ALR Museum Gunsmith : Unknown ( Berks Co or Upper Susquehanna ???)

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

Help us out with your opinion, please. Many who have seen this gun think it is an Angstadt, probably Abraham. It was published in KRA 1750-1850 as "Reading" but no support given. Probably the carving style as it seems similar to many other signed Angstadts.

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[Nate McKenzie]

The scallops or fans on the carving and engraving look very Upper Susquehannaish to me. The patchbox finial looks a lot like the "JW" rifle I posted a while back  and is #100822-1 http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=12128.0 in the museum. That and possibly this rifle I believe to be made by Jonathan Wetzel, Union (now Snyder) County, Pennsylvania.

[Shreckmeister]

I wonder what the two holes with circles around them on either side of the
patchbox are all about.  Looks like someone stuck tacks on either side,  I wonder
if they had a wire holding the patchbox shut at one time.  Can't think of any
other reason for them.

[GARRY]

Based on my limited knowledge I would put this as an upper Susquehanna or close to it.
I have one, my very first, by w. Filman of Milton, PA and the stock architecture etc is much the same. The patch box has 8 piercings and has that "arrow" shape.

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