Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness

Fair to good. Metal moderately oxidized with a mottled brown and gray patina and some scattered pitting primarily around the breech area. Lock reconverted to flint and needs mechanical attention as the trigger will not release the hammer when it is cocked and the half-cock notch does not function either. Barrel has been bored smooth to about .60 caliber and is moderately oxidized with some pitting. Stock with moderate wear and some repaired cracks and some replaced wood around the breech and lock area, resulting in an imperfect fit of the barrel and tang at the breech area. A major crack exists through the rear of the lock mortise creating an unnatural downward angle for the butt with a poor repair that results in a loose fit in this region.

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