Tune into "The Gun Guy Show" on WIBC (93.1 FM or on the web: The Gun Guy Show | 93.1 WIBC) on Saturday, 20 February 2016. Host Guy Relford will talk with second-generation Indiana gunmaker Marvin Kemper about his authorized bicentennial reproduction of the "Grouseland Rifle" -- the Official Indiana State Rifle. (Programs are later available on podcast.)
The Grouseland Rifle was crafted around 1803 by John Small, Indiana's first sheriff, militia adjutant general to William Henry Harrison, and maker of arms for historical figures like William Clark and Francis Vigo.
Kemper's faithful reproduction will also be on display Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 February 2016, at the Antique Arms Show and Living History Trade Fair, Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 2003 E. Pleasant St., Noblesville. The Grouseland Foundation will offer this reproduction at auction starting in August, with proceeds supporting historical preservation at the Harrison's Grouseland Home in Vincennes.
The IndyStar recently published a good story about John Small, the State Rifle, and Kemper's authorized reproduction: Replica of official state rifle commissioned for bicentennial
The Grouseland Rifle was crafted around 1803 by John Small, Indiana's first sheriff, militia adjutant general to William Henry Harrison, and maker of arms for historical figures like William Clark and Francis Vigo.
Kemper's faithful reproduction will also be on display Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 February 2016, at the Antique Arms Show and Living History Trade Fair, Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 2003 E. Pleasant St., Noblesville. The Grouseland Foundation will offer this reproduction at auction starting in August, with proceeds supporting historical preservation at the Harrison's Grouseland Home in Vincennes.
The IndyStar recently published a good story about John Small, the State Rifle, and Kemper's authorized reproduction: Replica of official state rifle commissioned for bicentennial