AVAILABLE RIFLES

The following items are all for sale; if you do not find what you are looking for, please contact me to commission one.

1. Replica of a Bucks County Rifle. The original was built by Andrew Verner circa 1780-1790, some think pre-revolution. This rifle is 50cal. with a 45 inch swamped barrel. (click to enlarge)  Price $10,000.00

 

2. This is a replica of an Allentown Bethlehem School of the long rifle, the original being built circa 1800 by John Rupp of Lehigh County Pennsylvania. This rifle is a 50 cal. with a 45 inch swamped barrel. (click to enlarge)  Price $8500.00

 

3. Hand forged Pipe Tomahawk. The head is forged from a gunbarrel, the silver wire and silver inlays are .999 pure silver. The white diamond shaped inlays are made from pieces of ivory that are over 100 years old. Price $5000.00.

4. Replica of Bucks County Rifle. This is a copy of a Bucks County Pennsylvania style rifle. The original was built by John Shuler. The patch-box engraving is from a John Shuler rifle that is on display at Fort Ticonderoga. John Shuler moved from Bucks County to Perry County in April 1802 and lived in the Millers Town, Liverpool area until his death in 1828.  This rifle is 50cal. with a 48inch Getz swamped barrel. The patch box has a secret release to pop open the lid. A photograph of the original is shown below. Price $9500.00.

5. This is a pipe tomahawk. It has a hand forged head which has124 inlays done in the 18th century manner, by undercutting the steel, fitting the inlay into the mortise, peening it to fit under the edges of the mortise, filing it and engraving the finished inlays. The head is 7 3/4 inches long, the blade is 3inches wide and the handle is 19 inches long with .999 pure silver wire and brass inlays. Price $3500.00.

6. Hand forged Pipe Tomahawk, done in the manner of the 18th Century. The mouth piece is lead free pewter. The inlays are .999 pure Silver and Brass. The handle is curly maple, 19 and 7/8th inches long. What looks like imperfections are merely lighting reflections as the handle is hand rubbed oil finish to a high gloss, as was used in the 18th century. Price $4000.00.

 

 

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