This custom rifle is based heavily on the existing work of Frederick Sell, while incorporating an elevated level of contemporary workmanship and decoration. It features a one off, custom made wrought iron barrel and is fully mounted in all hand-made hardware that was hand crafted here at the shop using all 18th Century technology. Some […]
RevSpec Category: Traditional Hand Made Rifles
Early Dickert Rifle
This rifle, hand crafted by artist Shane Emig, is based on the earliest work of Jacob Dickert. Though it is not a copy of any existing rifle, it is instantly recognizeable as a Dickert rifle. By blending features seen on JD’s original rifles with heavy Moravian influence, it has created a dynamic combination resulting in […]
Early J.P. Beck
Stocked by Shane and decorated and finished by Brad, this bench copy rifle exhibits the earliest known work of J.P. Beck. It features a wrought iron barrel, custom made shop lock, all hand forged iron components and all hand made brass furniture. The carving and engraving mimic exactly what was done on the original, and […]
Early Reading Rifle
This is a one-off bench copy of gun #26 in Rifles Of Colonial America. This early Reading rifle exhibits unique, hand made brass mounts, all made here in our shop, specific to the original gun in every detail. Every screw is hand made, as are the sights and the hand forged wrought iron trigger and […]
Colonial American Pistol
This design is based largely on the work of immigrant German Gunsmiths in Eastern Pennsylvania prior to and during the Revolutionary War. This was a project many years in the making with exhaustive research to ensure a historically accurate pistol as well as defining an architecture that feels like an extension of the human body.
Cased Flintlock Pistols by Shane Emig
Pair of Hand-Crafted, custom 18th Century, Lancaster County Pennsylvania style Flintlock Pistols by Shane Emig. Pistols are engraved No. 1 and No. 2 on respective barrel tangs. They have been stocked in hard Curly Maple and finished with traditional 18th Century finishes. Also employed in their construction is a pair of custom made barrels, one […]
William Antes Pistol **STOLEN**
**This William Antes pistol was STOLEN. If you have any information on its whereabouts, please contact us** This pistol is based off of Wm. Antes work and reflects the bold recognizable decoration that Antes was known for. The pistol was built from a blank of highly figured Curly Maple and has a custom made barrel […]
Custom Virginia Rifle
Many surviving "Early Virginia" rifles exhibit a very pleasing blend of both German and British traits and characteristics. This cultural amalgamation results from German trained Gunsmiths mostly out of Eastern Pennsylvania migrating into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to service the needs of the English residents on the Virginia frontier. The rifle shown here is […]
Johanes Faber Rifle
This rifle is based off the Johanes Faber rifle. This rifle features a 44″ Colerain barrel rifled in 50 cal and has a Chambers Virginia Lock. With the exception of those two pieces the rest of the rifle exhibits all handmade mounts and hardware and is stocked from a blank of Curly Maple. The sideplate […]
J.P. Beck
This rifle is built in the style of J.P. Beck. It features a 38″ Colerain barrel in .54 caliber and a Chambers Golden Age lock that we re-worked to fit the project. This rifle has a lot of custom features while also incorporating some commercially hardware. The rifle features tapered pipes with matching tapered rod […]