Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, silver and brass mountings, and octagonal barrel 42 inches long. This rifle has two very unusual features, it has a bona fide date 1796 engraved on the lid of the patch box and all of the patch box (except the lid) is made of silver. It was probably made in Lancaster County but there are no marks on the barrel to suggest the maker's name. The curve of the butt plate on this rifle shows the pattern that was used by gunsmiths in Lancaster in the 1790's.
