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Lot 41

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$3,000 - 4,000
Price Realized
$3,300
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Percussion Altered 1813 Board of Ordnance Contract Chief's Grade Trade Gun

.60 caliber. 36.625" three-stage octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, full-length walnut stock. Lightly engraved flint lock altered to percussion with a commercial hammer and a drum bolster. Lock with weak "{Crown-Broad Arrow}" Board of Ordnance mark, left angled breech with Board of Ordnance proofs. Traditional "Chief's Grade" furniture includes a lightly engraved flat brass three-screw side plate and triggerguard, both decorated with arrow motifs. Wrist with German silver "Indian Chief" motif thumb plate. Buttplate with simple boarder engraving, typical corrugated brass ramrod pipes secure an older wood ramrod with copper tip. The presence of the British Board of Ordnance markings on the gun indicate it was part of the 1813 British military contract for arms to supply to the British Native Allies in North America during the War of 1812.

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