ALR Museum Gunsmith: Lincoln Schreckengost of Western, PA ...an over and under

[Hurricane ( of Virginia)]

The Committee is pleased to have another Schreckengost represented , Lincoln, whose guns exhibit the unique style of the Family of Schreckengost gunsmiths. The genealogy and family history is presented in the exhibit of William's gun.


http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=9474.0

Please add your comments here as a "reply."
The Museum and Library Committee

[scooter]

If one wishes to see a classic Schreckengost here it is! from unique finish to the wonderful quilted maple to the unique patchbox and inlays. It has all the family characteristics. Maple of that pattern is extremely scarce. The metalwork is German silver. It is obviously a very late gun made w/o wood on fore=end.
who is the maker?
Lincoln Schreckengost (1865-1949) was another son of William Schreckengost. He took over his father's business after the latter's death in 1894 and made and repaired guns and did general mechanical and smithing work in Putneyville until his death. The Daily Leader Times of 29 June 1949 carried an obituary for Lincoln Schreckengost, saying that he died at age 84 at the home of his son McKinley Schreckengost.