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FINE AMERICAN MADE CLUB BUTT FLINTLOCK FOWLER SN NSN. Cal. 62. Light, delicate club butt fowler with 50-3/4” rnd bbl with the most unusual full length raised tapered decorated rib. It also has matching ribs about 12” on each side of bbl. It has thin oval front sight and small imported lock 5” x ¾” with beveled edges, marked in front of hammer “COURTOIS / A-RO_ROIS” with decorative flat side, beveled-edge, delicate gooseneck hammer. Mounted in a full length cherry or maple stock with brass furniture having four ramrod guides containing a hickory ramrod. It has a plain flat sideplate 5” long with a Brown Bess style plain trigger guard. Buttplate is thick & smooth with a long stepped top tang. Altogether a fine well-made early fowler. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Iron retains a mottled silver/brown patina showing some light cleaning. Stock has had a variety of repairs and has a few grain checks in butt, otherwise is sound and retains a fine restored finish. Mechanics are fine. 4-32767 JR565 (3,750-4,750)
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. |