I'm impressed. This display was especially interesting to me. I had 2 ancestors with Jackson at Horseshoe Bend, both named Charles, the younger and the elder. The younger was a halfblood Cherokee, under Major Ridge, and he made a pretty significant contribution to the winning of that battle. Died along the Colorado River in Texas in 1845 on a sojourn to find a settlement for members of the treaty party of Cherokees. The elder was grievously wounded in a mopup action some days after the battle. Buried somewhere in Maury County, Tennessee. He was a Revolutionary War Veteran and in his 50s in 1814. I'd love to see those rifles. Thanks for this video.
thanks for sharing. I was chatting with him at the Ohio Collectors Association back in May. Enjoyed this. I like this type of rifle. Good architecture but something a common man of the time could have owned and been proud of. While I do not build copies or even this particular rifle, the ones I build are mostly ones that a common man would have owned during the time period.
I saw the videos on two of your rifle builds and Sir might I say they are absolutely amazing works of art that are deserving of the same respect we give our original master Smith's.
Wow... The originals are always cool to see. Would have loved to watch the restoration on this piece... Thank you Ethan Didnt expect a swamped barrel...most interesting
What a Great Story Ethan! Everything is super interesting! And I’m from and live in Lancaster County. Kind Thanks and Many Blessings! I certainly very much appreciated all the many many hours of research! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
You can easily see Davy Crockett, who was a well known politician, reaching out to his uncle or cousin for a rifle with the promise to tell his voters that his uncle or cousin built his rifle and they should talk to them about their firearm needs.
That is a very diverse and talented Man. Thanks for bringing this piece of history to us Ethan. It's amazing that the gunmakers of the day had the same can do attitude as the aircraft, automotive and armor manufacturers of ww2.
Agreed, the can do attitude is really what defined them across the ages. To me, that's the kind of thing that makes it American culture and is why we should preserve and embody it as much as we can.
I've been trying to find out the true history of "Old Betsy" which I presume to have been a flintlock had been with Davy for quite some time and "Pretty Betsy" the (assuming again) Cap-lock that he was given when he left Congress and headed for San Antonio. He brought a good-sized group of riflemen with him and I doubt that any of them carried a cap-lock into a possible affray where they might run out of percussion caps. Can you suggest any reading or watching? Enjoy tour tapes very much.
