YORK COUNTY GEORGE SCHROYER RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE.

Cal. 60. Overall length 58-3/8″, 4-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ buttplate. 43″ full oct smooth bbl signed “George Shroyer” in brass plate inlet into the top flat of the bbl. Not only did George Schroyer spell his name differently on gun bbls (Scheyer, Schreyer, Schryer, Shroyer, Shyer and Schroyer) but the script is often illegible. 4-piece engraved brass patchbox with 2 triangular piercings. Curly maple stock is relief carved to rear and forward of cheekpiece and behind bbl tang. Carving at rear ramrod pipe is worn smooth. Hand forged flintlock is unsigned. 5″ brass toeplate. The patchbox release is on the tang of the buttplate. 2-screw heavy beveled brass sideplate has no engraving. George Schroyer moved to Hanover about the beginning of the Revolutionary War. He is found in the 1783 Hanover tax records. Records dated 1793 identify Schroyer as a gunsmith and he is listed as a gunsmith in Hanover as late as 1813. George Schroyer made beautiful Kentucky rifles before, during and right after the Revolutionary War. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Good. Lock appears to be orig flint. Some minor wood replacement between lock and bbl tang and approx 10″ of forestock at muzzle is properly replaced. 4-49917 (25,000-35,000) – Lot 1484

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Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1484	$14,950.00	YORK COUNTY GEORGE SCHROYER RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE. Cal. 60. Overall length 58-3/8″, 4-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ buttplate. 43″ full oct smooth bbl signed “George Shroyer” in brass plate inlet into the top flat of the bbl. Not only did George Schroyer spell his name differently on gun bbls (Scheyer, Schreyer, Schryer, Shroyer, Shyer and Schroyer) but the script is often illegible. 4-piece engraved brass patchbox with 2 triangular piercings. Curly maple stock is relief carved to rear and forward of cheekpiece and behind bbl tang. Carving at rear ramrod pipe is worn smooth. Hand forged flintlock is unsigned. 5″ brass toeplate. The patchbox release is on the tang of the buttplate. 2-screw heavy beveled brass sideplate has no engraving. George Schroyer moved to Hanover about the beginning of the Revolutionary War. He is found in the 1783 Hanover tax records. Records dated 1793 identify Schroyer as a gunsmith and he is listed as a gunsmith in Hanover as late as 1813. George Schroyer made beautiful Kentucky rifles before, during and right after the Revolutionary War. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Good. Lock appears to be orig flint. Some minor wood replacement between lock and bbl tang and approx 10″ of forestock at muzzle is properly replaced. 4-49917 (25,000-35,000) – Lot 1484 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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YORK COUNTY GEORGE SCHROYER RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE.