A Riflemaking Mecca—Lancaster County, Pa. | An Official Journal Of The NRA

Lancaster County was the center of longrifle manufacturing for several decades and as such, offered employment for a great number of workers which in turn helped grow the region. No real assemblage of early American firearms is complete without Lancaster-made rifles.

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