{"id":9742,"date":"2021-10-19T17:21:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T22:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2024-07-06T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T21:29:04","slug":"pinfire-clock-gun-display-won-2021-tgca-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronnewcomer.com\/fr\/pinfire-clock-gun-display-won-2021-tgca-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinfire Clock Gun Display won 2021 TGCA Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winchesters and Colts are the major focus at gun collecting organizations in Texas and the American West. If you can associate a gun with a Texas Ranger or a cowboy then it will likely fit right in! European guns and pinfire in particular have often been overlooked by collecting circles in the United States. John Wayne never used one so its appeal never really grew much here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I figured if I were going to introduce a pinfire display at one of these shows I had better make it about something unique enough that would really stand out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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And pinfire clock guns were the perfect solution. They are big and unique and something that the average gun collector is not familiar with. So I put together a display of them for the Texas Gun Collectors Association<\/a> show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The John Hall clock guns were the favorites including the 1902 model with the knife for its clock hand. I accompanied them with the original British printed patent and period articles, ads and documents about them. To read more about them view my earlier articles on them here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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