Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age, annotated third edition, now with many color photos, by Joe Kindig, Jr.

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Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle
in its Golden Age,
annotated third edition, now with many color photos,
by Joe Kindig, Jr.

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This famous Kindig Collection of longrifles was perhaps the most extensive ever assembled. The author presents two hundred sixty two nicely carved rifles, and treats the subject as an art form, with makers grouped into "schools" of similar style. Text includes much research from tax, census, and church records, and reveals the apprentice to master relationship between many famous makers. Hardback, 9" x 12", 610 pages with 857 illustrations and 46 pages of color photography.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

The section of color plates in the thrid version include rifles by:

"PA" Rifle
Peter Neihart
H. Mauck
H.P.M.
Isaac Berlin
Jacob Dickert
Melchoir Fordney
A. Verner
John Rupp
John Moll
JohnBonewitz
Leonard Reedy
Nicholas Beyer
J.P. Beck
Peter Berry
George Eister
George Schroyer
Frederick Sell
Jacob Sell the Eldar
J. Schriver the Eldar
George Kreps
John Armstrong
Nathaniel Rowe
David Cooley
John Noll
Peter White

Kentucky Rifle Nomenclature
Preface
PART I

On the Frontiersman
On the Gunsmith
On the Kentucky Itself
On the Kentucky as a Collectable

PART II

Introduction to Part II
Map of Pennsylvania
Locations of Gunsmiths
Pre-Revolutionary Kentuckys with Brass Patchboxes
The Lancaster School

Ealry Daisy Patchboxes by Unknown Makers
Jacob Dickert
John Graeff
Peter Resor
Abraham Henry
Henry Albright
J. Haeffer
Peter Brong
John Fondersmith
John Newcomer
Jacob Ferree
Peter Gonter
John Gonter
William Weiss
Melchoir Fordney
John Brooks
John Haga
M. Aldenderfer
Jacob Sees
Jacob Hoak

The Bethlehem School

A. Verner
Unknown
The Angstadt Family
Peter Anstat
G. Feder
John Rupp
The Moll Family
John Moll
Peter Moll
The Pannabecker Family
“J. Alb." and “J. Alb., Jr." The Albrights
“J.D."

The Womelsdorf-Reading School

Wolfgang Haga
Unknown
Unknown
John Bonewitz
Andrew Figthorn
Leonard Reedy
Unknown
Peter Belles
H. Eckler

The Lebanon School

Nicholas Beyer
John Philip Beck
The Christian Becks
Christian Beck the Earlier
Christian Beck the Later

The Dauphin School

Peter Berry
Martin Shell
M. Poorman
Unknown

The York School

The Zorger Family
Jacob Leather
Unknown
George Eister
Unknown
Unknown
The Altland Family
John Leckner
Martin Fry
J. Lowmaster
Possibly J. Lowmaster
George Nunnamacker
The Welshans Family
“A.W." Possibly Abraham Welshans
Conrad Welshans
J. Welshans
Samuel Grove
“H.P.M." Probably Henry Mull
John Bair
Jacob Ernst
Adam Ernst
John Long
Isaac Berlin
The Gobrecht Family
George Schroyer

The Littlestown School

Jacob Sell the Elder
Jacob Sell the Younger
Frederick Sell
The Two J. Shrivers
J. Shriver the Elder
J. Shriver the Younger
Henry Koons

The Emmitsburg School

Andrew Kopp
George Krep
John Armstrong
Nathaniel Row
Daniel Marker
Unknown
Unknown
*Jacob Metzger
*Martin Rizer
*Henry Lechler
*John Nichman

The Chambersburg School

Abraham Schweitzer
John Whetstone
John Mewhirter
J. Clark
Joseph Clippinger
David Cooley
John Noll
Henry Noll
*John Meals
*P. Smith
*P. Marker
*Kettering, Allisson, and Others
*Peter White
*Joseph Mills
*J. Fraizer
*Unknown
*The Voglers

Gunsmiths of Lancaster County by S.E. Dyke
Map of Lancaster County
Index

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