Knotts Berry Farm
Trying to Photograph everything there
Updated October 2024
Posted April 2022
Gun Shop
Inside
This gun shop was built to honor the memory of John Selvidge, famous gunsmith of early days
Gun Shop
Our gun Shop was built in 1946 and is patterned after a similiar one that was located at Angels Camp in the Mother Lode country during the 1850s. The iron doors served as two purposes... they served as a protection barrier against fires, and they were good protection against the bandidos who frequented the area.
Our gun Shop was built in 1946 and is patterned after a similiar one that was located at Angels Camp in the Mother Lode country during the 1850s. The iron doors served as two purposes... they served as a protection barrier against fires, and they were good protection against the bandidos who frequented the area.
The gunsmith equipment came from an old gun shop in Kentucky. The rifles were hand-made and afterwards taken outside and "sighted in." Kentucky rifles have the reputation of being among the most accurate firearms ever made.
Early Lathe for making gun stocks:
The crude machinery displayed here, was all used by early gun makers from 1800 to 1850. Can you imagine the skill and patience required to bore a barrel by hand? Many of the old hand made rifles were surprisingly accurate.
The crude machinery displayed here, was all used by early gun makers from 1800 to 1850. Can you imagine the skill and patience required to bore a barrel by hand? Many of the old hand made rifles were surprisingly accurate.
