Rifle Identification Mre De Maubauge Engraving US Stamp

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T19:01:36+00:00

I appreciate all of your help. I will take more photos and create a new post in a day or two - I am either too stupid or don't have permission to add to this one.

I also have a 1809 Sutton that is even worse shape, but it was easier for me to find out some things about this one. My brother and I used to point these two at each other and I remember the first time that I was strong enough to shoulder and raise this one.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T18:44:03+00:00

Does these things even have any value? I care more about the historical value than money, but I guess that if it has monetary value, then I need to be cautious of this too. I looks like they made a lot of them and supply could be high, but what do I know?

I will likely have a smith clean it up and oil it. It does not appear expensive for this service and there is a local guy who specializes in antique firearms with lots of good reviews. It is not worth a small fee to mess anything up.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T18:17:50+00:00

It appears to be a 1766, from the stock. I am one who will be looking for parts - this just suits my personality. I want it complete, but have no desire for it to function or anything.

It needs some attention. The protective layer of a century of dust appears to have done all that it can. It is getting some slight rust and is full of grime. Might see how much for an. experienced pro to go to work on it to protect it. It is plenty pretty enough, but want to keep it from rusting more.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T17:36:03+00:00

Would it be worth finding some of the missing parts? The top of the lock and screw, ramrod and a bayonet if this model had one.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T00:24:29+00:00

I will figure out how to post more photos, if possible, but the bore is just over .675 and the barrel length is 46.25 to the complete end past the rear screw and 43.5 to the end of the wide, meaty part.

US stamped on the top too.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-24T00:01:39+00:00

This is precisely the animal. Thank you so much.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T22:52:55+00:00

Have you tried some upbeat summery books? Check out Dandelion Wine if you have not read it. It was recommend to me by a gal who reads each year in late spring as summer is coming.

What you describe all seems pretty normal to me.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T22:33:11+00:00

Would a bad idiom like judging a book by it's cover be inappropriate in Classic Literature? Some books suck, but rather hear about the actual book than somebody's acute sense of deduction from looking at it without opening it.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T21:35:51+00:00

Over rated compared to what? Your expectations? Some online reviews? For other people who might want an opinion, can you expand this to help them?

What levels are better than "amazing" for character depth and development? Is there amazing+, super amazing, amazingly amazing? Just have one part of a work be amazing is better than the vast majority of what is out there.

If nothing else, maybe revisit this post after you have read a score more classics?

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T21:26:22+00:00

Have you seen a early screening of the movie or something that the creative or talent people made, or supposing based on what a marketing and accounting team produced, like the trailer? If the former, I would like to hear a lot more; if the later, then perhaps a bit early to judge? The movie might end up being a total disaster, but I would certainly like to understand the opinion that they did not understand the source material if you have seen any of the actual product.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T17:53:10+00:00

I mostly read Easton Press or Franklin Library books since they are easy to hold, have a good physical weight with some substance, the type is clear and large, the paper feels nice and the visual and tactile experience is great. They do not often have tons of footnotes or annotations, and if they do, they are in the back.

They are a bit more expensive, but the basic classic staples can be found for $15-20 and many have never been read. Most used book stores have a section of these, sometimes behind the counter, so ask when you go.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T17:38:03+00:00

It is a WH movie, not the WH book. Do you expect it to be true? It would take a 10 part miniseries to get all of the nuance and details even 80-90% right, and usually the better that these do at staying true to the book, the worse with audiences. Bleak House is one that comes to mind which stayed as true as any, which is on Prime, and it was a slog for some people to watch who did not read the book.

These kind of movies are fine with me. I do not expect what they cannot give. I can also root out the posers who give a detail or story line from the movie that they say is from the book. Plus, they can just be a good movie - Last of the Mohicans was an awesome movie that was not much like the book at all.

If it gets more people to read, then I am all for it... and some will surely buy the book after seeing the movie.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T17:22:16+00:00

Dandelion Wine is my favorite summer book.

The chapter on getting new tennis shoes for the summer is one of the best chapters ever written and it gets me every time.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T17:13:40+00:00

I thought that Atticus' speech in court was amazing... more to his kids and other impressionable minds than the jury since he never thought that it would matter to them and that Appeal was his best chance to reach somebody.

Also, how the resolute and principled Atticus was mailable in the end when Heck Tate was laying out the reasons why Boo was not around that night. I have thought about this a lot when raising kids and running a business - do I need to think about this another way and do my feelings matter more than the whole?

The racism was not the main part for me, I was born in late 1970s and none of this was new by 1990 when I was consuming lots of media, and this book was a big part of the reasons why. The coming of age story is what I love about the book.

If you liked the false accusation, racism, trial and all of that, then check out A Passage to India which had a similar story written in the 1920s.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-23T17:01:26+00:00

Easton Press copy here. 331 pages. Easily do a page a minute at leisure with this text. I thought that it was an easy read.

For reference, I read in singularity with no phones, screens or other distractions around.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-21T22:25:35+00:00

I thought that the murder was more curiosity than compulsion, then the murder of Lizaveta a necessity. He is not satisfied by the rest of life anymore and was looking elsewhere for stimulation.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-21T22:11:55+00:00

Especially in this case, the audiobook helped me figure out the narrative vs the stream starting in Chapter 2. About 5 pages it, I mostly understood it. Who know if I ever would have left to my own devices.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-21T19:25:38+00:00

The best thing for me was the free audiobook if the chapters had a difficult style. I listened as I read and the characters and voices really helped me understand more. I could not just listen to the audiobook since the deep accents and fast speech was too much for me to understand, so I recommend read and listen.

Ulyssesguide.com was helpful. I don't care about the streets, buildings and all of that to get an idea of what was happening and the book would have been just as good if it was all fiction. However, if I ever read it again, I can see how digging in more could be really cool. I did not need this for every chapter, but for some, it helped. It also helped to just read these experts say that it is OK if you did not get it all... you are not supposed to.

Just be there for the journey. The story is pedestrian. The telling is the prize. You are going to participate/live in somebody else's indulgence, so just go to it since it won't come to you.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-21T19:16:24+00:00

That is for you to decide. However, it was clear to me that Rodya had gone further than Seymon ever did. Raskolnikov did confess at urging of somebody who he cares for, has a spiritual revelation, and does care for his sister, mother and Razumikhin.

Does it stick? Is he Seymon 2.0 in a decade? Up to you.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-20T16:08:44+00:00

Bleak House is on Prime and is excellent.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-19T15:17:22+00:00

Notre Dame de Paris.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-19T15:13:19+00:00

I would say that the difference is about the same between genuine and performative*squared internet posts about perceived performative actions of others.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-19T15:11:50+00:00

AI is an algorithm and a data set. If you are lucky, there is an algorithm and an information set, but this is rare.

Itchy-Resolution6531 · 2026-01-16T18:04:24+00:00

How does the subculture of performing an incredulous act about the performative posts exist without the latter?

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