Edward Marshall's rifle is a well known early American longrifle. Several pages of photographs depict this nice specimen, possibly made by Andreas Albrecht, at his Christian's Spring, Pennsylvania gun shop. Additional pages of views show details of Edward Marshall's rifle, including the muzzle, butt end of the buttplate, end of the sliding wooden patchbox, barrel markings, tang carving, sideplate, and triggerguard finials.The odd shapes of the triggers are clearly shown. Close inspection reveals a small moulding around the engraved lock plate.The early work of the famous Lancaster County gunmaker, Jacob Dickert, is shown in this volume.
The Table of Contents includes the following:
- Forward and Acknowledgments to Second Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Rifles, Smooth Rifles, & Smoothbores of Germanic Origin
- French Guns
- English Rifles & Guns
- Rifles, possibly American, possibly European
- Berks County & the Town of Reading
- Christian's Spring Rifles & Related Pieces
- Lehigh Valley Rifles
- Rifles of Bucks County Style
- The Lancaster Connection
- Maps
- References
- Index
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