 ctg. gun.

WB
It is a very limited model .45-70 ctg. gun.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 18:17

There was a historic gunsmith named J.P. Gemmer who made Hawken style rifles of the very finest quality. He incorporated some of the same manufacturing techniques into the transition models of paper cartridge breach loading and finally ctg. guns. The dual wedge pin forestock retention, early style front sights, and ramrod, and even classic longrifle wood, are all typifying marks of the J.P. Gemmer model Sharps. This one even has "browned" furniture like a fine old flintlock would sport. I'm still learning about them myself.

Shiloh only made a very few. Obviously the unique features added to the trouble as they departed from the bread and butter Sharps models.

Few fast pics for Tebbeman - WB, 2021-09-27, 15:33
- Early 1900s vintage? (nm) - Jeff Spencer, 2021-09-28, 20:04
  - This was made in the mid 1980's - WB, 2021-09-28, 22:10
- Is that a cartridge gun, the models I looked at - jthomson, 2021-09-28, 17:18
  - It is a very limited model .45-70 ctg. gun. - WB, 2021-09-28, 18:17
    - Yeah it looks like a transition model of sorts, very nice - jthomson, 2021-09-28, 19:23
      - Gemmer took over from Samuel Hawken in MO 1862-1915 - WB, 2021-09-28, 22:04
- Gemmer - Tebbeman, 2021-09-27, 18:51
- That's really nice! (nm) - Derek, 2021-09-27, 16:34
- Wowza! (nm) - ChrisG, 2021-09-27, 16:22
- Scotty, that's just INCREDIBLE!!! If you get tired of it.... (nm) - Marco, 2021-09-27, 16:09
  - Not much of a rifleman but, - Alcorn, 2021-09-27, 16:30
    - I agree with Alcorn, beautiful. (nm) - Lymey, 2021-09-28, 15:47
    - Alcorn said it all............... (nm) - james, 2021-09-27, 18:31
      - Thank you all kindly. Sharing it with - WB, 2021-09-27, 19:47
        Nice - Rw, 2021-09-28, 07:10
        It's heavy but it's not. I think the barrel is 30" - WB, 2021-09-28, 08:31
        FYI - 10 lb. 1/2 oz. w/29” barrel. Balance point - WB, 2021-09-28, 10:55
        shiloh rifle - joepjs, 2021-09-28, 13:03
        They told me it was Maple?! (nm) - WB, 2021-09-28, 14:02