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Offline DaveM

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Early rifles made in philadelphia
« on: November 05, 2014, 04:58:48 AM »
Anyone know of definite examples of rifles with patchboxes made in philadelphia say from rev war to war of 1812?  Are these of a distict style?
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Offline RAT

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Re: Early rifles made in philadelphia
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2014, 10:21:01 PM »
Derringer made trade rifles for the government. My guess is that most Philadelphia-made guns date post-1810. I'm not an expert but the most common thing I see in photos is checkering on the wrist.
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Offline Shreckmeister

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Re: Early rifles made in philadelphia
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 10:43:47 PM »
There are a couple  Peter or Jacob Kuntz rifles with Philadelphia on the patchbox and I've seen
one with the Liberty bell.  That one is one of the fanciest longrifles I've ever seen.  It was on
display at the Reading Public Museum this summer and there is a book that was published
with the display.  It may be in the book.  Come to think of it, I put my name on their waiting
list for release of the book and never got a call.  Does anyone know if that book was released
yet?
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Offline fm tim

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Re: Early rifles made in philadelphia
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 04:47:29 PM »
It is projected to be released sometime in December I believe
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