Need help on identifying this Repro musket

[MikeArthur]

3 band springfield
both stock and barrel marked with

JRA.

barrel has H after JRA. And V-- with maybe an eagle.

[MR. GADGET]

More than likely just an euro arms that JRA defarbed and cleaned up.

They would reworking them about 5 to 10 years back.
they were also getting the kits from euro arms then building them from the kit and doing all the finish work.

Hoyt was doing some rifling on the blank barrels at times also.
But the barrels were just stock euro arms.

JRA stands for James River Armory.

They are still into arms but moved to rebuilding and refinish of US military arms most being WWII

[MikeArthur]

Value? Asking for a friend. thanks. Mike Arthur.
Hampton Horse Artillery.

[MR. GADGET]

It has the H that hoyt stamped
Would want to see the barrel to make sure but based only on the info given I would say 100 to 200 more that a like euro arms.

Most were selling the JRA in the range of 600 to 700

[MR. GADGET]

Are you sure it is 8? I have a seven lands and groove.

Harry

Is yours a hoyt barrel or a JRA Euro arms with Hoyt Cut rifling?

[RaiderANV]

When last these were sold they went for $895. JRA bought unfinished parts and built the guns having far better fit/ finish then the Italians. There were no proof marks as the barrels were blank when sent over. Hoyt rifled them. There guns will shoot. Reenactors love them because of the proper shape and contour of stock and not all th proofmarks. I've had several and still have two and all shot great.

Here rd it's worth what you or another skirmisher will pay. Guessing $675-750. The reenactors will pay $150-200 more depending on how nice it is.

[MarkTK36thIL]

I actually had thought that the shooters would pay more because of the Hoyt reline.

Reenactors are a tricky breed, and after seventeen-years, I still haven't figured them out in regards to the recontouring jobs and custom gems that you see more often in the NSSA than any reenactment. $500-650+ for the gun, add on $150-300+ for the custom work, and then reenactors can't sell them to other reenactors even at a $150-$250 loss. I'm to the point that you have to acknowledge the custom work you have done is for your own ease of mind, and that you will never receive the full value if you decide to sell off the piece or decide to upgrade.

[Michael Bodner]

Regarding custom work: Same thing goes for cars and motorcycles. You may have paid $$ for the custom features, but you will NEVER recover than money when you sell it. Sorta goes the same way for adding all the do-dads to your AR-15...

Whatever the market will bear....

[Maillemaker]

I have a JRA Richmond Carbine. It has "HOYT" stamped in the belly of the barrel.

Can someone who knows the full scoop tell us the story of the Hoyt involvement with the JRA muskets?

Mine is a tack driver. Off a bench it will put 10 shots all in a 10-ring sized hole.

Steve

[MR. GADGET]

I actually had thought that the shooters would pay more because of the Hoyt reline.

They were not relined, they were never lined in the first place to be relined.
they were blank barrels that Hoyt used a special cutter to rifle the barrels.