Antique Kentucky & Pennsylvania Rifles; Flintlock, Percussion, Muzzleloader, Black Powder and Cap & Ball Long Rifles; Powder Horns, Bowie Knives, Pipe Tomahawks and Related Accessories

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3329 - KENTUCKY PISTOL IN ORIGINAL PERCUSSION WITH "HENRY PARKER" LOCK.
This is a really big Kentucky pistol with an extremely heavy 10" barrel. The gun is in great condition and assembled on a good piece of curly maple. It is absolutely untouched and I haven't priced it yet because I'm trying to find out who the maker may have been. If you have any suggestions to that effect, please give me a call.

$1,850.00
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3305 - KENTUCKY PISTOL MARKED DREPPARD IN ORIGINAL PERCUSSION.
This is a big, brass barrelled percussion pistol in very fine condition. It is basically untouched but has a more recent coating of linseed oil over its wood surface that makes it appears almost unused. The tiger-maple stock is beautiful and all the edges and markings are sharp and nearly crisp as new. Pleasing patina to the barrel.

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3298 - HALF STOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE IN ORIGINAL PERCUSSION.
This is a very fine and untouched condition half-stock with wonderful frosty German Silver inlays about the stock. The iron is in fine condition showing age but no pitting and it is uniformly patinaed. 56" overall, 44 caliber with a heavy barrel, this is probably an Ohio gun. Really nice and priced to sell.

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3296 - CARVED POWDER HORN, DATED AND IDENTIFIED TO REV-WAR VETERAN DANIEL CHASE.
This is a fine powder horn marked, "DANIEL CHASE, HIS HORN, MADE IN AUGUST, 1786. It is pictured in Tom Grinsdale's fine book on American Powder horns. I am still researching this fine piece of history.

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3287 - CARVED POWDER HORN - ANTIQUE HORN CARVED WITH PATRIOTIC MOTIFS, DATED AND IDENTIFIED.
This is a very nice horn that was home-carved and the worker obviously had no ink or dye to stain his work. It's light to the eye but very nice and quaint when you spot the work. The horn shows a wonderful Patriotic Eagle with boldly carved letters, L-I-B-E-R-T-Y in a semicircle above the bird. It also shows a sun and a lion. The owner, "WANTON MILLARD" is carved at the bottom with the date "1815" below it. This isn't a great horn, but it is very, very nice and worthy of accompanying a fine gun from the period.

SOLD ! ! - 4/13/11
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3250 - GOLDEN AGE KENTUCKY RIFLE BY NICHOLAS BEYER.
Nicholas Beyer is one of the most well-recognized makers of Kentucky Rifles who not only made beautiful rifles, he made lots of them. In fact, he was a machine. I have probably seen more Beyer Long-Rifles in person and/or in books than those of any other maker. He also made varying qualities of Kentucky Rifles, so much so, that you could classify them as outstanding, very fine, very good, good and ho-hummers. Joe Kindig said that he thought Beyer learned his trade from J.P. Beck or apprenticed with him as their work is sometimes quite similar. I can't agree yet, as I'm about a lifetime behind Kindig on the experience scale, but I'm learning. This particular rifle appears to be a very good one and probably made later in Beyer's career. It shows 2 silver inlays on each side of the wrist, a silver thumbpiece and a star on the cheekpiece. There is some graceful incised carving on the wrists and the rear of the cheekpiece. The patchbox is very quaint, with minimal engraving but a finely fashioned head with bird-head motif of Pennsylvania Dutch style. The gun shows some crack repair to the end of the stock on each side of the muzzlecap, but no replaced wood or repairs anywhere else on the gun. The lock has had an excellent reconversion to flint. I bought this gun just a few days before attending Tim Hodges fine show in Winchester, Va. This is a very nice Kentucky Rifle (or Pennsylvania Rifle) from a well-known maker, priced very fairly.

SOLD ! ! - 4/14/11
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3243 - KENTUCKY STYLE PERCUSSION RIFLE MARKED "A. LAMB".
This is a nice Kentucky Rifle built by a member of the Lamb family of North Carolina. The gun is nicely architectured and has silver ramrod pipes and a silver nose-cap. I didn't notice t at first but the gun has a nice Masonic motif on its patchbox. 44 caliber and about 58" overall.

