PARKER-FIELD DOUBLE FLINTLOCK GAME GUN.

PARKER-FIELD DOUBLE FLINTLOCK GAME GUN. SN 3. Cal. 24 Bore. .595 Bore diameter. This late production gun by this well regarded London maker is in exceptionally fine orig condition. The perfect gun for someone wanting to try bird hunting with a flintlock. 30″ Skelp twist bbls are engraved “233 Holborn London” on high concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs and “23”. Mahogany ramrod with brass tip and tail (steel worm under cap on tail) mounts through two plain pipes. Case hardened breech plugs have unlined touch holes, with proofs and “3” on bottoms. Case hardened breech iron is scroll engraved. Case hardened locks have reinforced serpentine cocks, waterproof pans, bridled frizzens, and roller frizzen springs with ovoid finials. Slightly chamfered lockplates have rebated tails with “Parker Field & Sons” engraved at bottom below pans. Lockplates and cocks are scroll engraved. Trigger plate has stylized pineapple finial. Steel trigger guard is scroll engraved. Plain European walnut straight grip stock is French polished, and measures 14-1/2″ over blued steel buttplate with scroll engraving on short top tang. Stock features sculpted drop points and 18 LPI checkering with mullered borders. Vacant German silver oval is at top of grip. Stock mounts to bbls with side nail through oval German silver escutcheons. Wall thickness at muzzles: left -.060, right -.065. Drop at heel: 1-15/16″, drop at comb: 1-5/16″. Weight: 7 lbs. 7 oz, LOP 14-1/2″. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain 95% of their orig brown with excellent definition to pattern. Old ramrod is not original to gun, and has some cracking at tip. Breech plugs, iron, locks, and hammers retain 85 – 90% orig case hardening color. Trigger plate has most of its color, but is fading to brown. Trigger guard was originally blued with some of that blue inside of bow. Exterior is flaked and worn to silver gray. Buttplate retains perhaps 30% of its orig blue, balance flaked to brownish gray. Stock retains nearly all of its French polish finish, which has slightly crazed, with numerous marks commensurate with age of this gun. Stock is sound showing a minor shrinkage crack in front of lock on left side, 2″ x 3/8″ piece replaced at bottom of same lock mortise, small stable crack running from top of right escutcheon to bbl channel. Bores are excellent, bright and shiny, showing no evidence of having been re-polished. Locks and frizzens are crisp. Frizzens have some marks from being struck by flints, but it is possible that this gun is unfired. 4-42065 MGM149 (9,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	1191	$0.00	PARKER-FIELD DOUBLE FLINTLOCK GAME GUN. SN 3. Cal. 24 Bore. .595 Bore diameter. This late production gun by this well regarded London maker is in exceptionally fine orig condition. The perfect gun for someone wanting to try bird hunting with a flintlock. 30″ Skelp twist bbls are engraved “233 Holborn London” on high concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs and “23”. Mahogany ramrod with brass tip and tail (steel worm under cap on tail) mounts through two plain pipes. Case hardened breech plugs have unlined touch holes, with proofs and “3” on bottoms. Case hardened breech iron is scroll engraved. Case hardened locks have reinforced serpentine cocks, waterproof pans, bridled frizzens, and roller frizzen springs with ovoid finials. Slightly chamfered lockplates have rebated tails with “Parker Field & Sons” engraved at bottom below pans. Lockplates and cocks are scroll engraved. Trigger plate has stylized pineapple finial. Steel trigger guard is scroll engraved. Plain European walnut straight grip stock is French polished, and measures 14-1/2″ over blued steel buttplate with scroll engraving on short top tang. Stock features sculpted drop points and 18 LPI checkering with mullered borders. Vacant German silver oval is at top of grip. Stock mounts to bbls with side nail through oval German silver escutcheons. Wall thickness at muzzles: left -.060, right -.065. Drop at heel: 1-15/16″, drop at comb: 1-5/16″. Weight: 7 lbs. 7 oz, LOP 14-1/2″. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain 95% of their orig brown with excellent definition to pattern. Old ramrod is not original to gun, and has some cracking at tip. Breech plugs, iron, locks, and hammers retain 85 – 90% orig case hardening color. Trigger plate has most of its color, but is fading to brown. Trigger guard was originally blued with some of that blue inside of bow. Exterior is flaked and worn to silver gray. Buttplate retains perhaps 30% of its orig blue, balance flaked to brownish gray. Stock retains nearly all of its French polish finish, which has slightly crazed, with numerous marks commensurate with age of this gun. Stock is sound showing a minor shrinkage crack in front of lock on left side, 2″ x 3/8″ piece replaced at bottom of same lock mortise, small stable crack running from top of right escutcheon to bbl channel. Bores are excellent, bright and shiny, showing no evidence of having been re-polished. Locks and frizzens are crisp. Frizzens have some marks from being struck by flints, but it is possible that this gun is unfired. 4-42065 MGM149 (9,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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