I don't have a question, I just wanted to publicly thank Harley for solving an old mystery.
A friend of mine is doing genealogy research on her West Virginia roots. She ran across this fascinating old character of a mountain-man called Eli "Rimfire" Hamrick. She sent me this terribly scratched and faded old jpg of Ole Rimfire posing with his dog and rifle.
I figured that in those poor times, this guy probably only owned that one rifle and if it could be identified it would help her out. I couldn't post the picture on the board so I sent it to Harley through email and he ID'd it as an obscure rimfire - the Allen Drop Breech Rimfire Rifle - 1860 vintage. Rimfire apparently carried and used that rifle well into this century and was a legendary shooter with it.
So Thank You Harley! You solved a 100 year old mystery! Ole Rimfire is one of the most important (or at least colorful) people in this extended clans history and they asked me to tell you how much they appreciated your help.
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Keith
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