SOLD ! ! ! - 4/16/11
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3241 - KENTUCKY RIFLE - OHIO PERCUSSION RIFLE BY ELIJAH ROSS.
Now this isn't a Golden Age Kentucky but it sure commands our respect. This gun is in nearly perfect condition showing little evidence of being used or carried. This was obviously a family keepsake that I bought from a man South of Canton, Ohio and I believe he bought it at auction. The gun is beautiful and is comprised of several unusual features. It has a finely formed flash-shield surrounding the nipple, a bat-winged and threaded clean-out plug and double-set triggers. It is stamped on the barrel, "E. Ross, Zanesville Ohio" and additionally on the lock, "Elijah Ross, 1845". The butt-plate is German Silver and it shows some silver scroll-work on the cheek-piece. The gun has an unusual but not unique geometrically formed patch-box and side-plate of brass and silver that is nearly identical to one found on a gun made by Charles Meisner in Whiskers' "Ohio Long Rifles" Vol. 1. About 34 36 caliber, this gun retained in the patchbox a note, "Kentucky squirrel rifle, made for William Schultz, about 1850, by E. Ross, gunsmith, of Zanesville, First gun ever shot by B. V. H. Schultz - resting rifle on a rail fence and shooting on a mark, under the guidance of his grandfather, William Schultz. This was in the year 1872". I hope this gun was let go by the last of the family line. I doubt that any lover of their own family history would ever let such a wonderful gun go. It needs a new home and I believe I have priced it well under its actual value.

SOLD ! ! - 4/17/11
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3230 - ANTIQUE KENTUCKY RIFLE - SWIVEL BREECH KENTUCKY RIFLE WITH SILVER EMBELLISHMENTS.
This is one of the coolest Kentuckies I've ever seen and I almost kept it for that reason. I'm trying to find raised-carved guns for my own wall so this one is on the market. It is extremely unusual and the design work is really beautifully executed. It has a combination of Coin and German Silver inlays and wire-work, with German Silver side-plates, butt-plate, duel-ramrod housings, pipes and even the hammer. Yes, the hammer is solid German Silver and all of these parts retain generous amounts of their original silver plating. The other inlays and wire work are of Coin Silver. The wood is beautiful and retains nearly all of its piano varnish finish. The barrels are both rifled 44's. A few screws have been replaced as well as 2 pieces of silver wire. This gun is really neat.

SOLD ! ! ! - 4/18/11
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3227 - KENTUCKY RIFLE PATCH-KNIFE - BY LAMOUTHE OF NEW ORLEANS.
This is a nice little patch or pear-knife about 4" sporting horn slabs. It is well made and in very good condition with strong marking. I have traced LaMouthe back to 1809 in New Orleans as a Silversmith who also dabbled in making fine swords, knives and other artifacts. One could certainly say that this knife was for nothing more than peeling apples but I prefer to dream about it cutting patches behind a wall of cotton bales on the Chalmette Plantation in 1815. When I hold it to my ear I think I can hear an echo of Jackson screaming "Ready, Take Aim , , , ".

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3222 - FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE - ANTIQUE KENTUCKLY RIFLE WITH HEAVY BARREL BY G. FEDER.
This is a really fine Kentucky Rifle and one made by a desirable and rarely found maker, G. Feder of Dauphin County, Pa.. The gun is about 58" overall with a 43", 45 cal. barrel and it's heavy. The architecture of the gun is wonderful as are the carved patchbox and the brass treatment to the left side of the stock behind the cheek-piece, all of which show delicate engraving. The gun also has 15 or so silver inlays. The best part is the wood. One of the most beautiful stocks I've ever seen. An orangey-red color, the finish is nearly 100% intact and over a wonderful tiger-striped piece of wood. This gun had been converted to percussion when I got it and I had it re-converted to flint. I picked this up while Kim and I were walking back to our car at the end of the Bushy-Run Display Rifle Show in February. The man who had owned it for several years arrived at the show after it closed and was getting out of his car when we approached ours. I asked to take a peak and after some discussion, he said he was interested in finding a buyer but got to the show too late. I was happy to help him out. If you've never heard of this show, it's a tiny little display-only show for Kentucky Rifle enthusiasts held at the Bushy Run Battlefield, the site where Colonel Henry Bouquets' force of soldiers and riflemen met the Indian Chief Pontiac in battle on their way to Fort Pitt in 1763. It's a great park and a nice show, just tiny as all get-out. Bring food or you'll starve to death.

