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.
Rifle with percussion lock, curly maple full stock, brass mountings, set triggers, octagonal barrel 39 inches long, marked D.B. on the barrel and the lock for Daniel Border.
This gun has a typical Bedford-style lock and is an excellent example of the line and balance in Bedford Guns.
Rifle with percussion lock, curly maple full stock, set triggers, brass mountings, silver inlays, octagonal barrel, marked D. B. for Daniel Border. The style of the rifle suggests production in the mid-nineteenth century. The curl in the stock is a superior type and the silver inlays are used with discretion.
