The reason for this new interest in Barney Worthen is because I was contacted a couple weeks ago by his great-grandson. He had just received a couple of photo albums / scrap books belonging to Barney Worthen. He knew little of his great-grandfather's gunmaking. The good news is that he has taken an interest and is going to share the information.
The albums are full of pictures, letters and pictures from customers, newspaper and magazine articles plus a lot more. He has just started reading and scanning some of it.
If folks who have Barney Worthen rifles contact me I'll try to share what I get. Maybe we will be able to put original owners names with rifles today.
He would also like to purchase a Worthen take-down rifle so if you hear of one for sale please let me know.
