Thread: Gunmaker "Barry Gracia"

Gidday Guys - there is a Percussion rifle on TM that I'm keen on (so dont any of you guys spoil my party by bidding on it! - yes I know I should keep my trap shut) made in 1984 by Barry Gracia. The interweb via google says nothing about him but he must have made a few rifles, the one on TM is serial no 3.

I'm surmising he was a Kiwi "amateur" . ... the rifle for sale does look pretty good though.

So - can anybody tell us more about him??

Barry worked (works?) in Stratford as a gunsmith for many years and is also a very prominent cartridge collector and researcher with some books to his name. He has made several black powder guns that I know of.

@Tentman This was his email address in 2011:

bwg.22rf@xtra.co.nz

Haha @Tahr I just found that too (we must havd ghe same google foo!!) I wonder if hd is still with us, he looked pretty old in his 2011 photo . ....

Oh - thats bloody nice @muzza, ya just never know how these things pan out. I really like knowing az much as possible about the provernance of unusual rifle, for me it adds something to the value of the rifle ( and I dont mean $$). I'll get in touch, it would be nice to talk with him.

I have a Hawken by B Gracia for .50 round ball, set trigger. It's one of my 'keepers'

@Tentman saw that rifle and was going to bid till I saw your bid and followed to the end,Good to see it found a good home.