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School: Davidson (North Carolina/NC) Known for the rare buggy rifle stamped, “A.L. & J.C. NC”. Andrew Long and John Clodfelter were Davidson County gunsmiths. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.

Shunk, Isaac

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Post date May 30, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Taneytown, Frederick County, Maryland (1801-04) Lancaster, Lancaster County (1810-11) Pitt Township, Allegheny County (1819-30) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1832)

Axer, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Lancaster Boro., 1843-1844

Zahringer, Eugene

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1827 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1857-63)

Haslett, James

School: Maryland Baltimore James Haslett was born in 1773 in Ireland. Haslett was apprenticed int eh gunsmithing business in Europe to one of the most renowned lines of gunmakers. He came to America about 1798. His wife’s name was Mary and they settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had three daughters and one son, who was his […]

Howeter, Henry

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Upper Leacock Township, 1850

McComas, Alexander

School: Maryland Baltimore Alexander McComas was born near Bel Air in Harford County on February 27, 1821, a son of Preston McComas and was named after his grandfather. At the age of 13 his father brought him to Baltimore and placed him with Charles C.C. O’Brien to learn arms manufacturing. He remained with O’Brien for six […]

Hess, Christian

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1794

Strawick, Andrew

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) West Jefferson, Butler County (1810)

Cochran, Samuel

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1751-1835

Mars, William

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1817)

Peterson, Samuel

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Categories In Catawba Valley School, North Carolina, Riflemakers

School: Catawba Valley (North Carolina/NC) Mr. Samuel Peterson was born 1795 in Lincoln County NC. He worked in the Catawba School of Gunmaking. He died after 1870 in Ironton Missouri. Samuel Peterson along with his father Matthias Peterson, his uncle Tobias Peterson, and his grandfather Paul Peterson were all gunsmiths. They all lived near Hickory […]