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Re: Question on this bottom rib. Mike Harrell #663329 07/21/25 12:06 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 187 Likes: 33 Woodstock, GA MattH Sidelock
MattH Sidelock Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 187 Likes: 33 Woodstock, GA	I know that William Powell continued to keep a vestigial ramrod catch on the bottom rib long after percussion guns were gone. I owned a SLE from the late 1890s that still had it. It was a Powell signature for a long time. I wouldn't be surprised if other makers kept them around too as a tradition or affectation. ----MattH President, Ga. Vintagers
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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Question on this bottom rib.	Mike Harrell	07/21/25 03:14 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	Daryl Hallquist	07/21/25 03:35 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	Mike Harrell	07/21/25 03:50 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	SKB	07/21/25 04:03 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	MattH	07/21/25 04:06 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	KDGJ	07/21/25 06:23 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	LeFusil	07/21/25 09:17 PM
Re: Question on this bottom rib.	KDGJ	07/21/25 07:10 PM

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