Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$1,500 – $2,000
.60 caliber. 39" pinned three-stage octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Black painted barrel, brass and iron furniture, full-length walnut stock. Liege proof mark on top of barrel, percussion lock with "{Circle-Fox}" trademark. Traditional trade gun features include the brass three-screw serpentine side plate, oversized iron triggerguard, raised carved aprons around the tang and rear of the lock mortise and counterpane. Simple brass buttplate, corrugated brass thimbles retain a wood ramrod.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Metal with some old applied black paint, with chipped and flaked loss. Metal with some scattered roughness. Mechanically functional, good bore with moderate oxidation and some pitting. Stock good with warping around the middle transitions on the barrel where the stock has pulled away from the barrel, and showing scattered bumps, dings and mars.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria