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Offline Hurricane ( of Virginia)

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ALR Museum Gunmaker: Neihardt, Peter ( Attributed...Possible John Moll, Jr)
« on: December 07, 2009, 07:09:09 PM »
This fine gun awaits definitive attribution. Both Neihardt and Moll are of the Lehigh/ Allentown school . Are the parallel line before and after the rear site a mark of a specific maker??
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Offline Eric Kettenburg

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Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: Neihardt, Peter ( Attributed...Possible John Moll, Jr)
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 03:13:45 PM »
Double lines fore and aft of the sights are somewhat of a regional trait but are very definitely not specific to any particular maker.  Moll family used them, but so did others.  Personally I find some oddities here - the piece as a whole - but in general I can't view that engraving as anything other than Peter Neihardt.  BTW, anyone remember seeing those loopy box borders anywhere else?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: ALR Museum Gunmaker: Neihardt, Peter ( Attributed...Possible John Moll, Jr)
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 05:09:49 AM »
I'm with you on the engraving Eric....Very Neihart! As a whole I'm scratching my head a bit. Interesting rifle.
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