John Shuler Rifle

[Berks Liberty]

I took these photos of a John Shuler Rifle while visiting Ft. Ticonderoga's Museum.  Thought I'd share it here.

Jason

 

[rich pierce]

Thanks, I remember seeing that rifle up there years ago if memory serves.  Great rifle.  Did you note if it appears to be a smoothbore?  So many of the Bucks County guns were.

[Tom Currie]

Thanks for posting those pics. Saw this rifle when I visited Ticonderoga several years ago, always thought it was a bit out of place there with all the muskets on display.

[Berks Liberty]

Thanks, I remember seeing that rifle up there years ago if memory serves.  Great rifle.  Did you note if it appears to be a smoothbore?  So many of the Bucks County guns were.

Definately a great rifle.  No it appeared to have rifling in it.  I should have took a photo looking down the muzzle. 

[Berks Liberty]

Thanks for posting those pics. Saw this rifle when I visited Ticonderoga several years ago, always thought it was a bit out of place there with all the muskets on display.

I agree.  I thought I read some where that there was suppose to be a Leonard Reedy rifle up there but I didn't see one. 

[G-Man]

Wasn't one of the Andrew Eaby attributed rifles shown in Shumway RCA 2 also in the Ticonderoga museum at the time?

Funny - the outline of that box surround, especially the finial, brings some of the early Dickert and Haines pieces to mind, at least to me anyway.

Nice piece.  

Guy

[rich pierce]

Wasn't one of the Andrew Eaby attributed rifles shown in Shumway RCA 2 also in the Ticonderoga museum at the time?
Guy

yes, I saw it there.  This Shuler is a realk beauty.  More pleasing, to me, than some of the better known Bucks County pieces.