Jacob Dickert, Lancaster County longrifle, .40 caliber, 36" barrel, curly maple, brass trim, good inletting, attractive raised carving. The gun is stocked in a well figured piece of curly maple and is trimmed in brass furniture, including a side opening patchbox in the butt.

The heart of the rifle is its .40 caliber straight 7/8" octagon Green Mountain barrel. Measuring 36" in overall length the octagon barrel has been finished a chocolate brown.

The barrel is cut rifled with eight lands and grooves with a 1 in 48" twist for patched round balls.

L&R's early Jacob Dickert flint lock provides the ignition for this classic longrifle. Charcoal blued the lock has been well tuned and assembled, a few lines of decorative engraving can be seen running the edge of the lockplate and on the cock.

Below the lock a set of double lever, double set triggers has been installed on the rifle. Properly tuned and adjusted the triggers can be set and fired in any sequence. This feature makes the rifle just as handy at the range as it does in the woods, set the rear trigger for a light trigger when at the range and fire the rifle without setting the triggers when hunting.

This close-up view of the patch box shows that feature in greater detail. A light flourish of engraving can be seen at the head of the cover, it is expertly done. The patch box is easily opened by depressing the button found on top of the rifle in the comb extension, when the button is depressed and internal latch is pressed down and the cover is allowed to pop open. Note the line of molding that runs along the base of the stock from the toe to the trigger guard, this molding line is duplicated on the opposite side of the rifle and also forward along the ramrod channel.

Stocked in figured maple, the wood has been stained a medium whiskey brown to best show the stripes and curl, from the toe through to the muzzle.

Note the side opening brass patch box without a bezel fitted to this rifle. The patch box has a button release in the comb of the butt plate.

This view shows the cheek and the beautifully executed raised carving that surrounds the cheek. Rococo style "C" scrolls dominate the rear of the butt. The carving is exceptionally smooth, the background being especially clean which allows the carving to be correct, shallow, yet well defined. This is true for the other examples of carving, ahead of the cheek and on the wrist.