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diff --git a/20442-8.txt b/20442-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72948b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/20442-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1922 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other +Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks", by Henry W. Shoemaker + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" + +Author: Henry W. Shoemaker + +Release Date: January 25, 2007 [EBook #20442] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIREARMS CATALOGUE *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, La Monte H. P. Yarroll, and the +Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net. + + + + + + + + + + + +A CATALOGUE _of_ +EARLY PENNSYLVANIA +_and other_ +FIREARMS _and_ EDGED +WEAPONS + +_at_ + +"RESTLESS OAKS" +McELHATTAN, PA. + +[Illustration] + +_Collected by_ +HENRY W. SHOEMAKER +Lieut. Col., Res., U. S. A. + +_Compiled by_ +H. BEAM PIPER, _of Altoona, Pa._ + + * * * * * + +[Illustration: THE LAST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA WAYSIDE GUNSMITHS BUSLER +BROTHERS, CLINTON COUNTY, PA. +(Frontispiece)] + + + + +_"Aerataeque Micant Peltae, Micat Aereus Ensis."_ + + --VIRGIL, Aen. VIII, 743 + +DEDICATED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA FOLK-LORE SOCIETY, +BY THE COMPILER + + + + +CONTENTS + + PAGE +THE SHOEMAKER COLLECTION OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA AND +OTHER FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS. RIFLES, MUSKETS +AND OTHER SHOULDER WEAPONS. 1 + +PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. 12 + +THE SETH NELSON GROUP OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING EQUIPMENT. 19 + +EDGED WEAPONS, POLEARMS, CLUBS, ETC. 23 + +ACCESSORIES, ETC. 31 + +A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF THE PIPER COLLECTION. (ALTOONA, PA.) 38 + + + + +[Illustration] + +INTRODUCTION + + +For years this writer's aim was to visualize the armed Pennsylvanian +of earlier days; how he went forth to fight his Indian foe, to slay +the bison, moose, elk and smaller game, and on his expeditions to the +fields of love: where his firearms and edged weapons originated. To +create the living man his arms must be secured, and gradually the +present collection was assembled. And he lived again, dark, grim, +bearded, the spirit of lofty pines and hemlocks among which he spent +his days, always plotting to kill something. Many of the arms, if they +could speak, what tales of war, the chase, and love adventure they +could tell! The Pennsylvania woodsman was filled with the romance of +slaughter, a heritage of mingled Continental origins, Huguenot, +Spanish, Portuguese, Swiss, Waldensian, Levantine, with the strains of +Ulster Scot, Alsatian, Palatine, Hollander and Moravian, cooling cross +currents in his veins. No wonder that the women of this blended race +were the most darkly beautiful in the world, and a group of the +curious edged weapons they carried to destroy men who annoyed them +might well be the subject of another separate collection. But the arms +stacked in silent panoply, or the daggers, dirks and powder flasks, +would not suffice to give the collection the answer to the questions +it involved. Along with a group of daring Alpinists to "Restless Oaks" +came H. Beam Piper, of Altoona, Pa., a modern master-of-arms, who +patiently set to work to describe the collection from its oldest to +its newest examples. As the results of his intelligent energy and +research the following catalogue has been prepared which gives us the +skeleton figure of the armed Pennsylvania mountain man, from the +frontier days until later and more prosaic times ensued. While many of +the arms listed are in imperfect condition and some of the more +important ones are lacking, they give the idea of his times. Other +pieces of later periods, and a few of foreign use, are included for +purposes of comparison. To these are added Mr. Piper's catalogue of +his own collection, all in perfect order, to show similar types of +weapons at their best. While, as stated, there are many specimens +missing, these vacancies emphasize the wide range of weapons used by +the old-time Pennsylvanians. The frequent wars kept bringing new types +of arms into the wilderness and new ideas for weapons among the +woodsmen themselves, and this was most noteworthy after the Civil War, +which was also the end of the grand romantic period of the +Pennsylvania wilderness. The mountaineer of Pennsylvania was of +martial blood, his ancestors had fought in every state of Continental +Europe--and the science of armorer was his birthright. David Lewis, +the "Galloping Jack" or highwayman of Central Pennsylvania, used new +pistols every year, and weapons which he is said to have carried are +as plentiful as Ole Bull's violins. The frontiersmen of British +origins always named their favorite rifles "My Friend," "My Brother," +"Sure Shot," "Confidence," "Never Fail," "Carry My Wish," "Kill Deer," +and "Kill Buck," and cherished them almost as living things. Many of +them camped out at the wayside gunshops until a specially ordered +weapon was begun and finished, so as to supervise every detail of its +fabrication. Quaint and full of historic lore were these mystic +wayside shrines of arms, which are alas with a few exceptions no more. +Billy de Shera's on Larry's Creek near Jersey Shore instilled the love +of arms in several generations of mountain boys, and the last gunshops +in existence, those of Seth Nelson, Jr., near Round Island, Clinton +County, and David C. Busler, near Collomsville, Lycoming County, have +had arms loving pilgrims of note from all over the State to learn the +last dying secrets of the Kentucky rifles, which, despite their name, +were mostly made in Pennsylvania. Often the backwoods arms enthusiast +would insist that the shutters be closed and the smith's work carried +on by candle-light, lest a passing hechs cast a glance upon the +barrel, which would ever afterward be deprived of the power to kill. +The proud owner of a cherished gun would never leave it near a hechs, +lest she run her cold trembling hand along the barrel and forever +destroy its accuracy. There were also spells or pow-wowing to make a +gun shoot perfectly, and these were put on before a foe was to be +removed, and more especially with the heavy rifles used at shooting +matches. Needles and papers written full of incantations were slipped +under the barrels where they joined the stocks to keep away the +witches. The writer has seen Robert Covenhoven's rifle with thirteen +notches on the under side of the stock. His scalping-knife has seven +notches, where this merciless scalp-hunter enumerated his red victims +prior to collecting the scalp bounty at Harris' Ferry. The Covenhoven +rifle was latterly owned by the old deer-hunter Miller Day, of English +Centre, Lycoming County, but is now in Philadelphia, while the knife +is at the James V. Brown Library, Williamsport, together with his +Ketland pistol. As symbols of a bolder and broader day the firearms of +backwoods Pennsylvania will always exercise a peculiar charm, +typifying as they do the period of trackless forests, Indians, +panthers, wolves, unbridled romance. Also, that strangely picturesque +period of the Civil War, when the