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
