Krider, John

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Krider, John	NE corner 2nd & Walnut Streets	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1826
Krider, John	Washington below 6th Street	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1837
Krider, John	NE corner 2nd & Walnut Streets	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1853	1880

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He opened his "Sportsmens Depot" see picture of about 1871 in 1826. And advertised as Gunmaker, dealer in fishing tackles and all kinds of sporting apparatus. Krider learned the gunsmith business at Prosper Vallee. In McElroy's 1837 city directory he is mentioned as a gunsmith, working at Washington below 6th St. and living at S 2nd below Wharton, Desilver's directory of 1837 however named only 581 S 2nd as his address. Maker of Deringer-Style Pocket Pistols It is believed that he manufactured the first (25?) prototypes of the Le Mat Revolvers in 1859. They would have been marked MADE BY JOHN KRIDER, PHILA. LeMAT'S GRAPESHOT REVOLVER PATENT. .36 caliber percussion, single shot pistol, belt hook, 3 5/8" round barrel, lock marked KRIDER left side right side marking

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He opened his "Sportsmens Depot" see picture of about 1871 in 1826. And advertised as Gunmaker, dealer in fishing tackles and all kinds of sporting apparatus. Krider learned the gunsmith business at Prosper Vallee. In McElroy's 1837 city directory he is mentioned as a gunsmith, working at Washington below 6th St. and living at S 2nd below Wharton, Desilver's directory of 1837 however named only 581 S 2nd as his address.

Maker of Deringer-Style Pocket Pistols

It is believed that he manufactured the first (25?) prototypes of the Le Mat Revolvers in 1859. They would have been marked MADE BY JOHN KRIDER, PHILA. LeMAT'S GRAPESHOT REVOLVER PATENT.

.36 caliber percussion, single shot pistol, belt hook, 3 5/8" round barrel, lock marked KRIDER

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