yeager rifle update

[flip17]

I went to look at the "Yeager" rifle I mentioned in my earlier post.  I found a nice gun, and seller said he has owned it for about 50+ years and never fired it. He had other muzzleloaders that he used for hunting but thought he would just keep this one over the years as a wallhanger.  It was in excellent condition.  On the barrel was the following: Y-Jager Kentuckian, Made in Italy.  It was .44 cal.  Bought it for $230.

Any information on the Jager rifles?  Is there a website or reference I can search to get some background?  Thanks again.

Dave

[coyotejoe]

Don't confuse this piece with a "Jaeger" rifle, the eary Germanic hunting rifle which predated the American longrifles.  "Yeager" is just a name the importer hung on a basic Kentucky style replica. If indeed in unfired condition you got a bargain, Dixie Gun Works still sells the "Kentuckian" today for about twice the money. My own first flintlock experience was with one of them. The flintlock was not the best and I didn't really know how to improve it at the time so I converted it to percussion and it proved to be a very accurate little rifle.

[Yankee1]

Yeager means Hunter in german.
                               Yankee1