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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: WESTbury on November 22, 2021, 10:50:41 PM

Title: Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart
Post by: WESTbury on November 22, 2021, 10:50:41 PM

Attached is a link to a very recent article by Ron Gabel on Peter Neihart with photos of a Niehart rifle.
https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Perter-Neihart-1743-1813-gunsmith-of-Lehigh-County-Pennsylvania-GABEL-v122.pdf

Title: Re: Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart
Post by: Daniel Coats on November 23, 2021, 02:37:34 AM

Thanks for posting!

Which contemporary lock comes closest to matching?

Title: Re: Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart
Post by: Daryl on November 23, 2021, 03:33:28 AM

Yes- so nice. The rear sight is so close to the one on the Jacob Kuntz rifle - amazing.
This is the one Taylor copied.

(https://i.ibb.co/PC8CzYg/DSCN4156.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ggCgF7J)

Title: Re: Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart
Post by: TommyG on November 23, 2021, 04:23:58 AM

Thanks for posting, I believe that is part of a bigger piece that Ron Gabel wrote on Lehigh guns if I'm not mistaken.  It is available at the PA Longrifle Museum in Jacobsburg.
Daniel, I used a Larry Zornes classic on the Niehart I built earlier this year.  Has a nice wide bolster to help with the Lehigh wrist architecture.


(https://i.ibb.co/vxnJSxB/P1010910.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rGrZVGt)

Title: Re: Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart
Post by: Daniel Coats on November 23, 2021, 04:52:48 AM

Thanks Tommy for the lock tip and great looking rifle you made!