Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I'm retired, a good hunter, so I have LOTS of patients, and just imagine what I can get back for the wait, a rifle 200 years old, that functions, I get to cuddle it. RAchel

I am sending the Sheetz's rifle out to Don this week for a look see, and get an estimate on repairing it. I figure the worst is I can't afford it, and lose shipping charges. I have only 2 BP guns, a revolver in .36 cal. and a Thompson Hawkins with 6 or so pounds of BP in my powder frig. Get hot out ...

Thanks guys. I wanted guns like these two for years but could never afford them. I would tell you the prices I paid, but I don't want to be the cause of any heart stoppage. No, not high, but I really didn't know what I bought until I got home and looked them over, then I needed a drink.

Hi guys, I signed up hoping someone here could help me with a gun maker named John Sheetz of Staunton, Va. He lived around 1810 , and I have a converted to percussion rifle made by him with the barrel made by a Jesse Worley. Found it along with one made by a Samuel Beck in a out of business gun shop...