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Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness
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- Sale 1987
Live
| Cincinnati
Jun 8 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$1,200 – $2,000
.40 caliber. 41.5" pinned octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, spliced full-length faux striped maple stock with raised cheek rest. Single screw commercial percussion lock is marked "H. ELWELL/WARRANTED". Lock with double set triggers. Barrel with drum bolster is marked "H.E. LEMAN" in an arc, along with "LANCASTER" and "WARRANTED". Barrel decorated with intertwined punched lines, as well as punched tear drops and dots. Brass furniture includes a traditional Lancaster-style four-piece patchbox that is lightly engraved with an engraved toe plate that doubles as a release. The engraved saddle plate is cut due to the forend splice. Other furniture includes a crescent buttplate, finger extension triggerguard, forend reinforcement strip, corrugated thimbles and an entry pipe that is attached to the saddle plate. Dovetailed notch rear sight and dovetailed brass blade front sight. As noted, forend is a spliced replacement that is old and shows wear and use but does not appear to be original to the rifle.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Metal with mottled and oxidized gray patina with scattered discoloration, surface roughness and some pitting, priorly around the breech and bolster area. Lock functional, hammer screw broken, bore with strong rifling is dark, dirty and pitted. Wood spliced as noted, showing wear, some damage and cracking in the forend, a chip in the toe and scattered bumps, dings and mars.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
