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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$3,000 – $5,000
.42 caliber. 39.75" double-keyed octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, engraved German silver furniture, highly figured half-stock with raised cheek rest. Single screw, lightly engraved percussion back action lock marked "TRYON/PHILADA". Top flat of barrel engraved "Tryon Philada". Adjustable double set triggers, fixed notch rear sight, dovetailed German silver Rocky Mountain front sight blade with brass base. Rifle mounted with delicately engraved German silver furniture throughout that features fine foliate scroll motifs. Butt with an attractively engraved open work four-piece patchbox, buttplate tang engraved with fully engraved open work toe plate the includes the patchbox release. Tiny cap box in toe of stock, between the toe plate and triggerguard. Extended finger spur triggerguard and combination nose cap and entry pipe are engraved as well. Barrel with half-length bottom lug and plain German silver pipes. Barrel wedges surrounded by lightly engraved decorative German silver escutcheons. Single screw open work lock escutcheon engraved as well with a feathery motif. A small oval German silver escutcheon is set in the left wrist. A similarly ornate Tryon "fancy rifle" is shown on page 281 of Jim Gordon's Great Gun Makers for the Early West (Volume II).
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good to very good. Barrel cleaned leaving the markings weak and the metal with a dull pewter color with scattered discoloration, surface oxidation and some light pitting. Mechanically functional lock, hammer loose, fair bore with strong rifling and moderate pitting and oxidation. Front barrel key is loose and secured by tape. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
