SCARCE DERINGER M1814 COMMON RIFLE.

SCARCE DERINGER M1814 COMMON RIFLE. Cal. about 64 smooth bore. Rare rifle with 33-1/4″ oct to rnd bbl, brass dove-tail front sight and fixed standing rear sight. Top flat has the makers name and address and the left flat has the proof marks “F’ and “P” along with a small “US”. The lockplate has a medium sized “US” over the makers and an address in front of the hammer. It has a full-length one-piece stock with three bands, secured with rectangular studs. It has an iron trumpet head ramrod with sling loops on the middle band and near the end of the trigger guard. The trigger guard is two-piece iron with two finger ridges and stock has an oval iron patch box on the right side with a shallow cheek piece on the left side of the butt. The left stock flat has the faint cartouche of a “V” over “GF”. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl, obviously bored smooth, otherwise all the iron retains a very dark, even attic patina. Stock has two small cracks in front of lock plate screws and is missing a small chip in back of the lock plate and has a small crack back of the lockplate. There is another crack on the right side of the fore stock and the wood retains a dark hand-rubbed patina. There are wrench marks near the chamber end of the bbl. Mechanics are fine. A rare military musket in decent condition. 4-53684 JR975 (1,750-2,750)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1047	$2,760.00	SCARCE DERINGER M1814 COMMON RIFLE. Cal. about 64 smooth bore. Rare rifle with 33-1/4″ oct to rnd bbl, brass dove-tail front sight and fixed standing rear sight. Top flat has the makers name and address and the left flat has the proof marks “F’ and “P” along with a small “US”. The lockplate has a medium sized “US” over the makers and an address in front of the hammer. It has a full-length one-piece stock with three bands, secured with rectangular studs. It has an iron trumpet head ramrod with sling loops on the middle band and near the end of the trigger guard. The trigger guard is two-piece iron with two finger ridges and stock has an oval iron patch box on the right side with a shallow cheek piece on the left side of the butt. The left stock flat has the faint cartouche of a “V” over “GF”. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl, obviously bored smooth, otherwise all the iron retains a very dark, even attic patina. Stock has two small cracks in front of lock plate screws and is missing a small chip in back of the lock plate and has a small crack back of the lockplate. There is another crack on the right side of the fore stock and the wood retains a dark hand-rubbed patina. There are wrench marks near the chamber end of the bbl. Mechanics are fine. A rare military musket in decent condition. 4-53684 JR975 (1,750-2,750) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004 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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