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Lot 44
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 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,800
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
U.S. Model 1803 Harpers Ferry 2nd Type Flintlock Rifle
.60 caliber smoothbore. 36" round barrel with half-length rib. SN: NSN. Browned barrel, brass furniture, walnut half-stock with raised cheek rest. Reconverted flint lock with "{Spread-Winged Eagle}" under pan and marked in three vertical lines behind the cock "HARPERS/FERRY/1819". Harpers Ferry proofs at breech. Standard configuration with fixed notch rear sight, blade front sight, brass furniture and patchbox with release on top of butt. Includes what appears to be the original trumpet shaped brass-tipped ramrod. Harpers Ferry produced 15,703 of these later production, 2nd Type 1803 Rifle from 1814-1820.