sharp-shooting Pennsylvania mountain +boys (and older ones) went forth to snip; for did not Jake Karstetter, +of Sugar Valley, Clinton County, enlist as 37 when he was 57 and +compass the death of seven Confederate general officers? Notched on +the walnut stock of his favorite weapon, the work of Henry Barner, a +wayside Sugar Valley gunsmith, were seven sets of minute carvings in +the form of collar insignias in all the grades from a Lieutenant +General to a Lieutenant Colonel. And when they led him haltered +through the streets of Richmond they labelled him "a wild Yankee from +the North," because of his unshorn hair and beard, which he swore he +would not cut until he had "set Jeff Davis cold." It is a pity that +the science of ancient arms is not more popular in inland +Pennsylvania, and that more of the curious specimens of arms have not +been retained, but were allowed to be shipped away to collectors +elsewhere before their local value was recognized. It is with a hope +that it may stimulate other collectors at home to assemble ancient +weapons before it is too late that this catalogue has been published. +It is as a fragment, and not as a complete collection, but it puts +before the reader the picture of an arms loving race, in the glorious +ante-mollycoddle age, which was the golden age of Pennsylvania +manhood. But in truth there has been very little, if any, decline, +when one thinks of the valor of the boys of the 28th, the 79th and +other outfits where Pennsylvanians were most in evidence in the World +War. Many of these had old Civil War grandfathers, who could tell of +Fredericksburg or Petersburg, of how earlier they barked squirrels on +tall hardwood trees, or shot into the flocks of wild pigeons "which +darkened the sun" in their great flights. And to welcome in the +"apostolic succession" of arms new lovers among our boys, even the +least of them, this collection stands catalogued, thanks to Mr. +Piper's perseverance. It is an invitation and appeal to carry on all +that is boldest, bravest and best of that fearless company that bore +their spears along the dark warpaths of obscurity, and stacked them on +the campgrounds of eternal night. + + HENRY W. SHOEMAKER. +"Restless Oaks," +McElhattan, Pa., July 30, 1927. + + + + +[Illustration] + +THE SHOEMAKER COLLECTION OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA +AND OTHER FIREARMS AND EDGED WEAPONS. +RIFLES, MUSKETS AND OTHER SHOULDER WEAPONS. + + +1. EXTREMELY HEAVY SHARPSHOOTER'S OR TARGET RIFLE. L. 52-1/2" + +Full length stock with small cheek-piece and flattened at muzzle for +shooting from a rest. Weight, about 40 lbs. .50 Cal. Double set +triggers. Rare. Flintlock. Made by Pennebacker, Berks County. + +2. PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE. L. 47-3/4" + +Octagon barrel, half stock, small brass patch-box, brass and German +silver mountings. Peep-and-globe sights, rear sight missing. Fitted +with false muzzle for loading. Lock marked "Warranted". About .38 cal. +Complete with tin box containing all original accessories, mould, +bullet-starter, patch cutter, combination screwdriver and nipple +wrench, patches, tow for cleaning, etc. Rare with original +accessories. This is the type of gun used at the old-time "turkey +shoots." Made in Berks County, for John Lebo, of Clinton County. + +3. DOUBLE BREECH-LOADING SHOTGUN. L. 48" + +Side-lever action. Fitted with rifle sights for shooting round balls. +Mark on lock, "Wm. Moore & Co." On barrel, "Fine Laminated Steel". +12-bore. + +4. VERY SHORT PERCUSSION GUN. L. 36-1/2" + +Full length black walnut stock. Iron ramrod. About 60 Cal. No marks. +Probably used for hunting buffalo. + +5. KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 57" + +Percussion. Stock originally full length, but has been shortened +11-1/2 inches. Brass mounts and long brass patch-box. Ramrod missing. +About .36 Cal. + +6. OLD AND BADLY BATTERED FOWLING PIECE. L. 57" + +Lock gone. A cheap gun when new. + +7. HEAVY KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 56" + +Curley maple stock and brass mountings, including long brass +patch-box. Fairly good order. + +8. SMALL-BORE PERCUSSION FOWLING PIECE. L. 59" + +This gun is of the cheapest sort, with painted stock of some soft +wood. Guns of this kind were sold by Indian traders and by country +merchants to farmers' boys and others unable to afford better arms. +Due to the almost uniform abuse which these weapons received, this +specimen, which is in good condition, is somewhat of a rarity. Mark on +lock, "Henry Parker, Warranted". + +9. U. S. ARMY MUSKET, 1822 MODEL. L. 57-1/2" + +Altered to percussion by Government system of screwing on new breech. +Mexican and Civil War service possible. Good order. + +10. DOUBLE OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION RIFLE. L. 47-1/2" + +Rigid barrels and two locks. No marks. Ramrod and trigger-guard +missing. Small round patch-box, and German silver figure of spread +eagle inset in cheek piece. + +11. SHORT PERCUSSION RIFLE. L. 49" + +This rifle is of the type used on the plains, period of 1845-'50 and +in Pennsylvania period of 1850-90. No marks. Long brass patch-box. +About .44 Cal. Fairly good condition. + +12. SHORT KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 48-1/2" + +Stock has been broken and repaired several times and the whole gun is +crudely made and was evidently the work of an unskilled local +gunsmith. Without doubt, this is an authentic Pennsylvania Mountain +relic. Now a smooth-bore. + +13. CUT-DOWN KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 45" + +Barrel has been smooth-bored and stock shortened to half-length. Rear +sight of peculiar and artistic design. This was at one time a very +fine gun, and has several interesting features. + +14. U. S. ARMY MUSKET, MODEL OF 1822. L. 57-1/2" + +Has been varnished all over and is in good condition, but hammer is +missing. + +15. PERCUSSION KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 52" + +Brass mounted, with considerable brass and silver inlay. Good +condition. Maker's name illegible, but "Philadelphia", on lock can be +easily made out. Probably a Tryon. + +16. SPRINGFIELD MUSKET. L. 55" + +Model of 1861, caliber .58, percussion. Marks on lock, "U. S. +Springfield. 1862." Good condition, with original bayonet. Gift of +General F. D. Beary, The Adjutant General, N. G. P., Harrisburg, Pa. + +17. TWO U. S. SPRINGFIELD ARMY RIFLES. L. 52" + +Model of 1884. Fitted with ramrod bayonets. In the best of condition, +like new. Gift of Gen'l F. D. Beary. + +17A. Another, which has seen considerable service. Formerly the +property of Jacob Bierly, a famous early Pennsylvania hunter. + +18. KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 55" + +Stock shortened to half-length and smooth-bored. The maker of this gun +imported his lock from England, as it is stamped "London, Warranted". +Percussion. + +19. U. S. MUSKET, 1822 MODEL. L. 53" + +Altered to percussion by a rare and rather crude civilian method, and +barrel shortened to the end of the forestock. Evidently used by some +mountaineer soldier and retained at the end of his military service as +a sporting arm. A Kentucky type rear sight has been added and other +changes have been made. _This gun is not reliable as a source of +information on U. S. military arms_, owing to its numerous +alterations. + +20. GERMAN-AMERICAN TARGET RIFLE. L. 45" + +Beautifully checkered stock, octagon barrel. No ramrod, nor is the gun +provided with fittings for one. In the best of condition. Almost new. +This gun was made for use by a member of some early German "Scheutzen" +rifle club, period of 1855-'75. Mark on lock, "Rein, New York". + +21. DOUBLE OVER-AND-UNDER RIFLE. L. 43" + +Patch-box gone, and rear sight not original and badly used. No marks. + +22. FRENCH CHASSEPOT ARMY RIFLE. L. 51" + +Marks, "Manufacture Chatellerault. _Mle_ 1866". Almost perfect. May be +a Franco-Prussian War weapon. + +23. GERMAN BOAR RIFLE. L. 43" + +Heavy octagon barrel, sliding wooden cover box in stock containing +worm, sling-swivels, bayonet-stud. This gun has a most excellent +adjustable rear sight, and is in splendid order. Caliber, about .70. + +24. REMINGTON ARMY RIFLE. L. + +Rider system action. .50-70. Good. + +25. U. S. KRAG RIFLE. L. 49" + +1898 Model. Five shots, .30-40 Cal. New condition. + +26. REMINGTON CARBINE, CAL., .50-70. L 37-1/2" + +27. SHARP'S CIVIL WAR CARBINE. L. 39" + +Model of 1859. Good. With Lawrence primer magazine and patch-box in +stock. + +28. DOUBLE OVER-AND-UNDER RIFLE. L. 49" + +Good order. Round patch-box. German silver figure of deer inlaid on +cheek-piece. No marks. Good. + +29. PERCUSSION BUFFALO RIFLE. L. 32" + +Some illegible lettering on barrel, which is octagon and extremely +heavy. Ramrod under barrel. Stock extends only to breech and is inlaid +with German silver. Extremely rare. This type was used on the western +plains, 1840-'55. + +30. U. S. FLINTLOCK MUSKET. L. 58" + +Model of 1798. Cheek-piece hollowed into stock. Complete with flint +and ramrod and in fine shooting condition. Mark, "J. Henry, Phila." + +31. FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 56-1/2" + +Curley maple stock. Brass mounts, including long patch-box. Original +striped ramrod, which has been re-tipped with an exploded pistol +cartridge. This gun has been restored, though so skillfully as to pass +for original condition. Fine shooting order. Mark on lockplate, +"Tryon, Philada." + +32. U. S. 1822 MODEL ARMY MUSKET. L. 57-1/4" + +Altered to percussion, apparently by civilian gunsmith. Good +condition. + +33. DOUBLE PERCUSSION SHOTGUN. L. 46-1/2" + +About 12-bore. Back action locks. No marks. Has been abused. + +34. DOUBLE PERCUSSION SHOTGUN. L. 46" + +Stock cracked and both locks and one nipple gone. + +35. PERCUSSION KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 55" + +Inoperative and both sights gone, otherwise good. No marks. + +36. "MULE-EAR" DOUBLE SHOTGUN. L. 49" + +Superposed barrels. Side action lock. Two ramrods, both original. +Working order. 12-bore. Very rare. No marks. + +37. OVER-AND-UNDER RIFLE. L. 50-1/2" + +One lock, barrels revolving by hand. Mark on lock, "Jos. Golgher, +Phila." On plate opposite lock, "I. L. Beck." This rifle was once the +property of Imanuel Beck, a noted Sugar Valley hunter, and has +probably killed much big game. A rare and historic piece, in the best +of condition. (These double rifles with revolving barrels are much +rarer than the rigid type.) This gun was not made by Golcher, as he +made and furnished to other makers more locks than he made rifles. It +was his custom to stamp his name on the barrels of his own guns. + +38. WINCHESTER REPEATING RIFLE. 30-in. Barrel. + +Model of 1873. .38-40 Cal. Good order. + +39. U. S. ARMY MUSKET. L. 55" + +1808 Model. This specimen has been fitted with a Civil War type rear +sight, evidently having been issued in 1862, when arms were scarce. +Initials "L. H." cut in stock, while brass plate is marked "J. E. S." +Sling-strap not original and jaw-screw is obviously home-made, with +square head. Several inches have been cut off of barrel. This gun is +not reliable as a source of data on U. S. military arms. A curious +mountaineer gun, in fine order. + +40. "ZULU" SHOTGUN. L. 50-1/2" + +Made from old French army rifle. These guns were sold in great +quantities to the poorer farmers in Pennsylvania. In the stock is a +small piece of wood which was blessed by the French priests and placed +in the stock at the arsenal. It was supposed to insure accuracy. A +curious outcropping of medieval superstition in modern times. + +41. CIVIL WAR AUSTRIAN PURCHASE CARBINE. L. 30-1/2" + +"During the first part of the Civil War the United States purchased a +great quantity of these arms, and before their worthlessness became +apparent a considerable number was issued. The calibre of most of them +was .75; the rifling was very deep; the recoil and trajectory were +abnormal, and accuracy of shooting was conspicuous by +absence."--Sawyer, "Our Rifles." Page 235. + +42. MOORISH SNAPHAUNCE GUN. L. 62-1/2" + +Captured from Riff tribesmen early in 1920. A fine specimen of its +type, inlaid with ivory and showing native repair-work. This is a +genuine snaphaunce, not to be confused with the Spanish or Moorish +Miguelet or outside-lock flintlock. Rare. + +43. SHARP & HANKINS CIVIL WAR CARBINE. L. 39" + +This is the Navy type, though the leather jacket is missing from the +barrel. Rare. + +44. VOLCANIC CARBINE. L. 35" + +The forerunner of the Henry and the Winchester. Finely polished walnut +stock and engraved brass receiver, the latter showing traces of +silver plating. Used hollow-bore bullets which contained powder and +cap. Good condition and excessively rare. + +45. U. S. 1863 MODEL ARMY MUSKET. L. 55" + +Good condition, with sling-strap. + +46. LONG FLINTLOCK FOWLING PIECE. + +Good condition, but lacks ramrod. + +47. ORIENTAL FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS. L. 21" + +Some traces of checkering on stock and damascening on barrel, +otherwise plain. + +48. ORIENTAL FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS. L. 21" + +A much more ornate piece than the preceeding. The stock is carved and +the metal parts engraved. Dummy ramrod carved into stock. English +lock. + + +PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. + +49. DOUBLE BARREL IRISH PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. L. 6-1/2" + +Superposed barrels, revolving by hand. Disappearing trigger. +Mark:--"Kavanaugh, Dublin". + +50. MARSTON 3-BARREL PISTOL. L. 7" + +Breech-loading, .32 calibre. Indicator on right side of frame. +Inoperative, but in good condition otherwise. + +51. FIVE-SHOT MANHATTAN ARMS CO. PEPPERBOX. L. 5-1/2" + +A close replica of the Allen. In excellent condition. .31 Cal. + +52. SMALL PHILADELPHIA DERRINGER. L. + +Checkered grip, cap-box in butt. A facsimile of the pistol used by J. +Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. + +53. COOPER FIVE-SHOT REVOLVER. L. 10" + +Percussion. Double action, .31 Cal. This is the early Pittsburg +revolver, not to be confused with arms of the same type made at +Philadelphia. Rare. Resembles the Colt 1849 Model, except that trigger +is in center of trigger-guard. + +54. PECULIAR DOUBLE ACTION REVOLVER. L. 5" + +Percussion. Similar in action to a pepperbox. Marked "Ell's Patent." +The cataloguer has never before seen a pistol of this type. Good +condition. .31 Cal. Purchased in a Philadelphia pawn-shop, and said to +be a favorite arm of the Negroes in that city at one time. + +55. REID'S "MY FRIEND" KNUCKLE-DUSTER. + +Seven shots, .22 Cal. Good order, except that cylinder does not +revolve. + +56. ANOTHER. + +Similar except for a slight difference of engraving and a catch under +cylinder. + +57. UNDERHAMMER PISTOL. L. 11-1/2" + +Has seen rough service. No marks. + +58. DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION PISTOL. L. 8" + +Broken, rusty and with all working parts except one spring missing. +Barrels side by side. + +59. TINY .22 PISTOL. L. 4-1/2" + +One of the lightest pistols the cataloguer has ever seen. These +ineffectual weapons are sold in large numbers on the waterfront of +Genoa, where the owner acquired this specimen. + +60. HEAVY DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION PISTOL. L. 11-1/2" + +Superposed barrels, two hammers and nipples. Bronze frame and steel +barrels. About 10-bore. Excellent condition. Evidently French, though +it was bought in a Philadelphia pawn-shop. + +61. DERRINGER POCKET RIFLE. L. (over all) 28" + +Shoulder-stock attached. Quite similar in design to the ordinary +pocket Derringer, but has a long barrel (octagon), a ramrod and ramrod +rib. Peep rear sight. Front sight missing. Very rare. In good +condition. + +62. PAIR OF ENGLISH POCKET PISTOLS. L. 6" + +Silver butt-plates, silver lion-masque butt-caps, much of original +blueing remains. In the best of condition. Mark, "Doody". From +Krider's Gunshop, Philadelphia. + +63. OLD PINFIRE REVOLVER L. 7-1/2" + +64. FINE SILVER-MOUNTED TURKISH PISTOL. L. 18" + +Barrel and lock of English manufacture, the later having a sliding +safety and being stamped "Mortimer", but the rest is Turkish. Stock is +of some dark, hard Oriental wood, probably olive, and is covered with +fine silver-wire inlay. All mountings are of silver, beautifully +sculptured and engraved and bear curious Turkish hallmarks. As the +ramrods for these pistols were carried about the neck to facilitate +loading on horseback, they were frequently made without ramrods +attached. This pistol, like the following one, is furnished with a +dummy or imitation rod. English proof-marks on barrel. Gold +breech-band. In the best of possible condition and a really beautiful +specimen. From the Austin collection. + +65. SILVER-MOUNTED ARABIAN FLINTLOCK PISTOL. L. 16" + +Mountings entirely of silver. Stock covered with silver inlay in wire, +dot and leaf-and-flower design. Arabian armorer's marks in gold on +barrel. Fine. From the Austin collection. + +66. FRENCH ARMY PISTOL, MODEL OF 1777. L. 13-1/2" + +Flintlock. Calibre, 11/16 inch. Mark on lock, "Mauberge". This pistol +may have come to this country with Lafayette's expedition. It has been +neatly though incorrectly restored and is hence unreliable as a +source of information. + +67. COLT PERCUSSION REVOLVER, CAL. .31. L. 10" + +1849 Model, five shot, bright finish, trigger-guard and back-strap +silvered. Mark, "Address Samuel Colt, etc." Note the absence of title +"Col." in mark. Rare with this omission. Good order. + +68. U. S. PERCUSSION ARMY PISTOL, Model of 1842. L. 14" + +Marks on lockplate illegible, but enough can be deciphered to show +that it was made by H. Aston, of Middleton, Conn. Ramrod not original, +and swivel is missing, but otherwise the pistol is in good shooting +order. + +69. UNUSUAL SET OF DEVISME REVOLVERS. + +Contained in ebony case, 13" × 7", lined with purple velvet. Fitted +compartments, containing a large six-shot belt revolver of Devisme's +invention, about .45 calibre, a seven-shot .22 calibre Smith & Wesson +pocket revolver and accessories and ammunition. On the inside of the +lid, in gold letters, "Devisme, 56, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris." +This is a most unusual combination of a belt and a pocket revolver in +the same case. The little pistol is marked with the name, address and +patent dates of the Smith & Wesson company and also with "Claudin, +Brevete a Paris, Boulevard des Italiens, 38". Extremely rare and in +almost new condition. + +70. PAIR OF PERCUSSION HOLSTER PISTOLS. L. 13" + +Silver name-plates and key-plates, beautifully checkered grips, twist +steel barrels and ramrod ribbs, swivel ramrods. Barrels are +extraordinarily heavy, of about .50 calibre. Smooth bore. Spur +trigger-guards and horn tipped fore-ends. Mark, on lockplates and +barrels, "Champion, Chichester." These pistols were apparently at one +time cased, for they are accompanied by cleaning rod with detachable +head, nipple-wrench, bullet mould and combination powder and cap +flask. All in new condition. + +71. SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING PISTOL. L. 13" + +The only one of the sort that the cataloguer has ever seen. Probably +an inventor's model. No marks anywhere on it. Stud on the left side of +barrel opens the piece when pushed forward. About .40 cal. + +72. U. S. ARMY LUGER AUTOMATIC. L. 9" + +Calibre, 7.65 mm. A thousand of these arms were purchased by the +Government in 1901 for experimental purposes, with the view of making +them standard army equipment. They were found to be deficient in +stopping power, due to their small calibre, and were for the most part +sold to Bannerman & Co., of New York. Differences from the ordinary +commercial Luger are as follows:--one inch longer barrel, grip of +black walnut, U. S. coat of arms stamped on receiver, and thumb-safety +is reversed. Curiously enough, this particular pistol was purchased +from a gunsmith by W. Fall Gardner, of New York City, while at +Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1920, and while with the American Army of +Occupation. It is interesting to speculate how the weapon found its +way back to the country of its origin. Rare. + +73. BOOTJACK "PISTOL". L. 8" + +A cast brass folding bootjack, resembling an old style percussion +pocket pistol when closed. Rare. + + + + +THE SETH NELSON GROUP OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA HUNTING EQUIPMENT. + + +Seth Iredell Nelson and his son, Seth Nelson, Jr., have long been +regarded as two of the most renowned and resourceful big game hunters +and armorers of Central Pennsylvania. At their home and hunting lodge +on the Sinnemahoning at the foot of Altar Rock, famed in Indian lore, +they maintained a gunshop and forge, making or repairing many of their +own guns, knives, ammunition, etc., as well as their axes, saws, +cant-hooks, farming implements and the like. Many of their choicest +specimens are now in Dr. Henry C. Mercer's Museum at Doylestown, Pa. +Seth Iredell Nelson was born in Potter County, Pa. in 1809, the +descendant of a Scotch "kramer" who went to Germany in the 17th +Century with the ancestor of Col. John Hay, author of "Little +Breeches" and Theodore Roosevelt's great Secretary of State. Nelson +migrated to Clinton County in 1840, the journey being made in +pole-boats down Kettle Creek and up the West Branch of the Susquehanna +to the mouth of the Sinnemahoning, and settling in a community still +inhabited by the Seneca Indians. He became known as the King Hunter of +the Sinnemahoning, his game book showing hundreds of panthers, wolves +and elk and thousands of deer, bears, and wildcats, and other animals +which he captured during his long career in the Pennsylvania big game +fields. Seth Iredell Nelson died in 1905, and is buried on top of +Karthaus Mountain, overlooking the one-time hunting paradise where for +nearly a century he was the supreme ruler. Seth Nelson, Jr. was born +in Potter County in 1838 and was brought to Three Runs, Clinton +County, by his parents two years later. He