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Anyone familiar with Mr Turpin's (Overland Park, MO) work? This gun was made decades ago with a Getz barrel, Siler lock and a super piece of quilted "birds eye" Maple. Fore end and ram rod jag are ivory. It is in excellent condition. I have an interest in it. Thanks for any info. LDK






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Beautiful gun there!

Here's Mr. Turpins contact info:

http://longrifle.com/artisans/...=102&membersonly=yes


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Thanks Mark, much appreciated


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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262
Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142
Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007
16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409
Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311
Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941
10 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322
Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson

Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......

"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
 
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Look on some of the BP building sites or track of the wolf to get an idea on fair values. Tom Turpin is certainly not an unknown gunsmith. I would only value it a quality contemporary and go from there. There is a lot of work that goes into those guns, but I don't think the prices often reflect that very accurately. $1500-$2000 would be my guess.


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David: I'll bet that beauty would throw a patched round ball very nicely in the whitetail woods of Tennessee.


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I bet your right Bill. I've gotten an estimate on building an identical gun and what the owner is selling it for is $2,500


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http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
NRA Benefactor
DSC Professional Member
SCI Member
RMEF Life Member
NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor
NAHC Life Member
Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262
Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142
Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007
16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409
Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311
Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941
10 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322
Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson

Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......

"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
 
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Now that's Nice.


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If you like the gun you had better be buying it before it gets away. That gun is quality work and it would cost at least half that just to buy the parts and wood for it, and that's if you could find wood like that today at a good price!
 
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what the birdhunter50 said, plus one!
 
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For what it's worth, Jim Turpin, last I knew lived in Overland Park, Kansas instead of Missouri. He used to be a member of the Contemporary Longrifle Association. May still be. That rifle is still on their web site under him as the artisan.

Jim Turpin
P O Box 13478
overland park, KS 66282
United States of America
info@primitiveartsvideo.com


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I know nothing about muzzleloaders but I do know a little about wood. Quilted Birdseye Maple like that is rare! Simply beautiful.
 
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