Oerter, (Johann) Christian

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Oerter, (Johann) Christian		Christian Springs	Pennsylvania	1760	1777

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for
Late 1775 or early 1776, contract with Continental Congress	500 muskets of wich 50 were delivered May 13, 1776.

Product
Johann (John) Christian Oerter, born October 16, 1747 in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, died on March 29, 1777 at age of 29. After his death hie gunshop passed to William Henry Jr. Oerter was apprentice to Andreas Albrecht in Christian Springs. Albrecht opened a formal gunshop in Christian Springs. Oerter became master of the gunshop in 1766. This gun is attributed to Christian Oerter during his apprenticeship with Andreas Albrecht. See Rifles of Colonial America by George Shumway pages 574 and 575 and Moravian Gunmaking, published by Kentucky Rifle Association and Robert Linemann on page 23. 40 3/8" rifled octagonal barrel, .70 caliber, flintlock, full length marple stock. The barrel shows slight file marks and was prossibly shop-made. Right side Left side

Product

Johann (John) Christian Oerter, born October 16, 1747 in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, died on March 29, 1777 at age of 29. After his death hie gunshop passed to William Henry Jr.

Oerter was apprentice to Andreas Albrecht in Christian Springs. Albrecht opened a formal gunshop in Christian Springs. Oerter became master of the gunshop in 1766.

This gun is attributed to Christian Oerter during his apprenticeship with Andreas Albrecht. See Rifles of Colonial America by George Shumway pages 574 and 575 and Moravian Gunmaking, published by Kentucky Rifle Association and Robert Linemann on page 23. 40 3/8" rifled octagonal barrel, .70 caliber, flintlock, full length marple stock. The barrel shows slight file marks and was prossibly shop-made.

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Left side