Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$2,000 – $2,500
.40 caliber. 38.5" wedge retained octagon barrel with under rib. SN: NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, German silver escutcheons, half stock with raised cheek rest and checkered wrist. Single screw percussion lock is lightly engraved and marked "LEMAN/LANCTR PA" in two lines. Top flat of barrel marked in two lines "H.E. LEMAN/LANCASTER" and "WARRANTED". Double set triggers, dovetailed semi-buckhorn fixed rear sight, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight blade. Engraved round brass patchbox, extended finger-spur scroll brass triggerguard, and brass butt and toe plate, brass nose cap, German silver escutcheons around wedge and lozenge escutcheon in toe line. Iron thimbles, brass entry pipe, wood ramrod. A very nice, higher quality rifle from Leman.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Very good. Metal with a moderately oxidized brownish gray patina with scattered surface oxidation and some pitting. Markings mostly clear, mechanically functional, very good bore with strong rifling and scattered pitting. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, some minor wood loss behind the bolster and an old repair between the trigger plate and lower edge of the lock.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria