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Thanks VPT:
This is the first Jakob marked Lindner built shotgun that I know of. We know of a rifle from his shop with Lindner's mark.
Ken: better email for the info on this one.
It is probably way more rare than the Lefever ones.
Best,
John

I have several pictures of this gun but no information on it. The owner (a member of this board I think) may wish to share more.

Thanks Michael:
That makes it two.
This picture, it seems to me,proves that Lindner sent barreled actions to American gun makers. Well, at least one !!:} Never saw such engraving on the other Lindner guns that I has seen.
Best,
John

There are two Jacob in the Lindner database (the Cabelas gun ebing one of them.) Lindner is known to have sourced guns to Joseph Jacob, William Schaefer & Son, E.C. Schmidt, James Donn, Christopher Funk, T. Golcher, and most famously, Schoverling, Daly, and Gales (Charles Daly) - among others I'm sure.

In regard to Lefever, while I've recorded a couple of "side-cocker" hammerless Dalys built on the Lefever 1880 patent, I have never an actual Lefever gun with Lindner markings.

Best,
Ken

Ken:
Russ Rupple had one that I procrastinated and did not buy before he became ill and sold it on. I think it went to California to either a dealer or an auction. Somewhere along the line, I was told that there were five such guns.
Here is the gist of what he told me.
The guns were typical Lefever but with Lindner's stamp on the barrels and the other typical markings of Suhl of the time.
If I remember, a great grandson of Lefever owned one at some time and has posted such.
I can't be certain but do think that they were marked Daly guns and had nothing but Lefever design to identify them. Makes sense.
Best,
John

Re: Joseph Jakob Double Rifle

This is a folllow up to an earlier message on the Lindner made Joseph Jakob 12 Ga SxS.

I found some information in my files on a Joseph Jakob double rifle that Bass Pro Shops had for sale in early 2004. The link is gone, but for those who might be interested, the following is from the Bass Pro advertisement.

Description: "This unusual and elegant double rifle looks like it might have been made in the white by Hal Lindner of Saxony and finished by Joseph Jakob of Philadelphia. The gun has been restocked............"

Serial number: 3241
Engraving: moderate scroll
Chamber: 40/82 (45/70 necked to 40 cal.)
Barrel length: 28
Action: box lock
Trigger: double
Stock: semi pistol grip
Price: $7,000

+ more details on dimensions.

I have hard copy, but no digital images or text. Visually, this double rifle appears very similar to the Jakob 12 gauge described above (and in Cabelas Gun Library).

Also, the text below was assembled from various articles when I was interested in Jakob firearms.

JOSEPH JAKOB

As seems befitting of the mystery or, more appropriately the lack of information, surrounding Lindners, not much is known about the small arms manufacturer/importer Joseph Jakob.

The reference volume Arms Makers of Philadelphia 1660-1890 (J. B. Whisker, Mellen Studies in History, Vol. 8, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 1990) lists Jakob and his address in Philadelphia, and several references to local industrial directories, all with publication dates around 1880.

Jakob was known as a pistol, rifle, and double gun maker in the 1869 to 1876 period. Angus Laidlaw claims Jakob was known as the “Purdey of America”, at the time, in apparent reference to the quality of his products.



Vincent