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Lot 183
Sale 1987 - Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness
Jun 8, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,020
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun Obtained on the Standing Rock Reservation
12 gauge. 32.5" barrels. SN: NSN. Browned barrels, iron furniture, straight-gripped walnut stock with checkered wrist and smooth splinter forend. Locks lightly engraved, right lock an old, likely period of use replacement, barrels unmarked, no visible proofs under barrel. Single barrel wedge with German silver escutcheons, breeches with gold bands, scroll triggerguard. Stock with numerous tack holes, with the tacks missing, showing empty holes as well as some with the square brass shanks still in the wood. Mr. Ness' notes indicate that the gun was acquired from a Native American family from the Standing Rock Reservation.










