Executive producer Marsha Bemko shares her tips for getting the most out of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Value can change: The value of an item is dependent upon many things, including the condition of the ...

This Lancaster County, Penn., rifle was made by Jacob Dickert sometime between 1761 and the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The best American marksmen could reliably hit targets at over 200 and ...

Murray writes about a Jacob Dickert making rifles in Lancaster County, Pa. He says historians believe some of Jacob Dickert's rifles were at the Alamo and it's a good bet Davy Crockett had one of ...

The gun is a fine example of the most effective weapon of the Texas revolution. It was made by Jacob Dickert, a master gunsmith of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Dickert was where the Hotel Brunswick is. Peter Gonter's shop was on North Queen and Orange streets and John Newcomer worked out along Prospect Road." Not many gunmakers made the entire ...

Bill Vance of Murrysville holds an 1806 rifle made by Jacob Dickert in Lancaster, Pa., at the 23rd annual Bushy Run Historic Arms Show in Salem on Friday.

A new exhibit featuring historic long rifles will open Sunday at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum. "The Golden Age of an American Art Form: The Lancaster Long Rifle" will feature more than 50 ...

The gun was made at the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in either 1792 or 1803. ... Gumpf (1760-1844) was a gun maker in a firm headed by Lancastrians Jacob Dickert and Henry DeHuff.