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S3215 - KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE BY J. H. JOHNSTON OF WAYNESBORO, PA.
I promise to buy a new camera next week and the main reason is my photos don't do justice to guns such as this. This is a simply outstanding Pennsylvania Long Rifle. It is in 44 caliber with a heavy 40&1/4" barrel. I can't describe what wonderful condition this gun is in, save to say that it is almost blemish-free. It shows an almost complete lack of small nicks, dings or scratches that show on even the finest condition guns. The wood is near flawless without a single crack. The barrel, with bold "J.H. Johnson" signature in script, retains about 30% original browning scattered its entire length. The brass mounts to include the patchbox are a fantastic nut-brown patina. It has 15 silver inlays about the gun that include 8 key escuchions and they are engraved so finely that they appear nearly "raised-carved", just fantastic work. In addition, the barrel is attached to the stock with a blind-pin system in that the pins do not come through the silver inlays on either side of the stock. It's simply exquisite work. The cheek-piece shows a fierce American Eagle clutching a shield and last but not least, a beautifull "streaking comet" motif is carved behind its cheek-piece. Now, we all know that this original percussion gun is not "Golden-Age", and we can debate that a good gun by this maker usually sells for less than I am asking. The fact remains that I have shown this gun to my little band of Kentucky lovers and they have seldom encountered such a gun at any shows or collections in the past and agree that this is the finest of its type they have ever seen. They told me I should just take it to a good rifle show and an educated buyer would scarf it up in the first hour. If you like great Percussion Rifles or are contemplating buying your first, give me a call on this gun. It is one of the few that I would bother to take extra photos of to display how truly beautiful it is. It was formerly in the collection of Gerald C. Stowe, former curator West Point Museum in the 1950's. He obviously recognized a great gun when he saw one.

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3186 - FRENCH DOUBLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH DOUBLE BARRELS AND LOCKS.
If you like early flinters, this is a truly rare and very lovely gun. It has brass barrels and locks and really beautiful architecture. It shows raised-carving to the wood and delicate engraving to the brass trim, especially on the triggerguard and rear ramrod pipe. It has St. Etienne proofs on the bottom of the barrels and an "S*" which I believe is probably the cryptic mark of its French manufacturer. This gun dates 1730 - 1780. A really nice and unusual piece with flashy, all-brass rigging.

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3185 - ANTIQUE CARVED POWDER HORN FOR KENTUCKY RIFLE.
This is a really great, "in-the-black" horn right out of the woods. It has never been cleaned or enhanced in any fashion. It shows some nice folk-art carving of an early Federal Eagle and is dated 1822, a "Golden Age" powder horn. The best part may be its plug that shows a geometrically carved edge, all the way around. This horn came out of Virginia recently and has that look and texture that a true collector of untouched American Folk Art loves. It smacks of Virginia and the Carolina's and even some Native American influance. A great horn.

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3166 - BRITISH FLINTLOCK PISTOL WITH SPRING LOADED SWORD BAYONET.
If you like early guns and especially flintlocks, this is a very rare and hard to find gun. The lock is stamped W. Shaw and it is a huge pistol with a .69 caliber bore and 8 & 1/2" bayonet. We have all seen the iron and brass barrelled blunderbus coach rifles or carbines with the spring-loaded bayonets, but you'll rarely see a pistol of this size with this feature. It's big and imposing looking, and offered the person weilding it an additional advantage should his first shot fail to find its mark. The gun appears to be in untouched original condition.

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3138 - KENTUCKY RIFLE OF MOST LIKELY OHIO ORIGIN.
This is a great looking rifle in original percussion. It has initials on top of the barrel that cannot be distinguished. Viewers seem to believe it the work of Jacob Albright who moved from Pa. to Ohio during his building years. The gun has 43 inlays scattered about the gun and I might ad, done quite tastefully. The three tulips on the cheek-piece side of the butt are not silver, but mother-of-pearl, an unusual and seldom seen feature on any Kentucky. The work is lovely. This is a very fine gun in total length of 56", 40" barrel and about 45 caliber. It has a hairline crack on one side of the wrist with a silver plate added on each side of the barrel tang for support. The work is quite tasteful and looks to be part of the original motif, but it is actually a bracing. It is rock-solid and doesn't detract from the gun at all. This gun will look outstanding above anyone's fireplace or a gun rack in the collection room.

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2095 - ANTIQUE AMERICAN LONG RIFLE BY GIDEON ANGSTADT.
This is a very fine condition, untouched gun from a famous gun-making family. Gideon worked in Lewisburg, Pa. and this rifle appears to be his work. The gun is 52-1/4" overall with a 42-1/2" barrel. It's roughly 60 caliber smooth-bore and other than a re-conversion of its "Bird" lock, it appears to be untouched with no repairs. This is a fine, big, beautiful gun.

