Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$800 – $1,200
.32 caliber. 42.5" pinned octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, full-length hardwood stock with raised cheek rest. Single screw percussion lock is somewhat ill fitting with an apparently period of use replaced hammer and is equipped with double set triggers. Lock is lightly engraved and has weak Leman markings. Top flat of barrel with soft "LEMAN/LANCASTER PA" and "WARRANTED" markings. Semi-buckhorn dovetailed rear sight, dovetailed blade front sight. Simple commercial brass furniture includes a crescent buttplate, plain toe plate, finger extension triggerguard and rudimentary forend reinforcement strip. Plain brass thimbles hold a short wood ramrod.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Metal moderately oxidized to brown with scattered surface roughness and some pitting. Markings partially legible, lock functional, hammer nose skirt chipped, hammer screw replaced. Stock with some wear, some gapping around the lock, some cracks the forehead and scattered bumps and dings.
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