[SwinneySwitch]

The ornate inlay on the stock of the Plains rifle that once belonged to Juan Linn, Victoria's first mayor, carries the inscription: "From P.D. Egan to J.J. Linn."

[veronica]

Any relation? ;)

[cspackler]

Bump to my hometown. I know the Juan Linn legend well, great part of Texas History. Why do other states not take their own history as seriously? I live in Iowa now, and no one knows much beyond what they learned in "The Music Man" to tell them much. We had courses devoted to Texas History all throughout school.

[tet68]

I hardly think an original half stock from the 1840s can be had for $750 certainly not in any condition and with a historical pedigree.

Still, wish I could find one.

[Hat-Trick]

*BANG!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***.50-some caliber rifle ***

Some of the faint hearts may have just passed out!

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Thanks very much for posting this.

Riflemen (and their rifles) made, and now keep, this country free. Simple fact.

Semper Fi,

[Shooter 2.5]

"There is something jammed in the barrel which forbids it from being loaded or fired," he said.

That's disgraceful. It's as bad as those historical replicas from the heritage societies made from pot metal and can't be fired.

[tx4guns]

Victoria, TX Hometown BUMP!

[Redbob]

"Bobby Clegg, a historical re-enactor who portrays Linn, will be asked later to perform as Linn for school children. "He'll actually hold this rifle in his hands and the kids can come up and touch it," Dunnam said."

What? An "assault rifle" in our schools?
Heaven forbid! What will Sarah Brady say?