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Lot 121
Sale 1987 - Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness
Jun 8, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,500 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,140
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Lightweight Percussion Trade Rifle by Leman
.50 smoothbore. 29" pinned octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned finish, brass furniture, full-length faux striped maple stock with raised cheek rest. Single screw percussion lock is lightly engraved and marked "LEMAN/LANCTR, PA". Barrel with drum bolster and no visible markings. Simple, unadorned commercial brass furniture includes a round patchbox, finger extension triggerguard, crescent buttplate, toe plate, nose cap and two thimbles. Includes a brass tipped wood ramrod. Dovetailed semi-buckhorn rear sight, dovetailed German silver blade front sight. Rifle may have been shortened slightly during the period of use to a handier, "stalking rifle" length, better for use on horseback and in thick brush.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.








