Arms, Armor & Militaria

Very fine to near excellent. Smooth bores are fine, showing some light oxidation but otherwise crisp and partly bright. Barrel cluster with nearly all of the blued finish with some minor thinning and some wear and loss along the high edges of the flutes. Frame with strong traces of blue, apparently having flaked with time. Pepperbox remains mechanically functional with a crisp action, but shows a couple of chipped percussion cones, likely from being played with over the years. Grips very fine with most of their varnish and showing only some light handling marks and minor dings. A truly love pepperbox in wonderful condition. 

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