roscott, we were in and around Great Bend, Kansas. Leased agricultural fields (mostly wheat stubble and cut milo) and CRP land. We used Ben Webster at Big Kansas Outdoors - Waterfowl Guide Service. Three days of pheasant (half-days actually... sunrise to about 1300), and then one...
The two-week GunBroker auction of the Authorized Bicentennial Reproduction of Indiana's Official State Rifle is about half-way through. Follow along with the bidding (about 1500 views to-date) and take a look at the professional photos from Ric Lambert Studio (Brentwood, Tennessee). Marvin...
The Grouseland Foundation, conservators of William Henry Harrison's Grouseland home in Vincennes, has commissioned an authorized Bicentennial Reproduction of Indiana's Official State Rifle. The "Grouseland Rifle" was built circa 1803 by John Small -- Revolutionary War veteran, first sheriff in...
Winamac, I'm glad to hear you say that. That kind of appreciation -- the rifle as heritage and craftsmanship and a symbol of Indiana's frontier past -- that's what Grouseland and Marvin Kemper and others hope will come out of this project. Thanks for sharing your thoughts in here.
Adding: Marvin Kemper (Liberty Longrifles LLC) will have the Bicentennial Reproduction on display at the Contemporary Longrifle Association Annual Show, 19-20 August, at the Lexington Convention Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Afterwards, the Reproduction returns to Harrison's Grouseland in...
Hey Kirk. That's hard to say. I'm sure it'll be driven by the historical interest in original State Rifle, and a collector's appreciation of the quality of Marvin's craftsmanship. And not just craftsmanship in the rifle, but in the presentation box, as well.
These photos appear in the article...
Glad you liked, Winamac. Marvin's craftsmanship on the reproduction is something to behold.
(My mother-in-law is buried in Walton. In the Odd Fellows cemetery.)
"An historic American long rifle from the bench of an 18th-century gunsmith is seeing a rebirth in the heart of the Old Northwest Territory. The 'Grouseland Rifle' was crafted in the early 1800s by Revolutionary War veteran and gunsmith John Small (1759-1821), and was designated the Official...
Marvin Kemper's reproduction of John Small's Grouseland Rifle -- Indiana's Official State Rifle -- is turning heads at the NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville. Stop by the NMLRA- National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, booth #3908. Take a look and say howdy.
Authorized Bicentennial Reproduction...
You can listen to Guy's conversation with gunmaker Marvin Kemper on the webcast/podcast from about counter 05:10 to 18:10. Great conversation and lots of good info about Kentucky long rifles vs muskets, who is John Small, how did this rifle come to be the State Rifle of Indiana, and info about...
You can tell some things about the man by listing the things he'd done: Revolutionary War soldier, surveyor, sheriff, militia colonel, tavern keeper, legislator, blacksmith and silversmith and arms craftsman. But I haven't yet found anything better than this to show WHO John Small was. From his...
Tune into "The Gun Guy Show" on WIBC (93.1 FM or on the web: The Gun Guy Show | 93.1 WIBC) on Saturday, 20 February 2016. Host Guy Relford will talk with second-generation Indiana gunmaker Marvin Kemper about his authorized bicentennial reproduction of the "Grouseland Rifle" -- the Official...