Ron Gabel article on Peter Neihart

[WESTbury]

Attached is a link to a very recent article by Ron Gabel on Peter Neihart with photos of a Niehart rifle.
https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Perter-Neihart-1743-1813-gunsmith-of-Lehigh-County-Pennsylvania-GABEL-v122.pdf

[Daniel Coats]

Thanks for posting!

Which contemporary lock comes closest to matching?

[Daryl]

Yes- so nice. The rear sight is so close to the one on the Jacob Kuntz rifle - amazing.
This is the one Taylor copied.

[TommyG]

Thanks for posting, I believe that is part of a bigger piece that Ron Gabel wrote on Lehigh guns if I'm not mistaken.  It is available at the PA Longrifle Museum in Jacobsburg.
Daniel, I used a Larry Zornes classic on the Niehart I built earlier this year.  Has a nice wide bolster to help with the Lehigh wrist architecture.

[Daniel Coats]

Thanks Tommy for the lock tip and great looking rifle you made!