Lancaster / Lebanon County . circa 1770 -1800
Straighter buttstock lines is general rule in this very comfortable to shoot gun. A sliding wood or a fancier 2 or 4 piece patchbox with a "daisy head " being very common . Raised carving in C - scroll is best known on this style of rifle . Few of the many known builders are , Dickert , Haines , Beck , Albrecht, Ferree and Newcomer. The Lancaster rifle played a very important part in the American Revolutionary War.

LANCASTER / LEBANON COUNTY Rifle School by Allen Martin

1772 ISAAC HAINES
Description: Early bold architecture , subtle yet refined decoration is the heart of this Lancaster Rifle!! A favorite of many, this rifle speak volumes with a whisper!! Dense curly maple stock, Getz 46-3/4", .60 caliber barrel,  A heavily modified Siler Flintlock, single trigger and all mounts are brass. The engraved 4 pc. patchbox is the only inlay and with the dome-lid makes it very unique!!! Raised carving in the Isaac Haines style gives this rifle the pop that it deserves!!! A pleasure to shoulder and shoot, contact Allen Martin if interested in a piece of early PA Dutch history!!!

EARLY LANCASTER FLINT RIFLE
Description: Early Lancaster Flint Rifle styled after Jacob Dickert  - circa 1770/1780. This rifle was built for a client in Alaska for bear and moose hunting !!!! Getz , 46inch , .58caliber Barrel - Chambers Early Germanic Flintlock - Super hard sugar maple stock - Brass mounted - Daisy Head patchbox - Fully raised carved.

1790-1810 LANCASTER COUNTY FLINTLOCK
Description: This rifle is a classic example of a 1790-1810 Lancaster Co. Flintlock. The Daisy head patchbox and double "C" raised carving are common features from this area & time. Notice the subtle features with no fancy silver inlays and clean & simple basic lines!! Getz, 44inch, .40 caliber barrel, Large Siler flintlock, Curly maple stock, Brass mounted, raised carved and all nicely aged!!

ISAAC HAINES LANCASTER SCHOOL
Description: I feel very honored being born & raised about 8 miles from where Isaac Haines believed to have worked. Isaac Haines is one of those uncanny gunmakers from the 18th century that is coveted by all !!!! This copy has a Getz barrel , 46" long in a 50 caliber , all brass parts handmade with the buttplate & triggerguard be castings. The fully raised carving , painstakingly detailed in a curly red maple with curl that is a screamer!!!!!! A classic example of a Lancaster Flint rifle of the 1770's.

NEWCOMER - LANCASTER
Description: J. Newcomer - Lancaster , PA circa 1774 - 48" of barrel , wide breech , octagon-to-round 16ga. smoothbore Getz barrel give this early stye rifle the platform. Chambers Early round-face English lock with flat Ketland hammer-cock sparks with authority !!! Dense maple with faint curl gives this smooth-rifle the look it deserves!!  Raised carving sets the gun , brass hardware and elegant 2 piece patchbox, engraved in the same feeling as a original PA Rifle.

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Best of Show Traditional and Best of Show Overall at the 1999 Dixon's Gunmakers Fair.
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