All:

I recently acquired a Paul Jaeger rifle made in his shop in Jenkintown, Pa and was wondering approximately when the shop there closed. Or at least when they stopped producing full custom rifles out of there.

I've been doing a lot if internet searching but can't come up with anything reliable.

Found some indication that the shop was possibly sold off in the early 80's, but it was vague.

Thanks for any thoughts and recollections from those of you that may have frequented the shop back then.

BB

When I got my driver's license a long time ago, one of my first treks was to Leedom street in Jenkintown, PA. as I only lived about 20 miles from there. Had to find it by map, no GPS back then. At that time, mid 70"s Detrich Apel, a nephew, was running the business. It was truly a place for a 16-year-old gun nerd to drool, especially upstairs where the custom guns were ordered/ displayed.
I believe it was in the late 80's, early 90's it was sold to Dunns down in TN.

Thanks for sharing the memories and info. Didn’t realize it could have been operating that late. The rifle I have has a date code of 87 stamped in the barrel channel but the digits are arranged vertically, so couldn’t be sure if it should be read 87 or 78.