This longrifle has a strong Germanic influence with a large flat faced flintlock, large triggerguard with offset grip rail, sideplate that fills the side panel, and sliding wood patchbox. The maple stock is stained to a light brown, the lock has a patina gray finish, and the barrel is browned. This longrifle weighs 10.5 pounds and has a 13-3/4" trigger reach..

The 42" long .45 caliber 15/16" straight octagon barrel gives this rifle a good amount of weight, making it ideal to shoot from a rest. The bore appears to have been button rifled with seven very shallow grooves with a slow twist. The bore is mostly bright, but does have some scattered pitting visible. The muzzle has a well chamfered conventional crown, for easy loading. The exterior of the barrel is finished to a dark brown. The barrel is dovetailed with a brass flat top rear sight mounted 12-1/2" from the breech. A brass blade front sight is dovetailed 1-1/2" behind the muzzle.

The buttstock has a Germanic style with a tall, wide buttplate. The stock is decorated with raised carving at the wrist and a raised molding along the toe. The sliding wooden patchbox is shaped with a rounded nose, has an incised border and is cut with a thumb relief to allow the spring to be easily compressed. Beneath the patchbox door a cut cavity with bit and brace marks on the bottom is filled with tow fiber and a tow worm. The wrist has a very slight step at the rear of the triggerguard in Germanic fashion. The lock panels taper widest at the rear in early longrifle fashion and raised moldings frame the lock panels and flared tang of the breech plug. The forearm of the stock has a subtle palm swell just behind the ramrod entry pipe. The triggerguard has a wide deep bow to accept the single trigger and is burnished to a bright finish. The triggerguard is secured with a pin and screw in early fashion. The ramrod currently fitted does not have any provisions for threaded accessories. The large brass sideplate fills the side panel in traditional Germanic fashion. The square cheek piece is accented with raised carved designs. The carving is fair with some tool marks visible along the borders. Metal to wood fit is fair with some gaps visible.

This large flint lock is a flat faced "Germanic" style used on transitional American longrifles of the 1750-1760 era. It was assembled, tuned, and marked by R. E. Davis Company. The frizzen is filed to a fancy shape, and the frizzen spring is very handsome, retained by a hidden blind screw. The pan is a integral part of the lock plate. Crisp flats on the pan mimic and amplify the octagon theme of the barrel. This lock is designed without a pan bridle to support the frizzen in early fashion. The frizzen is tightly fitted to the pan, to keep your powder dry. A Ampco vent liner is positioned well above the bottom of the pan, centered on the heat of the flash. If your flint longrifle suffers from that infamous slow whoosh-bang ignition delay, study the work of today's best gun makers, and position your vent well centered on the pan, high above the bottom, to serve as a window on the center of the flash. The single trigger is pinned high to provide good leverage against the sear of the lock.

A used .45 caliber Germanic style longrifle with maple stock, brass furniture, and R.E. Davis flintlock. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.