Sale 1987
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$800 – $1,200
.62 caliber. 44" two-stage pinned round barrel with baluster turned rings at the transition. SN: NSN. Oxidized metal, brass furniture, full-length walnut stock. Lightly engraved English commercial percussion lock without legible markings is a replacement with a nailed brass filler plate at the rear of the mortise. Altered to percussion from flint. Trigger an old, crude replacement with a broken tip. Single screw sheet brass flowing foliate side plate nailed in place. Barrel with what appear to be "Tower Private Proofs" rather than post-1813 Birmingham proofs as noted by Mr. Ness on his tag, nocksform of barrel marked "LONDON". Fixed notch rear sight and brass bead front sight. Overall form of the gun is that of a the French "Fusil de Chasse" with an elegantly downward swept butt, slim wrist and sleek lines. Buttplate with an extra screw in the bottom to secure it to the stock.
The Collection of Larry Ness
Good. Metal with a pleasing plum brown patina, moderately oxidized with some scattered pitting that is more moderate around the breech and bolster area. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate oxidation and pitting. Wood with repairs and chipped loss around the lock mortise, a large chip out of the toe of the stock and wood loss at the pin holes. Wood shows numerous bumps, dings and mars, appears to have been sanded and show remnants of some old added finish.
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