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Unread 02-22-2012, 05:30 PM   #41
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Interesting, before discovering Parker Bros. shotguns I too accumulated a few "Contemporary Flintlock Longrifles", but before the CLA came into being. Two by Haugh, two by H. House and one each by Bivins, Ehinger, Brennan, Dawson and Viens. Still have, shoot and enjoy them all. If I may ask, whose work did you collect?
I didn't get into CLA before shotguns !

I was already well aware of Parker's , Fox , L.C.Smith , the British guns and some of the ones from the continent by the time I was 10 .

The CLA stuff was more Virginia related . I always liked Al Edge's rendition's of Scheetz rifles as well as Clay Smith's James River Basin rifles . But I did have another made by Blackhart in New England . All nice enough , but based on what one paid and the value after you took ownership . Well lets just say the loss in value was more then I wanted to take . For example if I paid $6500 for a new Edge rifle in the Scheetz style , took it out and fired it maybe a dozen times after I got it and then tried to sell or trade it the value would drop 50-60% .
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