RARE PHILIP WILSON AND CO. PHILADELPHIA TEN BORE GAME GUN.

RARE PHILIP WILSON AND CO. PHILADELPHIA TEN BORE GAME GUN. SN 283. Cal. .798 Bore diameter. Gardner in SMALL ARMS MAKERS lists this company as working in Philadelphia between 1858-1860. They employed 5 hands, and during the year ending 1860 they purchased gun barrels, pistol barrels, and other items, and produced guns and pistols valued at $10,000.00. Barrels of this gun have Belgian proofs, and it is probable that the locks and other furniture were sourced from there as well. This gun was stocked with American walnut, and finished in Philadelphia. Heavy 30″ laminated steel barrels are engraved “Philip Wilson & Co. Philadelphia. Laminated Steel” on narrow concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with Belgian proofs and with SN. Two beaded pipes hold rosewood ramrod with brass tip and tail, with steel worm. SN is stamped 3″ back from tip. Breech iron has nicely cut open scroll. Front action locks with large high nosed hammers have matching scroll, and some naive game birds on plate, which is also engraved “Philip Wilson”. Trigger plate terminates in fancy stylized pineapple which matches thimble. Trigger guard has a running spaniel on bow, and SN on long tang. Heavy, crotch-figured, red-toned American walnut stock has distinctive elongated drop points and raised bolsters around fronts of lockplates, and measures 14-3/16″ over steel buttplate, with scroll engraved long tang. 18 LPI multi-point pattern checkering has mullered borders. There is a vacant silver shield inlaid at top of grip. Bbl fastens with side nail through border engraved oval steel escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.795, right -.806. Wall thickness: left -.032, right -.034. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-5/8″. Weight: 7 lbs. 15 oz, LOP 14-3/16″. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 50 – 60% original brown with some areas darkening. Breeches, lockplates, and hammers show most of their original case color, which was never very bright. Trigger guard retains considerable amount of its original blue, as does buttplate. Stock retains nearly all its original finish with a few minor knocks and compressions, but is quite pleasing. Locks are crisp. Bores are very fine, mostly shiny but with a few minor pits, and discoloration toward muzzle. A very interesting and well made gun. 4-40783 MGM85 (1,500-2,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010

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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	1369	$2,070.00	RARE PHILIP WILSON AND CO. PHILADELPHIA TEN BORE GAME GUN. SN 283. Cal. .798 Bore diameter. Gardner in SMALL ARMS MAKERS lists this company as working in Philadelphia between 1858-1860. They employed 5 hands, and during the year ending 1860 they purchased gun barrels, pistol barrels, and other items, and produced guns and pistols valued at $10,000.00. Barrels of this gun have Belgian proofs, and it is probable that the locks and other furniture were sourced from there as well. This gun was stocked with American walnut, and finished in Philadelphia. Heavy 30″ laminated steel barrels are engraved “Philip Wilson & Co. Philadelphia. Laminated Steel” on narrow concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with Belgian proofs and with SN. Two beaded pipes hold rosewood ramrod with brass tip and tail, with steel worm. SN is stamped 3″ back from tip. Breech iron has nicely cut open scroll. Front action locks with large high nosed hammers have matching scroll, and some naive game birds on plate, which is also engraved “Philip Wilson”. Trigger plate terminates in fancy stylized pineapple which matches thimble. Trigger guard has a running spaniel on bow, and SN on long tang. Heavy, crotch-figured, red-toned American walnut stock has distinctive elongated drop points and raised bolsters around fronts of lockplates, and measures 14-3/16″ over steel buttplate, with scroll engraved long tang. 18 LPI multi-point pattern checkering has mullered borders. There is a vacant silver shield inlaid at top of grip. Bbl fastens with side nail through border engraved oval steel escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.795, right -.806. Wall thickness: left -.032, right -.034. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-5/8″. Weight: 7 lbs. 15 oz, LOP 14-3/16″. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 50 – 60% original brown with some areas darkening. Breeches, lockplates, and hammers show most of their original case color, which was never very bright. Trigger guard retains considerable amount of its original blue, as does buttplate. Stock retains nearly all its original finish with a few minor knocks and compressions, but is quite pleasing. Locks are crisp. Bores are very fine, mostly shiny but with a few minor pits, and discoloration toward muzzle. A very interesting and well made gun. 4-40783 MGM85 (1,500-2,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010 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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