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Tryon Merrick & Co Rifle

Joy FullemanJoy Fulleman Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
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Anyone have info on this rifle. It's 36 caliber. Marked Lynchburg, VA on top of barrel. Thanks.

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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭
    edited December 2023

    Tryon was a family gunsmith business in Philadelphia from 1811 thru the end of the 1800's I have no reference of Merrick &Co. They could be a retail seller. Unusual that the makers name is not on the barrel.

    I would say that it was made in Lynchburg, VA, using a lock made by Tryon.

    Added: Cannot find Fisher or any similar name located in Lynchburg, VA, in any of my reference books.

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  • Joy FullemanJoy Fulleman Member Posts: 91 ✭✭

    It looks like something is marked to the left of Lynchburg on barrel, but I can't make it out. It might be "Fisher" though as I have just found another very similar rifle that has "Fisher" next to the Lynchburg, VA. Thanks. I'll try to upload another picture of that area of barrel.

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  • Joy FullemanJoy Fulleman Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
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    Looks like Fisher.

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