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Topic: ws sutter gunmaker
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hunternfon
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posted November 28, 2004 07:58 AM
   
I have a pennsylvania flintlock long rifle made by W S Sutter Ruffsdale Pa. I am looking for dates that he was in business, any help would be appreciatedIP: Logged |
samkom
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posted October 28, 2009 07:39 PM
I'm originally from Ruffsdale,PA, and my Dad knew Worth C. Sutter (pronounced "Suit-er," born 1896, died ?) in the 1960s and 70s. He was, respectfully, a real "Jed Clampett" kind of a guy who lived out in the sticks, and was an amazingly talented gunsmith, with a client list that reportedly included corporate heads from the Pittsburgh area and beyond. He had a small, two-story frame shop where he plied his trade using a minimum of power equipment. His sons worked with him, and they also made custom powder horns to go along with the guns. Your rifle was made from scratch, by hand, muzzle-to-butt, by a gunsmith from the "old school" who was a local legend back in the hills of Westmoreland County, PA.Want to sell it? IP: Logged |
hunternfon
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posted October 28, 2009 08:31 PM
Thanks for your reply on my flintlock. It is definately W.S.Sutter and is much much older than the person born in 1896 and was probably his father or grandfather who made it. The fancy brass patch box and other decorations were originally inlaid into the stock, but due to the passage of time and wood shrinkage now stand slightly proud. My guess is that it was made 1800-1830. Send me your email and i will send some photos of it.IP: Logged |
samkom
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posted November 16, 2009 08:44 PM
Would love to see the pics! I wish my Dad had bought a gun from Worth...they were probably $500 forty years ago, many times that now. Drop me a line at smk12@psu.edu.Thanks! IP: Logged | |
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