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now that is NICE!!!! I love it.
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Sweet. That bad boy looks like it just needs a good cleaning, wood and metal. Nothing harsh, just a light detail. Bet there's a nicer stick of wood in there than the pics indicate. How about some targets??
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There is an appearance of nicely figured wood under that dark finish, but I will leave it to some future custodian to clean it. I am content to occasionally wipe it down. I don't shoot these really old guns. I worry that the stock will crack. I live in Nevada and wood tends to get dry and brittle here. Today I think the relative humidity is about 12%.
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Nice rifle, is this the same D. Leonard from Birmingham who became D. Leonard & Sons and his son Samuel worked in America?
MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014
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I believe it is, but since so much of their work bears someone else's name I can't prove it. Solid Birmingham proofs.
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Maybe linked to Harry Leonard who crafted some beautiful shotguns and rifles for W J Jeffery?
No matter, I really want this rifle, blackpowder is in my blood.
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