You ain't talkin about ole Jake are you?
The following is based on information from Dr. James B. Whiskers book
GUNSMITHS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA copyright Old Bedford Village Press
Jacob Dickert, born 1740, died 1822.
Born in Maintz, Germany
Jacob came to the US with his parents in 1748 and settled in Berks County Pa. In 1756 the family moved to Lancaster, Pa.
In 1770,1772, 1776 and later he was listed as a gunsmith in Lancaster.
Dickerts rifles are rather famous and share the straight (modern looking) comb with the straight lower line of the stock with other Lancaster guns.
Three of them are shown in Shumways
RIFLES OF COLONIAL AMERICA Vol I, reference number 66 thru 69.
Pecatonica Rivers Catalog says of Dickert
"the style of early rifles produced in the Lancaster area can be easily appreciated in the work of Jacob Dickert.
...Dickert was an influential gun builder who is credited by some authorities with giving directin to the development of the Kentucky Rifle.
The examples of his work that survive are very few, but there are indications he favored a relatively simple design. He used both incised and relief carvings and patchboxes were daisy-style and engraved...
Dickert's rifles were sturdy, about five feet long, and about nine pounds in weight. The rifles were thick stocked and included a flat butt plate and high comb."
Pecatonica River offers a pre-carved "kit" for the Dickert rifle.
My third rifle was built using this pre-carved stock and parts from Pecatonica River.
For more information about my gun follow this quick link:
Older Lancaster Style Rifle