Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$3,000 – $4,000
.60 caliber. 36.625" three-stage octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, full-length walnut stock. Lightly engraved flint lock altered to percussion with a commercial hammer and a drum bolster. Lock with weak "{Crown-Broad Arrow}" Board of Ordnance mark, left angled breech with Board of Ordnance proofs. Traditional "Chief's Grade" furniture includes a lightly engraved flat brass three-screw side plate and triggerguard, both decorated with arrow motifs. Wrist with German silver "Indian Chief" motif thumb plate. Buttplate with simple boarder engraving, typical corrugated brass ramrod pipes secure an older wood ramrod with copper tip. The presence of the British Board of Ordnance markings on the gun indicate it was part of the 1813 British military contract for arms to supply to the British Native Allies in North America during the War of 1812.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Metal a dull and oxidized grayish color with scattered discoloration, darkness, surface roughness and pitting, primarily around the breech and bolster area. Lock functional, hammer loose with modern replaced hammer screw. Bore moderately oxidized and pitted. Stock with moderate wear, forend shortened, showing slivered wood loss along the edges and at the pin holes, with some pins missing. Otherwise with the expected bumps, dings and mars from handling and use and a small amount of wood filler in a pin hole.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria