"KENTUCKY RIFLE. This curly maple stocked KY rifle has a 41" full oct 60 Cal bbl signed in script "Peter White". The flint Bedford-style lock is signed "WHITE PETER". The rifle has a 4-pc fully engraved patch box with four piercings and a flowered finial. The rifle is profusely relief carved on the entire cheek piece side of the butt, behind the bbl tang, behind the rear entrance ferrule, and on each side forward of the lock panel. The brass two-screwed flat side plate is nicely engraved. The spacing of the ramrod ferrules would suggest the gun could have been professionally shortened about 2-1/2" from the front during its period of use. Peter White was born in 1778 and is listed in the census of 1800 in Emmitsburg, MD, near master gunsmith John Armstrong. Peter moved to Bedford Cty., PA, in 1803 and was picked up in the tax listings of Bedford Cty., Cumberland Township, in 1807. Calvin Hetrick, one of the first to study the Bedford School of gunsmithing, wrote a chapter on Bedford rifles in the landmark book on the Kentucky Rifle written in 1924 by Captain Dillin. Mr. Hetrick was of the opinion that Peter White was the father of the Bedford School having brought many of its characteristics from his earlier work in Emmitsburg. Other written records record White in Bedford as early as 1803. Peter White died in 1834. This rifle would appear to have been made while Peter was in Emmitsburg. This important rifle is pictured in Maryland Longrifles by Hartzler and Whisker and also in Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850 by the Kentucky Rifle Association. PROVENANCE: Ex Carl Pippert Collection; Carl was the 3rd recipient of the Kentucky Rifle Association distinguished service award in 1974. CONDITION: The rifle has been reconverted back to flint. The entire rifle and its carving uniformly display signs of normal wear throughout, but there is no evidence of restoration or repairs to the rifle. This is a rare and very hard to find rifle by an important maker. 4-33783 RGG43 (50,000-75,000)"
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