Category: Pennsylvania

Palm, John

School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) John Palm was a versatile gunmaker located on Second Street, Womelsdorf, Heidelberg Township until he died in 1865. His work shows little influence by the earlier Womelsdorf makers, making a variety of rifles from plain guns to fancy silver inlaid rifles. Palm often numbered his rifles alongside his signature. He also worked […]

Kuntz, Jacob

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Kuntz (1780-1876), brother of Peter Kuntz, learned the trade in Allentown and was taxed as a gunsmith in nearby Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County in 1807. He moved to Philadelphia where he became noted as a fine maker of flintlock rifles and pistols. Kuntz’s better rifles are viewed today as some of […]

Lee, George

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) George Lee (1825 – 1889) was both Nathan Moll’s apprentice and brother-in-law. George later worked for Peter Moll in Hellertown and married Peter’s daughter, Elizabeth. In 1874, after serving in the Civil War, George opened a tobacco and gun shop in Iron Hill, just north of Hellertown. George and his wife are […]

Schreit, John

School: Berks  (Pennsylvania/PA) A rifle signed by John Schreit and dated 1761 is the earliest dated Kentucky rifle that is known to exist. John Schreit (Shreight) worked in Reading Town and is shown as a gunsmith and landowner of a town lot in the 1758 Berks County records. American rifles of this age are rarely […]