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2420
$2,300.00

EARLY CHERRY STOCKED FLINTLOCK FOWLER MADE USING OLD PARTS.

SN NSN. Cal. .750. 44-1/2″ Bbl has octagonal breech section which transitions to round with bayonet lug within 1-1/2″ of muzzle, and is unmarked. Early style lock with flat plate and inset octagonal pan has unbridled friction frizzen. Spring has spear finial. Lock is presently mounted with a round bodied serpentine cock, but most likely it originally had a flat cock with dog as pivot hole for catch at tail. Cherry wood stock extends to within 3-1/2″ of muzzle and is pinned to bbl. Furniture is of heavy brass. Flat lockplate has extended tang. French style trigger guard is stamped “D” on bow and at tail. Stock behind tail of guard is marked twice, “A Peck”. Iron ramrod with button head mounts through thin brass pipes and tailpipe. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Good. Iron parts cleaned to silver with dark remnants of heavy pitting. There is a hole in bbl in front of bayonet lug. Stock refinished over a number of scratches and marks. There are a number of shakes in butt, with a repaired crack in front of sideplate. There are some cracks and losses along bbl channel. Brass forend tip is missing. 4-50033 MGM290 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 2420


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014
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