It's a great day. My rifle pictured in unknown makers Brass furniture is no longer a mystery. The Log Cabin in Lodi Ohio has confirmed it. I sent them a link to the VM of the pics of my gun. The name stamped on the bottom of brass buttplate (J.B. Wurts) is the maker of this rifle. The e mail response I'm posting is the the actual responce from the Log Cabin Shop. Thanks for all your help, Emery
Emery,
Very little is known about J. B Wurts, but the following is what we can tell you:
J. B. Wurts (sometimes referred to as Wertz) was a gunsmith from Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. The 1860 census lists a John B Wurts as a 43 year old gunsmith in Doylestown, with $600 real estate and $400 personal estate. It adds that he located there from New York.
Ashmore was a commercial lock maker at the time and his locks were used on firearms of many, many gunmakers.
We have two Wurts rifles in our collection here at the Log Cabin.
. . .Continuing the Tradition,
LOG CABIN SHOP, INC.
Sherry
sherry@logcabinshop.com
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