Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
.58 caliber. 36" three-stage pinned octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Lightly oxidized metal, brass and iron furniture, full-length walnut stock. Percussion lock marked with the "{Tombstone-Fox/EB}" Hudson's Bay Company trademark at the tail and in three lines forward of the hammer "BARNETT/LONDON/1887". Barrel with London commercial proof marks and a "24" gauge mark, indicating .58 caliber. Three-screw brass serpent side plate, oversized iron triggerguard, flat brass buttplate, raised carved aprons at tang and rear of lock mortise and rear of counterpane. Corrugated brass thimbles retain an old brass tipped wood ramrod. A nice example of a late production trade gun from the closing days of the "old west" period.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Barrel with a lightly oxidized and mottled brownish-gray patina and some scattered minor roughness and pitting. Mechanically functional, head of forward lock screw broken off, good bore with moderate oxidation. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, but solid and fairly crisp.
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