Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Leroy Fleenor Rifle

The interesting thing about Fleenor is that his work in every respect , i.e. carving, engraving, inlays, architecture, is almost an exact copy of Louis Smith's style... or vise versa! (Both from Tennessee) I have seen several of Fleenors guns and I often thought that they were made by Louis and signed with a different name. I don't remember Louis mentioning him, but they may have worker together on some projects. I ordered/owned at least 30 differnt guns by Louis Smith and though I never met him face to face we had a great phone relationship for nearly 20 years. He passed on in 1994.

Leroy Fleenor is in his 80's and lives in TN.




Copy and photos supplied by Robert Weil.

4 comments:

  1. Louis Smith was sent to heaven in 2000.

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  2. Leeroy and Louis worked together on many projects. I visited them both very often as a child with my father and saw them build many rifles and pistols in their workshops.

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  3. Mr. Fleenor died in 2016 at the age of 86. I am very sorry for this loss and very pleased that I have a rifle to keep his memory alive.

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    1. Wow. My maiden name is fleenor. I live in arizona was born in murray utah. Name is linda lee fleenor couch .

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