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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Elnathan on March 29, 2017, 01:30:33 AM

Title: Philip Sheetz/Shatz Rifle
Post by: Elnathan on March 29, 2017, 01:30:33 AM

I've been looking at the Philip Shatz signed rifle illustrated right at the end of this article (photo 16) by Wallace Gusler: http://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Early-rifles-of-the-Shenandoah-Valley-B074_Gusler.pdf

Any idea where I might find more info on this one? It reminds me, somehow, of both the Cellar rifle and the early rifle attributed to Conrad Humble I looked at last spring. Don't know if there is any connection beyond a common ancestry in the German rifles, though.

Title: Re: Philip Sheetz/Shatz Rifle
Post by: rich pierce on March 29, 2017, 02:46:40 AM

I'd never seen that one.  Great early architecture!

Title: Re: Philip Sheetz/Shatz Rifle
Post by: Tim Crosby on March 29, 2017, 03:16:53 PM

 That is a great article also, lots of early rifles, a good one to save for reference.

  Tim C.