is today a handsome old +man, with keen blue eyes, regular features, long hair and snow white +beard, hale and hearty at four score and ten. He accompanied his +father on most of his great hunts and was his devoted and able +assistant in his gunshop and forge. Even in late years he has turned +out guns complete--"lock, stock and barrel" and hunting knives of +unusual skill and workmanship. + +74. HUNTING KNIFE. L. 10" + +Staghorn handle. This is of similar design, as, though of much later +date, than the scalping knives used by such Eighteenth Century +frontiersmen as Covenhoven, the Groves, Van Campen, Van Gundy and +others. Mounted in pewter. + +75. SETH NELSON'S SENECA TYPE AXE. L. 13" + +This type of axe or tomahawk was designed by John Smoke, one of the +last Seneca Indians residing in Pennsylvania. Initials punched on +blade, "S. N." Double edge. This sort of tomahawk is now sold +commercially under the name of "Nessmuk Axe". + +76. HUNTING KNIFE. L. 11-1/2" + +Staghorn handle. Pewter mounts. + +77. SMALL LEAD-LADLE. L. 15" + +Used for running bullets. Made and used by Seth Nelson, Jr. + +78. LEAD LADLE. L. 19" + +A trifle more artistic in design. Also used by Seth, Jr. Like the +preceding number, this is of the period of 1855-'75. + +79. LARGE LEAD-LADLE. L. 20" + +Crudely made. Former property of Seth Nelson, Sr., the father of the +maker of Nos. 77 and 78. Period 1830-'50. + +80. POWDER HORN AND BULLET POUCH. + +The 12-inch horn is still fitted with the original tip-plug and +contains a quantity of rifle-powder, of about FFF texture. These +powder-and-bullet sets are now much rarer than the rifles with which +they were used. A fine old pioneer piece. + +81. SMALL LEAD-HANDLED DAGGER. L. 7-1/2" + +Given to Seth Nelson, Sr., by Bill Long, a famous Clearfield County +hunter. + +82. LITTLE ONE-PIECE COPPER KNIFE. L. 5" + +Given to Col. Shoemaker by Seth Nelson, Jr., to illustrate the +earliest type of pocket-knife used by the frontiersmen. Of Indian +manufacture and of the size carried by young girls for general use +and, at a pinch, for protection. Made by John Smoke for his daughter. +The Pennsylvania German Gipsies called this sort of knife a "schlor". +A similar knife but larger, made by Smoke was sent by Col. Shoemaker, +to Dr. H. C. Mercer, Doylestown, Pa., 1920. + +83. DOUBLE-EDGED FOLDING DAGGER. L. (open) 8-1/2" + +Given to Col. Shoemaker by Seth Nelson to illustrate the next type of +frontier pocket-knife. + + +EDGED WEAPONS, POLEARMS, CLUBS, ETC. + +84. SPANISH OR ITALIAN LEFT-HAND DAGGER. L. 20" + +Used to parry sword-thrusts in rapier fencing. XVI or XVII Century. + +85. IMPROVISED DAGGER MADE FROM TABLE-KNIFE. L. 7" + +Blade has been ground down to dagger shape and guard has been added by +twisting wire about hilt. Used by an Italian in Williamsport to murder +his step-daughter. + +86. BOWIE KNIFE. L. 10" + +Old and rather crudely made. Wooden grip. Has seen Civil War service +and is believed to have been taken from the body of a Confederate +soldier. + +87. DAGGER. L. 12-1/4" + +Apparently home-made. Hilt made from the handle of an old Barlow +pocket knife. Found in pocket of Lute Shaffer, murderer of Colby +family, Clinton County, 1888. + +88. TWO BUTCHER-KNIVES. + +Crudely made, with wide blades and rough wooden handles. Used to +dismember the body of a girl who was killed in a family quarrel. This +was the "Pear Tree Murder", told of in Col. Shoemaker's "More +Allegheny Episodes", Ch. II. + +89. PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN HUNTING KNIFE. L. 13" + +Made and used by John E. Smith, a famous Clearfield County hunter of +the middle Nineteenth Century. Staghorn handle and pewter mountings. + +90. SPANISH BULL-FIGHTER'S PUNTILLA. L. 9" + +This is the matador's weapon of last resort, to be used when his +espada fails. Spear-pointed. Gift of Count San Juan de Violada, of +Madrid, 1916. + +91. TWO SPANISH PICADOR'S LANCE-POINTS. L. 8" + +One bears label marked "Union de Picadores de Toros. Mayo, 1918. 75. +Union de Criadores de Toros de Lidia. Delegacion del Norte." + +92. ITALIAN ALPINE POACHER'S KNIFE. L. (open) 12" + +Folds into horn handle. Has the peculiarly Italian design of +ornamentation, criss-cross lines on the ricasso. Given to Col. +Shoemaker by a former Swiss soldier at Visp, 1926, who took it from +poacher on Swiss-Italian frontier about 1860. + +93. ROMAN JAVELIN HEAD. L. 11" + +Found in excavation for subway in London. + +94. TWO BASQUE FOLDING KNIVES. L. (open) 8" + +Broad, razor-like blades, folding into horn handles. Both are stamped +"E. Pradel, Acier Fins." + +95. TWO SPANISH LADIES' KNIVES. L. (open) 7-1/4 and 5-1/2" + +Horn handles, broad, thin blades which lock in place when open. Of the +type carried by Raquel Meller, when singing her songs of disappointed +Spanish love. (Secured at Segovia, 1926.) + +96. BASQUE MAQUILLA. L. 35". Length of maquilla proper, 33-1/2" + +The Basque national weapon. In appearance, it resembles an ordinary +walking stick with a plaited leather wrist-thong and grip. +Brass-mounted and tipped with a heavy steel ferrule. When the handle +is unscrewed, there remains a stout wood shaft, tipped with a sharp +steel point. A really dangerous weapon, in spite of its innocent +appearance, and extremely rare in this country. + +97. DAGGER CANE. L. 36-1/2" + +Ebony. 11-1/4-inch blade, slightly engraved. About 1830. + +98. PAIR OF CUBAN MACHETES. L. 31" + +In embossed leather sheaths. Horn handles. + +99. MODEL OF INDIAN SLING. L. 21" + +Made of sassafras wood by Jesse Logan, a grand-nephew of the great +chief James Logan for Col. Shoemaker, in 1915, as a specimen of an +early Indian weapon. Sling-stone in place. + +100. POCKET KNIFE CARRIED BY JESSE LOGAN. (1828-1917.) L. 5-1/2" + +Originally a very cheap knife, of the sort sold by itinerant peddlers. + +101. GERMAN HUNTING KNIFE, MIDDLE XIX CENT. L. 12" + +Beautiful bronze hilt, ornamented in relief with guns, horns and other +implements of the chase. Shell guard. Boar-head pommel. Quillions +shaped like deer feet. Double-edged blade, in original sheath. + +102. COLLINS HEAVY HUNTING KNIFE. L. 16-1/2" + +Vulcanite grips, quillions and elephant-head pommel of some white +composition metal. In ornately stamped leather sheath. Cheaply made, +but of good steel and a serviceable weapon. + +103. MANDAN TOMAHAWK. L. 10" W. 8-1/2" + +Brought from South Dakota by a returning U. S. soldier, about 1870, +who obtained it from a fallen burial platform, along with the skeleton +of the Indian with whom it was placed. The remains of the Indian are +now interred on the Restless Oaks estate. + +104. FRENCH HUNTING SWORD. XVIII CENT. L. 24" + +Staghorn handle, ornamented bronze quillions and shell guard. Blade +engraved with hunting scenes and bears motto "Recte Faciendo Neminem +Timeas." + +105. GERMAN HUNTING SWORD. XVIII CENT. L. 26-1/2" + +Gilt bronze hilt and quillions, engraved blade bearing inscription in +German. Original black leather sheath. In the best of condition and a +high quality weapon. + +106. TURKISH SCIMITAR. L. 37-1/2" + +Original scabbard with belt-sling and red-and-gilt silk tassles. Hilt +of silver, with gilt ornamentation, scabbard tipped with silver. Fine. +From the Austin Collection. + +107. STRAIGHT YATAGAHN. L. 24" + +Tapering blade, slightly engraved, horn handle, silver and brass +mounts. Red velvet scabbard. Probably Circassian