Whitney Kennedy.

[Blogman]

This one has me scratching me head, I am still a newbie. I've been thinking about buying this but not sure if I want to totally re-do it or clean/tighten it up as a working carbine. What do you all think. Any info on it?

She's 38" overall, 21.5" barrel, minor pitting and used hard. Mics out to 11.55mm which figures out to be .455 cal. .458 lubed!?!?
The in side of the barrel REALLY concerns me and the barrel at the lock has me worried tho. I'll post the pics that concern me after this post.

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[Blogman]

The barrel looks good. As for the bottom inside and out by the lock.... Not so much.

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[Wheelwaits]

I think this is a rifle made up from parts -the lock is from a shotgun.

[Blogman]

Yeah, kinda figured so, the rifling looked odd.

[jdfoxinc]

That's the name of my Dr. How weard a coicidence.

[John Taylor]

Whitney-Kennedy made lever action rifles, don't think they ever made a muzzle loader. Whitney also made rolling blocks but got sued by Remington.

[bedbugbilly]

This is a "marriage" of parts. Maybe alright for a "wall hanger" for someone but I wouldn't be putting money into it personally.

[725]

Unless somebody can actually put their hands on it, I doubt anybody is going to say it's safe to shoot. It does, by the photos, seem to have some issues. These oldies are certainly fun to play with, but a good risk / benefit analysis is in order. I can't tell by the photo but, is the barrel bedded in the stock? Seems like a line of off color material between the stock and metal.

[Blogman]

Hey all.
Looking at what research I could find a friend sent me this and I concur.....

It isn't even old... a very amateur job, probably from the 60s. The Whitney-Kennedy was a lever action made by Whitney. It was a reasonably good rifle and ultimately Oliver Winchester bought Whitney out in order to secure the patents and take it off the market. Back in the 60s, the Dixie Gun Works had piles of Whitney Kennedy parts they had acquired with the remnants of SH&G (along with so many Whitney Rolling Block parts that I think they are still trying to sell them). That would be where the barrel came from... probably the other parts came from the same source. I don't think it's worth wasting time on.

[Blogman]

Unless somebody can actually put their hands on it, I doubt anybody is going to say it's safe to shoot. It does, by the photos, seem to have some issues. These oldies are certainly fun to play with, but a good risk / benefit analysis is in order. I can't tell by the photo but, is the barrel bedded in the stock? Seems like a line of off color material between the stock and metal.

I have the gun here in me hands. You are correct 725, it looks like it was welded some how, it is not bedded in the stock. If you want to see more pics let me know.