Guns of this type were often built by master gunmakers of the Golden Age to provide a good shooting weapon at a very modest price. Following in that tradition, this gun is built with the architecture of a Lehigh Valley gun, a good quality 7/8” straight 50 Cal. Green Mountain […]
The cosmetics of this rifle are patterned after the famous Klette rifle of Sevensburg, VA shown in Rifles of Colonial America, p. 534, #123. The rifle was originally built for a client who stepped away from the project. The gun was ordered with the 62 caliber barrel, Virginia lock, and […]
This modestly priced rifle is styled after an original Pannabecker which I have handled. The original is remarkably similar to the one shown on page 188 of Kindig’s book, Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age. Pannabecker is listed as a Lancaster maker, but his work reflects more […]