or Cossack. + +108. PAIR OF FOILS. L. 39-1/2" + +Cord-wrapped grips, ring quillions. Point of one broken. Belgian, +about 1860. + +109. RHINOCEROS HORN KNOB KERRIE. + +South African. Probably Kafir or Zulu. + +110. TWO OLD SOCKET BAYONETS. + +111. ALL-METAL BAYONET FOR GERMAN MAUSER. L. 17" + +In metal sheath. No marks. Rare. + +112. GERMAN WORLD WAR BAYONET. L. 15-1/2" + +In leather sheath. + +113. GERMAN SAWTOOTH BAYONET. L. 15-1/2" + +Marks indecipherable except "Solingen". These bayonets were exhibited +in this country during the War as an evidence of German atrocity, but +they were in reality intended for wire-cutting. Only one was issued to +each squad of infantry. For this reason they are comparatively rare. + +114. BRITISH NAVAL DIRK. XVIII CENT. L. 17" + +Fine condition, leather sheath, ivory handle, engraved blade, +lion-masque pommel. Claimed to have seen service in voyages against +John Paul "Jones." Called by the British "The Great Pirate." + +115. MORNING STAR OR BATTLE FLAIL. XV CENT. L. 38" + +Large spiked ball, linked by a ten-inch chain to a wooden shaft. A +fine piece and rare. From Austin Collection. + +116. NAPOLEONIC SABRE (WATERLOO) + +In worn leather sheath. Broken about half way down the blade. Carried +at Waterloo by a Colonel Kaetz, of Napoleon's Belgian allies. + +117. TWO ASSAGAIS. RHODESIAN. + +From the Austin Collection. + +118. RHINOCEROS HIDE SHIELD, DAHOMEY. + +Circular and having a conical point in the center. + +119. TYROLESE BEAR-SPEAR. XVII CENT. L. 91" + +Head original but shaft a replacement. From the Austin Collection. + +120. SPANISH BEAR SPEAR. XVII CENT. L. 86" + +Head original, but shaft a replacement. From the Austin Collection. + +121. CONFEDERATE OFFICER'S SWORD. L. 36-1/2" + +Straight, single-edged blade, deeply grooved. Half-basket guard, +incorporating the letters "C. S." Brass mountings. Confederate arms +are exceedingly rare. Illustrated, Plate V. + +122. CIVIL WAR SABRE OF 1st LT. HENRY F. SHOEMAKER. L. 36" + +Carried during the Civil War by the father of the present owner, while +an officer in the 27th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Blade slightly +engraved, leather-covered grip, gold and black sabre-knot. + +123. U. S. LATE REGULATION OFFICER'S SABRE. L. 36" + +Carried by Col. Shoemaker while in the Pennsylvania National Guard. +Complete with scabbard, leather sabre-knot and leather carrying case. +Blade engraved "Henry W. Shoemaker." + +124. ANOTHER SIMILAR SABRE. + +Carried by Col. Shoemaker in the New York National Guard. + +125. EQUIPMENT USED BY COL. SHOEMAKER DURING THE WORLD WAR. + +This includes a sabre on an old regulation belt, a Sam Browne belt, a +Colt .45 Army automatic in an officers' type holster, a Malacca +swagger-stick, a black and gilt officer's hat cord, a steel helmet and +spurs. + +126. DIPLOMATIC SWORD. L. 38-1/2" + +Carried by Col. Shoemaker while attached to the American Legation at +Lisbon. Straight, double-edged, with a cord-effect gilded hilt and +double shell guard, one side of which is hinged. The ricasso of the +blade is gilded and the blade is covered with arabesque work in gold +and blue for about nine inches near the hilt and bright polished from +there to the point. In general shape, resembles the small-swords of +the XVIII Cent. + +127. DIPLOMATIC SWORD. + +Carried by Col. Shoemaker while attached to the American Embassy at +Berlin. Much similar to the preceeding, except that the guard is +ornamented with an American eagle and the blade is elegantly chased. +Designed by Charlemagne Tower (1848-1922), while Ambassador to +Germany. + + +ACCESSORIES, ETC. + +128. CIVIL WAR BAYONET. + +With sheath and belt-hanger. Arsenal-new condition. Gift of General F. +D. Beary. + +129. TWO ROUNDS OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT M. G. AMMUNITION. Cal. .50 + +Gift of General F. D. Beary. + +130. POWDER-HORN. L. 14-1/2" + +Rounded plug in base, with small mushroom-shaped filling-plug. +Knife-whittled plug. Octagonal tip. Color; old ivory, shading to +black at tip. + +131. POWDER HORN. L. 12-1/2" + +Rounded lathe-turned plug at base, ornamented with brass tacks. Round +tip. Colors; dark brown at tip, shading off in light brown and gray to +old ivory. + +132. ZINC POWDER FLASK. L. 7" + +Corroded with age. + +133. ZINC POWDER FLASK. L. 5" + +Pistol size. + +134. VERY OLD POWDER HORN. L. 11" + +Acorn tip, flat plug with ball-head threaded filling-plug, old strap +attached. Colors; dark brown at tip, shading off to bright orange. +This is age-coloring, and proves the horn to be quite old, possibly +pre-Revolutionary. A fine piece. + +135. DATED POWDER HORN. L. 11" + +Knife-whittled tip, flat bottom-plug painted red, tip-plug apparently +whittled from a bit of ramrod wood. Dated, 1816. Dated horns are +rather rare. + +136. POWDER HORN WITH BRASS CHARGER. L. 9" + +Self-measuring charger, evidently from an old flask. Two steeples +driven in sides for carrying cord. Rare. + +137. COPPER FLASK. L. 6" + +Embossed with hunting scenes. Good. + +138. OLD PENNSYLVANIA RIFLEMAN'S POWDER HORN AND BULLET POUCH. + +Horn and pouch are fastened to one strap. The horn is 16-1/2 inches in +length, of a beautiful pale green color and highly polished. Ringed +tip and rounded wooden plug. Cut into it are the initials "E. W." In +the pouch is a tin box marked "Eley, London," containing a few caps. +In fine order throughout and very rare. It was once the property of +Major Enoch Wolford, a noted Sugar Valley hunter. + +139. MOST PECULIAR OLD BULLET MOULD. + +Casts one conical bullet, about .40 cal., and has a number of unique +features. The cataloguer has never seen one just like it. Evidently +the work of local gunsmith. + +140. TWO BULLET MOULDS. + +Musket size, for about an ounce ball. Illustrated, Plate IV. + +141. BULLET MOULD. + +Crude and evidently homemade. Casts one conical bullet. .36 Cal. + +142. CANADIAN "TIN HAT". + +Picked up by Col. Shoemaker between Baupaume and Arras in May 1920. +Rusty, covered in spots with the peculiar chalk-like earth of Northern +France, all leather rotted away. Big dent in top. + +143. GERMAN HELMET. + +Picked up at Chemin-des-Dames, France, May, 1926, by Col. Shoemaker. +Only a small part of the chin-strap remains. + +144. CIVIL WAR HAND-GRENADE. + +Painted red and black. In appearance, somewhat like a modern grenade. + +145. CIVIL WAR HAND-GRENADE, MOUNTED ON STAND H. 12-1/2" + +Is equipped with a wooden shaft and four cartridge-paper "feathers" to +aid in throwing. Label reads "No. 19. Grenade from Ft. Wagner. 