Guns International #: 102544575
Seller's Inventory #: 233028

Category - Kentucky Rifles - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Kentucky Rifles
Antique Rifles - Percussion

LEMAN Antique FULL-STOCK Percussion PENNSYLVANIA Long Rifle INDIAN TRADE Possible INDIAN TRADE Rifle made in LANCASTER, PA

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LEMAN Antique FULL-STOCK Percussion PENNSYLVANIA Long Rifle INDIAN TRADE  

Possible INDIAN TRADE Rifle made in LANCASTER, PA

Here we present an antique Henry Leman Full Stock Percussion Long Rifle, made circa the mid-19th Century in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Henry Eichholz Leman was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1812, and died there March 12, 1887. His ancestors had lived in Lancaster County for generations but there is no evidence that any of them were gunmakers, making him a first generation gunmaker. Its stout octagonal barrel is in .45 caliber, large enough to take medium to large sized game or to defend the homestead against unwanted aggression.

Henry E. Leman's business career, 1834 to 1887, covered an important transition period in the evolution of fire-arms, changing from flintlock over to percussion, and then to cartridges. Leman started his career making flintlocks. Soon he changed to the muzzle-loading, percussion-cap rifles which made him famous. And, he long outlived the years when the modern cartridge breech-loading guns came into general battlefield use.

Leman was also noted to be very active in firearms trade with the early American Indians. Frank R. Diffenderffer, always a close observer as well as an accurate historian, noted this: "Between 1857 and 1870 I was engaged in trades over the West and Southwest, making trips across the plains from Missouri to Mexico, and also from the Gulf of Mexico into Arizona. During that time it was my fortune to meet many tribes of Indians,—Apaches, Navajos, Comanches, Cheyennes, Kaws and Arapahoes, and most of them carried guns as well as bows and arrows. When occasion offered, I took pains to look at the names of the makers stamped on the weapons. By far the largest number were Leman rifles, and inquiry always revealed the preference of these Indians for the Lancaster-made guns over all others. It was possible to barter with the Indians for almost any of their possessions, but never for a Leman rifle."

The overall condition is good. Original, plum patina. Strong action. The bore is bright and nicely rifled. This example sports a solid stock, but does have a small chip missing around the lock. Markings are legible.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 38-1/4 inches.

Caliber:  .45 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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#233028
 

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Antique: Yes