This is one of Jacob Dickert’s early rifles . He worked in Lancaster from 1755-1822 but Henry Drepert (Lock maker) was only in Lancaster in the 1760-70’s period. The barrel signature of "J. Dickert" also has his trademark of "Crossed Tomahawks" between the J and Dickert. Unlike many of the other Lancaster makers Dickert used wedges instead of pins to secure his barrels on his earliest rifles and switched to pins on his later guns. Also, the buttstock is 1 3/4" thick which is another early feature. The rifle is plain with no carving which is correct for a rifle from the Rev. War period. I believe the original lock is a excellent reconversion to flint and is impossible to tell without removing the lock. The barrel is 47" with a .48 caliber bore and still has pretty good rifling. I beleive the ramrod is original to the rifle and still retains it’s worm. The Lancaster Daisy patchbox has some very nice engraving which is typical of Dickert. The curly maple stock is beautiful with much of it’s original Reddish Violoin finish and appears to have all it’s original wood. There is a small wood repair by the left side of the barrel tang but it was done in it’s period of use . It consists of putting a small nail on a 1" piece of wood that was starting to separate. This is a really top notch Rev.War Kentucky Rifle made by one of the Masters.
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Rev.War Kentucky Rifle
"Jacob Dickert"
Lancaster,Pa.
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