I am happy this valuable artifact has been returned. Kelly Kinzle is to be congratulated not only for his good fortune in discovering the Oerter rifle, but also his diligence in research and seeing it returned.
My only criticism is with the way the return was reported to have been handled. As the article states, "Authorities presented the rifle, which will soon go on view in the Philadelphia museum’s “Cost of Revolution” exhibition, during a ceremony held last week."(boldface and underline added). Screw the "authorities". Mr Kinzle did all the work and, in my albeit narrow view, should have had the honor of presenting the rifle to the Museum of the American Revolution. Hopefully, the article was incomplete and Mr. Kinzle was able to make the actual presentation.
Rant mode off. This is still a great story.