Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness

Good. Rifle shows moderate use with some pitting on the lock and breech and most of the metal having a moderately oxidized brown patina. Barrel marking remains legible. Lock functional with no half cock. Bore poor, heavily pitted and dirty and showing no evidence of having been rifled, suggesting a "buck and ball" gun or "smooth rifle". Brass with an uncleaned, dull golden color. Stock with moderate wear, a poorly repaired long diagonal crack in the forend and showing numerous bumps, dings and mars. A coating of old applied varnish is present on the wood as well.

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