Blake Stevenson and I have also agreed to co-author a book on "The Longrifle Makers of the Davidson School."[To be published in 2019.] The rifles of this school are often confused or compared to rifles from the Salem School. A few collectors from this area have treated the Davidson School as the "red headed step-child" of the Salem School. The top Davidson School gun makers operated independently from the Moravian gun smiths in Salem and made many beautiful Longrifles. We plan to explore this subject in some detail.
We have announced a Discovery - Identification - Documentation program on Saturday, March 24th at 10 A.M. at the Davidson County Historical Museum - 2 South Main Street - Lexington, N.C. 27292. We are requesting the public to bring in any antique Longrifles, powder horns, hunting bags, or bullet molds to be identified and photographed. We are asking the relatives and descendants of the Davidson School rifle makers to please bring us any family images or photographs or paper documents from these gun makers to be photographed.
Blake Stevenson and I will give a program at 10 AM on how to identify a Davidson School Longrifle. We expect to have many Davidson School rifles on hand for the public to view. There is no cost to attend. For questions, please contact C. Michael Briggs.