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2055 - ORIGINAL, FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR PERIOD POWDER HORN WITH PERIOD MOTIF.
This is a somewhat primative horn in that the carving was not done by a pro of the time, probably a beginner. The motif is classic F&I WAR and most likely carved by a British or Militia soldier. It is all original and from an old collection that underwent an upgrade to their flask collection. It is a nice horn, but not a barn-burner so the price is extremely reasonable.

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1243 - ORIGINAL ANTIQUE POWDER KEG FROM "HAZARD POWDER COMPANY".
100% original and in nice condition. These really add to any type of 19th century display of antique arms, especially a Kentucky Rifle.

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1108 - FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE BY ADAM ANGSTADT.
This is a fine rifle by Angstadt with beautiful carving about the wrist and in front and back of the cheekpiece. Delicate c-scroll engraving adorns the un-pierced patchbox. The original lock has been re-converted to flint. The wood is a gorgeous tiger-striped maple. The last 10 inches of the fore-end have a v-shaped repair that is virtually imperceptible to the naked eye except upon inspection from the inside, under the barrel. This work was obviously done by a master restoration artist. It is virtually "a perfect repair". The gun is prox. 58" overall and shows classically the form of a Roman-nosed stock that is most desirable in a fine "Golden Age" Kentucky Rifle. See additional photos below !

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1059 - GOLDEN AGE KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE MADE BY CHRISTIAN HAWKEN OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND AND FATHER OF THE FAMED HAWKEN BROTHERS OF ST. LOUIS, MANUFACTURERS OF THE FAMED HAWKEN PLAINS AND MOUNTAIN RIFLES.
We know that a lot of you love it when we post a nice Kentucky Rifle on the website. We wish we could find more of them, but the really good ones are few and far between. Well, here's a good one. Other than a re-converted lock, I could find but a single alteration to this fine gun. Surely, it has some nicks and dings like most do, and you may see a short sliver or two of wood missing along the top rail. The wood is also fairly well-worn, with the curl in the maple showing its aged peaks and valleys. What you won't find on this gun is any fiddling around. No replaced wood, no putty, no enhancements and no repairs save for a small one just above the lock in front of the frizzen. It is just a great gun that saw quite a bit of use during the early to mid-1800's and then it was hung up for showin' off. Christian Hawken was one of the premier makers of Golden Age Kentucky Rifles from Maryland. His father, most of his sons and some grandchildren were also rifle makers. We know that Hawken was born in 1756 and died in 1821, so this is an early rifle but possibly one of his later creations c. 1790 - 1810. He shows up in records as a gunsmith in Hagerstown from 1784 until his death, so he probably made arms for the Revolution. The gun has a wonderful patch-box and a combination of raised and incised carved features in front of the box, behind the barrel tang and about the cheek-piece. It shows a familiar large silver inlay of a patriotic American Eagle above the cheek-piece. Fine recessed molding is carved from the front of the rear ramrod pipe to the muzzle-cap. The toe and side-plates both show fine border engraving. The gun is signed on top of the barrel. This is one of the best Kentuckies that we have offered and from one of the greatest names in American gun making. This wonderful rifle would be a great addition to any type of Firearm or Americana collection. You don't have to be a gun-lover to appreciate such a collectible. This is good stuff here.

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969 - KENTUCKY RIFLE OF "THE GOLDEN AGE".
SOLD!

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S929 - KENTUCKY RIFLE WITH CUSTOM LONG-RANGE TARGET SIGHTS MADE BY JOHN FLEEGER OF ALLEGHENY, PA.
This gun is in about 50 caliber, is untouched and hasn't hardly a scratch, much less handling marks or repairs. The entire gun is in a beautifully untouched patina. A great Fleeger kentucky rifle.

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632 - PERCUSSION LONG RIFLE BY JACOB FORDNEY OF LANCASTER, PA. A GREAT PENNSYLVANIA RIFLE.
This is an absolutely untouched Kentucky that is marked on the both the lock and the barrel by J. Fordney. I bought this many years ago at the Pottstown Antique gun show and have had it on my wall ever since. In prox. 38 caliber, it would be hard to improve upon this gun which has not a single repair or enhancement to it.

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628 - CAP & BALL LONG RIFLE BY SAMUEL MCKOSH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
This is a very nice, untouched, out-of-the-woods Kentucky found in 2004. It has never been cleaned or enhanced in any way with the exception of its conversion from flint to percussion during its period of use. It has a beautifull patina to its finely carved patchbox and sideplate and the tiger-striped stock is near flawless. It has a few wonderfull silver inlays, one being on the cheeckpiece in the form of an exquisite checkerboard. Truly a fine gun, it is maker marked on the barrel.

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