Identification request for PA longrifle

[jharchery]

I just finished getting this rifle back in shooting condition. I think it started life as a Pennsylvania flintlock and was restocked in walnut. The craftsman who did the engraving and the person who did the stocking seem to have been on very different skill levels. Based on the patch box, side plate and trigger guard, can anyone offer an opinion on origin? This is a 36 cal 40” barrel. I just installed the lock which is a Davis squirrel lock. Despite outward appearance of barrel, it has a beautiful bore and shoots well.

[T.C.Albert]

Do you have an image of the lock that was in it before?
Thanks
TCA

[jharchery]

I think it's just a crappy hardware store lock. 

[jharchery]

Do you have an image of the lock that was in it before?
Thanks
TCA

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[Tanselman]

I think your gun originally came from Ohio, not Pennsylvania. The mountings are from a high-quality James Teaff rifle made at Steubenville in Jefferson County, Ohio. The patchbox finial is a little different from his normal Ohio "National Road" style finial, but the fine engraving on the box's side leaves and the fancy side plate opposite the lock are very typical of his work. The guard looks more like guards used by his son Nimrod, but again, the fine engraving, patchbox side leaves, and fancy outline of the side plate strongly suggest the original gun was the work of James Teaff.

Shelby Gallien

[jharchery]

Thank you!