Beck's rifles featured both brass and wooden patchbox lids. They were often stocked with maple and the quality of wood ranged from good straight grain to an excellent curly stripe. Although this rifle maker used silver inlays sparingly, at least one of his rifles included a double-headed eagle engraved on a silver inlay into the cheek piece. It was a work of art. Beck was noted for his carving ability. His rifles usually featured detailed and flowing designs carved in high relief. His carvings in front of the cheek piece are somewhat standardized, but all of his wood work is excellent. Beck patch boxes were often of  a floral design and generally lightly, but carefully, engraved. Carvings were executed in front of the patchbox and the box was released by a stud in the buttplate on several of his rifles.

His ramrod pipes are shorter than those used by many other gunsmiths of the period, and the ends of the pipes are heavily molded. The muzzle caps of his rifles were fastened by three rivets placed in triangular form and two deep lines were often filed across the front part of the trigger guards of his guns.  These rifles also featured thick side plates with beveled edges.

Beck rifle is a happy marriage of metal to wood, a joy to shoot and an object of artistry and craftsmanship that should reflect the pride of maker and owner.