1863. +Gift of W. W. RICHIE, 1915 to HENRY W. SHOEMAKER." On paper wing, +"Patented, Aug. 20, 1861." + +146. WEB CARTRIDGE BELT. + +For Krag rifle. Period of Spanish War. + +147. OLD RE-LOADING TOOL. + +Rusty. Calibre unknown. Possibly .38-55. + +148. GAS SHELL FOR 75 mm GUN. L. 10-1/2" + +No rotating band, as this has never been put on, and with tin +shipping head. Painted yellow. Part of a shipment wrecked on the New +York Central Railroad near McElhattan, _en route_ for the loading +plant. + +149. EXPLODED 3-INCH SHELL. + +High explosive and probably German. Picked up between Arras and +Baupaume by Col. Shoemaker in 1920. + +150. SMALL BRASS CANNON-MODEL. L. (over all) 10-1/2" + +Wheels, axle, gun and trail are all made of brass. Bore, 3/8-inch, +height, ten inches. Can be fired. These little cannon-models are rare. +Period of 1812. + +151. ANCIENT ORIENTAL HELMET. + +Probably Persian. Chain-and-plate mail neck guard. + +152. WATERLOO RELIC HELMET. + +Prussian Cavalry. Bears the number 47. From Austin Collection. + +153. PAIR OF LEATHER SADDLE HOLSTERS. + +Carried by Trooper Samuel Barker, 7th Cavalry, of Sugar Valley, in the +Civil War. Will take the Colt 1860 or any other Army type percussion +revolver, or the 1842 or 1836 Model single-shot pistol. + +154. GERMAN SOLDIER'S BELT. L. 39" + +Has the familiar "Gott Mit Uns" buckle. Picked up in France, 1918, by +Major P. M. La Bach, C. E., A. E. F. + +155. CALTROP. XVII CENT. + +Used during the English Civil Wars. Hand forged with four needle-like +points. Has at one time been painted black for preservation. + +156. BARBED AMERICAN CALTROP. + +Four points. Made for the defense of Fort Muncy. These caltrops were +scattered in the grass and on the trails to hamper the approach of +Indians, and were frequently poisoned to cause infection. A rare +Pennsylvania Indian War relic, in good state of preservation. Secured +through Dr. Nevin J. Gray, former Assistant State Librarian, of +Pennsylvania. + +157. BLACKJACK. L. (including strap) 13-1/2" + +Issued during the World War to the Pennsylvania Home Defense Police. A +good, substantial "billy", covered with black leather and weighted +with lead. + +158. SMALL FLOBERT RIFLE. .22 CAL. + +159. GERMAN TWO HANDED SWORD. + +(From Austin Collection.) + +160. COMPLETE SUIT OF ENGRAVED GERMAN ARMOR, 16th CENT. + +(From Austin Collection.) + +161. SPANISH MATADOR'S ESPADA. + +(Gift of Count San Juan de Violada, 1916.) + +162. PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS said to have been owned by David Lewis, +"The Robber." + + + + +A PARTIAL CATALOGUE OF THE PIPER COLLECTION. (ALTOONA, PA.) + + +1. AFRICAN TRADERS' FLINTLOCK GUN. L. 66-1/2" + +Roughly and cheaply made. Black-painted poplar stock, brass mountings. +Belgian proof-marks. Guns of this sort were made at a cost of about a +dollar and often brought as much as five hundred dollars worth of +ivory. + +2. PERCUSSION KENTUCKY RIFLE. L. 58" + +Curley maple stock, highly polished and finished in a dark, +mahogany-like red. Big and extremely ornate brass patch-box, brass +plate on under side of stock, running from trigger-guard to lower +ramrod-thimble, original striped ramrod. All brasswork engraved. About +.32 calibre. Double set triggers. Sights not original. This rifle was +apparently made to order for some wealthy gentleman farmer or city +sportsman, and it is extremely accurate. Mark, "Tryon, Philadelphia". +In almost original condition, inside and out. + +3. PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE. L. 56" + +Purchased in the neighborhood of Altoona, Pa., and probably of +Pennsylvania origin, though there are no marks. Similar to the +Kentucky style of rifle, except for back-action lock and small oval +patch-box. Brass mountings and curley maple stock. About .44 Cal. + +4. OVER-AND-UNDER PERCUSSION RIFLE. L. 50" + +Barrels revolve, being released by catch in front of trigger-guard. +Full length curley maple stock, ramrod on one side and three German +silver inlays on the other. Large brass patch-box. Mark; "Conestoga +Rifle Works". These double-barrel rifles with revolving barrels are +rare. + +5. HEAVY PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE. L. 50-1/2" + +Full-length Kentucky type stock. Lock marked "Jos. Golcher." Weight, +15 pounds. In comparatively poor order, though it can be fired. + +6. U. S. ARTILLERY MUSKET. (PERCUSSION) L. 48" + +Civil War issue. Used by field artillery for defending gun-positions +against enemy cavalry. Mark; "Savage R. F. A. Co." A rare type and by +a scarce maker. + +7. ENFIELD STYLE CONFEDERATE MUSKET. L. 56" + +Light English walnut stock. Claimed to have been used in the famous +"Louisiana Tigers." Confederate arms of any sort are rare. With +bayonet. Mark on lock; "Barnet, London". On stock; "Edward Middleton, +Gunmaker, Birmingham." With bayonet. + +8. COLT 1861 MODEL U. S. ARMY MUSKET. L. 56" + +In almost new condition, with bayonet. + +9. GERMAN WORLD WAR MAUSER RIFLE. L. 49" + +7.9 mm Cal. Model of 1898. This rifle saw actual service during the +war and was surrendered to the Allies. Mark, "Danzig, 1917." + +10. WINCHESTER RIFLE, MODEL OF 1876. L. 48-1/2" + +Cal., .45-75. Weight, loaded, 11-3/4 lbs. Twelve shots. Octagon +barrel. Stock and forearm crudely checkered by some former owner. For +some inscrutable reason, the manufacture of this excellent weapon was +discontinued long ago, but for the sort of hunting to be found in this +State, it is much superior to the later small-bore, high-velocity arms +now sold. Roosevelt carried a rifle of this model and calibre on his +first African expedition and used it on lions with good effect. + +11. BALLARD SPORTING RIFLE. L. 46" + +Octagon barrel. Rocky Mountain sights. Weight, 9 lbs., Calibre, .32. +This rifle was used by a resident of Eldorado, Pa., for the purpose of +ending his earthly woes. After the suicide, it was left uncleaned for +about three years, with the result that the barrel is somewhat pitted. +Otherwise in good order. + +12. SHARP'S PERCUSSION CARBINE. L. 39" + +13. SMITH PERCUSSION CARBINE. L. 38" + +14. DATED ENGLISH MILITARY PISTOL. L. 16" + +Bears the stamp of the British East India Company, and the date +"1810". No maker's name. Brass mounted and similar to the pistols used +by the British cavalry in the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the +Napoleonic Wars. Three notches cut in the stock. + +15. ENGLISH FLINTLOCK PISTOL. L. 14-1/2" + +Brass mountings, round barrel and bag grip. This pistol bears a +curious assortment of marks. On the lockplate: "W. Ketland & Co." On +the barrel: "London", a Belgian proof-mark, and a half-obliterated +engraved mark; "Cur---- & Bav----, Market St., Philadelphia." This +pistol was made in England, shipped to Belgium and then imported to +America, possibly during the War of 1812, when direct commerce with +England was cut off. + +16. FRENCH BRASS-BARREL FLINTLOCK PISTOL L. 12-1/2" + +Cannon-mouth barrel, brass mountings and lockplate, fishtail butt. +Ramrod not original and slight restorations. Trophy design on barrel +and stock slightly carved. Mark, on lock: "CASSAIGNARD A NANTES". + +17. PAIR OF FRENCH DUELLING PISTOLS. L. 14-1/2" + +8-inch Damascus barrels, flaring at muzzles. Nicely checkered walnut +grips, steel mountings, back-action locks, rings in butts, which +unscrew, the butts containing spare nipples and cleaning-head for +ramrod. Polygrooved rifling, 11/16-inch bore. Mark: "MRE IMPale DE +CHATELERAULT." and "1854." + +18. U. S. ARMY PISTOL, MODEL OF 1836. L. 14" + +Altered from flint to percussion by rare civilian alteration. Swivel +ramrod. Mark; "A. Waters, Millburg, Mass." Not reliable as a source of +data on U. S. military weapons. + +19. U. S. ARMY PISTOL, MODEL OF 1842. L. 14" + +Percussion. Swivel ramrod, brass mountings, almost new condition. +Mark; "H. Aston, Middleton, Conn. 1851." From the Meeks Collection. + +20. ENGLISH HOLSTER OR BELT PISTOL. L. 11" + +Large octagon barrel, German silver ramrod rib, swivel ramrod, +belt-hook, cap-box in butt, back-action lock, silver mountings. Mark; +"Chance & Sons". British proof-mark on under side of barrel. + +21. STARR SINGLE ACTION PERCUSSION REVOLVER. L. 14" + +Rusty and lacks cylinder-stop. Mother-of-pearl