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Author Topic: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifles.  (Read 1670 times)

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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2012, 10:38:48 AM »
trg,
Yes, it is so.  I saw the gun in question, lo these many years ago.

I guess they did not want to repair the mistake, because it would have cost them a barrel.  And 20 some years later, we are still sitting around discussing their "P" poor customer service.  Man, that's a plant that bears bitter fruit.

Keith, I forget, whatever happened to that Grand Rifle?  Seems I recall Jay had it for a while afterwards or am I wrong on that.

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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2012, 10:42:48 AM »
Brent Gurtek of French River Muzzleloaders does some mighty fine patchbox work. I would not hesitate to give him a call, even if the JJ Henry is not his "usual" build.

http://contemporarymakers.blogspot.com/ ... urtek.html

Brent is a TMA member as well. Let me know if you need his contact info.
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2012, 12:38:38 PM »
The misspelled name came from back when Jack Garner ran TVM(uzzleloading)?  He is at the other TVM last I heard.  I'd suspect things have changed at the original from those days.
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2012, 12:51:33 PM »
Quote from: "bigsmoke"
trg,
Yes, it is so.  I saw the gun in question, lo these many years ago.

I guess they did not want to repair the mistake, because it would have cost them a barrel.  And 20 some years later, we are still sitting around discussing their "P" poor customer service.  Man, that's a plant that bears bitter fruit.

Keith, I forget, whatever happened to that Grand Rifle?  Seems I recall Jay had it for a while afterwards or am I wrong on that.

John

Yes, Jay got that gun - and he had it up until close to his death - I saw it hanging in his "gun vault"  a few weeks/months before he died - so somewhere out there is a left handed  silver mounted Lancaster Style 54 caliber, Grand Rifle with the engraved name K Hickman on it.
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2012, 10:48:12 AM »
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" and they spelled my name wrong on the gun."
 Not TVM!....I suspect it is you who misspells your name :laffing
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2012, 07:25:50 PM »
Did you ever get that JJ Henry rifle ??  If you still need one,  Drop me a line & some pic's.  I've been making long guns since 1977, tho never a Henry I really don't know much about trade rifles, but have made quite a few similar guns, if I can see some good pic's I could most likely put one out.  Tom Knight,  rebar43@gmail.com
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2012, 08:24:25 PM »
No I have not gotten it yet
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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2015, 06:23:56 PM »
Update

Here is my JJ Henry built by JP Gunstocks - it is an English pattern type and I won in on an on line auction - one of the most accurate rifles I have owned in flinlock.  Perhaps, still in negoations I may make it to NM yet and kill some elk.  I made an arrangement with a client of mine to shoot (high fence hunt) a red deer hind (doe/cow) and will use my JJ Henry I think.

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Re: Why is there only one builder of the JJ Henry trade rifl
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2015, 01:17:19 AM »
give a yell when you are headed this way for that elk...... Let me know where you'll be headed..... Perhaps I'll be goin the same way same time... :bl th up
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