SN PC09 · Pennsylvania • c. 1770

Circa 1770 Lancaster Flintlock

Name: Circa 1770 Lancaster Flintlock
Brand: PC Longrifles
SKU: SN PC09
Availability: PreOrder

A Lancaster-school flintlock longrifle in curly maple, with raised carving, pierced brass patch box and brass wire inlay.

Circa 1770 Lancaster Flintlock, full length, curly maple stock

Full length — curly maple stock finished in traditional aqua fortis.

Built in the Lancaster tradition of the American colonial period, this flintlock rifle carries the slender architecture and heavily figured curly maple stock that made the Lancaster gunsmiths famous.

The stock is finished with hand-executed raised carving through the wrist and cheek, a pierced brass patch box, and brass wire inlay set flush into the wood. Furniture is hand-shaped and engraved throughout.

Detail plates

The handwork, up close.

Raised carving and inlay along the rifle stock — Plate 2. Raised carving through the wrist and cheek with brass wire inlay.

Close-up of the flintlock mechanism — Plate 3. Hand-tuned flintlock with engraved plate and cock.

Engraved detail on the octagonal barrel — Plate 4. Barrel breech with fine engraved detail.

Pierced brass patch box set into the butt stock — Plate 5. Pierced and engraved brass patch box.

Underside of the stock with brass toe plate and wire inlay — Plate 6. Underside — brass toe plate with patch box release button and inset wire inlay.

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