lozenge set in butt, +with initials, "J. R. L.". This is the first piece that I bought when +I started collecting. .44 Cal. + +22. REMINGTON PERCUSSION REVOLVER. L. 14" + +"New Model" of 1858. .44 Cal. From the Crouse Collection. + +23. SMITH & WESSON SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. L. 12" + +The rare holster size. Six inch barrel, six shots, .32 rim fire. +Presented by Harry A. McGraw, of the Pennsylvania Alpine Club, +Altoona, Pa. Rosewood grips. This model was a favorite among Northern +officers during the Civil war. + +24. COLT ARMY REVOLVER, MODEL OF 1860. L. 14" + +Bright finish, steel back-strap and brass trigger-guard, has a most +beautiful burl-maple grip. Notched for shoulder stock. .44 Cal. In +almost new condition, and is still quite accurate. From the Vaughn +Collection. + +25. COLT NAVY REVOLVER, MODEL OF 1851. L. 13" + +Octagon barrel. Steel back-strap and trigger-guard. London +proof-marks. .36 Cal. From the Meeks Collection. + +26. COLT POCKET REVOLVER, MODEL OF 1862. L. 11-1/2" + +.36 calibre, five shots. Fluted cylinder. Silver plated back-strap and +trigger-guard (wearing). A trifle rusty. + +27. COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER. L. 11" + +Sliding rod ejector. .45 calibre. In almost new condition. 5-1/2" +barrel. + +28. COLT NEW ARMY MODEL REVOLVER. L. 12" + +.38 calibre. Ring in butt. Type used by U. S. troops in the +Philippines. During the World War, this revolver was carried by an +employe of the DuPont Powder Company. + +29. COLT NEW ARMY MODEL REVOLVER. .32-20 Cal. L. 12" + +A civilian gun, made for sale. Differs from No. 28 in several minor +respects. + +30. ENGLISH WEBLY "BULL DOG" REVOLVER. L. 7" + +"P. Webly and Son, London and Birmingham" on barrel, also, "The Pug." +Probably a Scotland Yard gun, as it bears a painted number (381) on +the frame. + +31. "DEFENDER" REVOLVER. L. 6" + +A cheap and altogether worthless revolver of the type selling for .75 +or $1.00 to gullibles during the period of 1870-1900. From the Crouse +Collection. + +32. HOPKINS & ALLEN "RANGER NO. 2" REVOLVER. L. 6-1/2" + +Nickel-plated, rubber grips, .32 Rim Fire. Peculiar cylinder-pin-catch +on side of frame. + +33. SINGLE SHOT CARTRIDGE PISTOL. L. 6-1/2" + +"Morgan & Clapp, New Haven, Ct.," on top of octagon barrel. Brass +frame, barrel swings out to load on pressure on a stud under frame, +rosewood grips, rear sight notched in hammer. Presented by Dr. L. M. +Nugent, of Altoona. + +34. SMALL .22 CALIBRE CARTRIDGE PISTOL. L. 4" + +Said to be the smallest cartridge pistol ever made. Barrel swings to +side to load. Rare. + +35. ALLEN & THURBER PEPPERBOX. L. 7-1/2" + +.31 Cal. From the Vaughn Collection. + +36. FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL. L. 6-1/2" + +Checkered and carved grip, round screw-off barrel, center hammer, +sliding safety. Frame nicely engraved. French. + +37. BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. L. 6-1/2" + +Octagon barrel. + +38. BELGIAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. L. 6" + +Round barrel. Folding trigger. German silver tulip shaped name-plate. + +39. AMERICAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. L. 5-3/4" + +Round barrel. Cheap, being made of cast-iron throughout. No marks +except a serial number, 736. Peculiarly simple mechanism. Barrel +stopped at breech, otherwise good. + +40. PHILADELPHIA TYPE DERRINGER. L. 6-1/2" + +Engraved German silver mountings. No marks. Almost in new condition. + +41. SMALL AMERICAN PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. L. 9" + +Full stock of curley maple. Hickory ramrod. Barrel is octagon, rifled +deeply and about .32 calibre. Brass and German silver mountings. +Barrel marked "Fleeger, Allegheny". Lock marked "Howells, +Philadelphia." Possibly made for some riverboat captain or river +gambler, and may have a bloody history. Rare. + +42. U. S. ARMY LUGER AUTOMATIC. 7.65 M/M Cal. L. 9" + +Same as No. 72, Shoemaker Collection. + +43. U. S. CIVIL WAR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S SWORD. L. 38-1/2" + +Straight blade, bronze hilt, with sheath. Mark; "Emerson & Silver, +Trenton, N. J." + +44. CAVALRY SABRE. L. 40-1/2" + +With scabbard. Bloodstains on guard. Mark; "U. S. 1863". + +45. PAIR OF FENCING FOILS. L. 49" + +Cup guards, engraved blades, cord-wrapped hilts. Marked "Solingen". +From Sibley Collection. + +46. DAGGER. L. 14" + +Brass cross-guard. Ivory handle, carved in the shape of two clasped +hands. Very old, possibly Sixteenth Century. Spanish or Italian. + +47. SMALL DAGGER. L. 9" + +Ebony handle, brass guard and pommel, sharp five-inch blade. Made by +Taylor, of Sheffield, and so marked. From the Crouse Collection. + +48. FULL SET OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PENNA. HOME DEFENSE POLICE. + +Blackjack, black-and-white striped armband, badge and whistle. These +sets were issued during the World War to a rather ineffectual +organization of citizens, supposed to aid in keeping order. At the +close of the war, this organization was disbanded and the equipment +turned in and disposed of. In time, they will become quite rare. + +49. BLACKJACK. L. 15" + +An old type. Worn and broken in the middle. This blackjack was used by +the father of the present owner to beat an improvised bass-drum during +a celebration of the election of Governor Pattison in 1882, at Tyrone, +Pa., and it was broken at that time. + +50. FIVE BULLET MOULDS. + +One casting a rifle-ball, sixty-five to the pound. One casting a round +ball, about .44 calibre. One casting a ball for the Tryon rifle, No. +2. Two two-bullet moulds, casting round and conical bullets, one for a +.36 and the other for a .44 Colt. + +51. BRASS TWELVE-BULLET MOULD. L. 11" + +Crude and evidently old. + +52. POWDER HORN. L. 23" + +Fine age-coloring, shading from black and dark brown at tip to gray +and orange. Wooden screw-plug in base for filling. An extremely old +horn, and rare in this unusual size. + +53. ZINC POWDER FLASK. L. 7" + +Embossed design. Originally a shotgun flask, but the charger has been +re-lined, making it small enough for a revolver or light rifle. + +54. OLD PISTOL HORN. L. 6" + +Finely polished and colored. Plug in tip is not original, being made +of red fibre. Plug in base is of black walnut, neatly turned. + +55. POWDER HORN. L. 9-1/2" + +This horn was made by myself in 1925, for use with my various +muzzle-loading arms. It probably enjoys the distinction of being the +last powder horn made in this State for practical use. + +FINIS + +[Illustration] + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Notes: + +The Table of Contents has been added. + +The typo concial was changed to conical in: + + 141. BULLET MOULD. + + Crude and evidently homemade. Casts one conical bullet. .36 Cal. + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and +Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks", by Henry W. Shoemaker + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIREARMS CATALOGUE *** + +***** This file should be named 20442-8.txt or 20442-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/4/4/20442/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, La Monte H. P. Yarroll, and the +Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net. + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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