Rifle with percussion lock marked A. & B. for Amos and Border, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, silver inlays, set triggers, and octagonal barrel. Examples of business partnerships like this one of Amos and Border and Co. are rarely found in the gun trade.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings and octagonal barrel 36 inches long with J. Meals engraved on the top facet of the barrel.
This rifle was probably made between 1825 and 1850 in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings and octagonal barrel 48 inches long with A. Ernst engraved on the top facet of the barrel.
Rifle with flint lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, silver inlays, octagonal brass barrel with J. Albright on the top facet of the barrel. In addition to signing his rifles on the barrel, J. Albright also carved his initials on the cheek side of the stock of some of his guns. This one is signed at both places.
Rifle with percussion lock marked Leman, Lancaster, Pa. Plain brass mountings, set triggers, plain maple stock with artificial grain, and octagonal barrel marked H. Leman, Lancaster, Pa. Both round and elliptical patch boxes were used on this rifle
