Double rifle with flint lock, octagonal barrels, brass mountings, walnut stock, Wm. Antes engraved on the lock plate. The walnut stock, the flat butt plate, and the style of the patch box are evidences that this one of the earliest double rifles made in Pennsylvania. The barrels swing on a swivel so that they can be alternately fired by the one lock. The figure carved in the stock in front of the lock is thought to be an Indian. Similar figures appear on other rifles made in Pennsylvania. The trigger guard is obviously missing.
Match rifle with percussion lock marked J. Fordney, Lancaster. The plain maple stock has brass mountings and is unusually big to accommodate the heavy barrel. The rifle weighs twenty pounds.
Rifle with back action percussion lock, full stock of curly maple, brass mountings, silver inlays, set triggers, octagonal barrel 40 inches long with J. Fordney, Lancaster, Pa., in block letters on the top facet of the barrel.
Pistol with flint lock, walnut stock, brass mountings, and octagonal-to-round barrel, 7 inches long with Wm. Antes engraved in script letters on the top facet of the barrel.
Double rifle with flint lock, octagonal barrels, brass mountings, walnut stock, Wm. Antes engraved on the lock plate. The walnut stock, the flat butt plate, and the style of the patch box are evidences that this one of the earliest doubel rifles made in Pennsylvania. The barrels swing on a swivel so that they can be alternately fired by the one lock. The figure carved in the stock in front of the lock is thought to be Indian. Similar figures appear on other rifles made in Pennsylvania. The trigger guard is obviously missing.