Original Daniel Buck Pennsylvania Rifle

[nafzimo]

This rifle has been passed down in my family. Daniel Buck, my 4-greats grandfather, was a gunsmith in Pennsylvania. He was born in Montgomery Co in 1881 and moved to Crawford Co in 1823. I'm told that he carried this rifle to Illinois in 1839. I have removed the lock and the butt plate hoping to find a signature with no luck. The "No 4" sized lock was manufactured by "B.E. Co" but I didn't find anything about them online. I would love to see other examples of Daniel's work. Can you narrow down the date it was built? I would put it between 1822 and 1835 but maybe that can be narrowed further. I wish this rifle could talk!

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[Tanselman]

Based on a number of details on your rifle, including the highly pointed butt plate heel, rather thin butt stock, lack of forestock & lower butt molding lines, double-spurred guard, and what appears to be commercial triggers, I think a more appropriate dating of this percussion rifle would be about 1840 or a little later.

You have a very nice family heirloom and are fortunate to have a family who took good care of it and passed it down through the generations with a lot of pride.

Shelby Gallien

[nafzimo]

Thank you Shelby. I'll have to work on verifying when Daniel moved to Illinois, perhaps it was later than previously thought.

[T*O*F]

He was born in Montgomery Co in 1881 and moved to Crawford Co in 1823

Typo??  He can't move before he's born.