SMALL CALIBER CURLY MAPLE STOCKED TARGET RIFLE WITH ROSEBUD RESERVATION CONNECTION.

SMALL CALIBER CURLY MAPLE STOCKED TARGET RIFLE WITH ROSEBUD RESERVATION CONNECTION. Cal. 45. 38-5/8″ full oct signed bbl cut about 2″ from the front. Bbl is signed with the initials “JGM”. This rifle features a long gull wing cheekpiece on each side of the curly maple stock. This is a heavy bbl rifle designed for target use. The flintlock, which is not currently working, was added at a later date, probably so that the gun could be used as a shooter. Gun was originally made as a percussion rifle. This rifle has good rifling in the bbl and once cleaned could still make a nice shooter. Rifle has dbl set triggers that are not currently working. A copy of a handwritten letter from Jack Berryman, at that time Secretary of the Michigan Antique Arms Collectors,dated 2.27.91 and provided to the consignor at that time of purchase, states that Mr. Berryman bought this gun in 1961 from Doug Vernon who owned a small museum in Sioux Falls, SD. Berryman indicates that Vernon professed to have been the Indian agent at one time for the Rosebud Reservation and that this very gun had been purchased from an Indian on that reservation. CONDITION: Break in the wrist area has been repaired by tightly wrapping with brass wire. Number of large areas of wood have been replaced along the right hand forend forward of the lock. 2-1/2″ section of wood replaced between the lock and the tang. Tang has been extended under the wrist area. 4-32355(2,500-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2040	$0.00	SMALL CALIBER CURLY MAPLE STOCKED TARGET RIFLE WITH ROSEBUD RESERVATION CONNECTION. Cal. 45. 38-5/8″ full oct signed bbl cut about 2″ from the front. Bbl is signed with the initials “JGM”. This rifle features a long gull wing cheekpiece on each side of the curly maple stock. This is a heavy bbl rifle designed for target use. The flintlock, which is not currently working, was added at a later date, probably so that the gun could be used as a shooter. Gun was originally made as a percussion rifle. This rifle has good rifling in the bbl and once cleaned could still make a nice shooter. Rifle has dbl set triggers that are not currently working. A copy of a handwritten letter from Jack Berryman, at that time Secretary of the Michigan Antique Arms Collectors,dated 2.27.91 and provided to the consignor at that time of purchase, states that Mr. Berryman bought this gun in 1961 from Doug Vernon who owned a small museum in Sioux Falls, SD. Berryman indicates that Vernon professed to have been the Indian agent at one time for the Rosebud Reservation and that this very gun had been purchased from an Indian on that reservation. CONDITION: Break in the wrist area has been repaired by tightly wrapping with brass wire. Number of large areas of wood have been replaced along the right hand forend forward of the lock. 2-1/2″ section of wood replaced between the lock and the tang. Tang has been extended under the wrist area. 4-32355(2,500-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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