Guns and Hunting Bags
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guns and Hunting Bags; hanging over rock mantle, III-G-12340, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
The Tslai Rifle
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Tslai Rifle, III-G-12293, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
The Wyke Gun
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Wyke Gun, III-G-12294, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Cleaning the gun
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cleaning the gun.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Walden's Creek, Tennessee, III-G-12327, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
The Gillispie Rifle
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old spelling Gillasby".",The Gillispie Rifle, III-G-12295, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Gibson and Delosier rifle stocks
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
From Tennessee.Gibson and Delosier Rifle Stocks, III-G-12296, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Hunting bags
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Grou pf bags collected in North Carolina. Hunting Bags, III-G-12297, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Mr. Gibson using the bow drill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mr. Gibson using the bow drill.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens, Tennessee, III-G-12323, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Gunsmithing by Mr. Gibson
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I can knock a squirrel pine blank out of a tree at sixty yards.,Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens, Tennessee, III-G-12326, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Wiley Gibson shooting a hog rifle
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wiley Gibson shooting a hog rifle made by his father William Gibson.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens Creek, Tennessee, III-G-12328, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Part of a black walnut stump used to make gun stocks
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Part of a black walnut stump used to make gun stocks.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens, Tennessee, III-G-12325, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Group of dressing rods and cleaning rods
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Group of dressing rods and cleaning rods, made and used by several different gun makers.Dressing Rods and Cleaning Rods, III-G-12312, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Model for spiral on rifling machine and blank
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Model for spiral on rifling machine and blank, showing method of laying off spiral, by Mrs. Mat Ownby.Rifling Machine, III-G-12311, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Wiley Gibson, the last of four generations of famous Smoky Mountain gunsmiths,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wiley Gibson, the last of four generations of famous Smoky Mountain gunsmiths, at his forge.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens, Tennessee, III-G-12322, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Two rifle guides
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Two rifle guides, the nearer one in the picture made and used by George Kellogg, Parrotsville, Tenn. The other madea nd used by Tim Quilliam.Rifle Guides, III-G-12310, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
Gunsmithing tools used by Mr. Gibson
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gunsmithing tools used by Mr. Gibson, his father William Gibson, and his grandfather Stephen Gibson: 1. Tap and dies; 2. Bow of bow drill; 3. The frill; 4. Breast plate of Bow drill; 5. Hacksaw used in flaring rifling at muzzel of the barrel; 6. Trade mark tools; 7. Plane for setting barrel in stock.Gunsmithing; Wiley Gibson Forge; Waldens, Tennessee, III-G-12324, History - Guns and Gunsmithing
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