E. ANSCHUTZ HEAVY PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE.

E. ANSCHUTZ HEAVY PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 40. Philadelphia made Schutzen-style percussion target rifle with 31″ oct bbl, globe front sight, missing rear sight with a fine folding tang sight. Top flat & lockplate are marked “E. ANSCHUTZ / PHILADELPHIA”. It has a front action lock with beveled edge hammer and a full scalloped nipple shield. Mounted in a very nicely figured dark American walnut half stock with German silver furniture secured with a sgl wedge through oval escutcheons and a decorated sgl wing sideplate. It has an elaborate heavy Schutzen trigger guard/finger rest with wide Schutzen dbl set triggers with a wire front trigger. Stock is heavy with raised side panels & a deep cheekpiece with checkered forestock & wrist and a heavy Schutzen buttplate with an adjustable iron heel pin. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides containing its orig brass & ebony ramrod. It also has its orig false muzzle with brass & iron bullet starter. Edward Anschutz is listed as a maker of high quality percussion rifles in Philadelphia 1860-1882, American Gunsmiths, Sellers. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains a dark mottled patina with fine pitting with a couple of spots of heavier pitting. Lockplate & hammer retain a medium patina. Stock has a couple of grain checks on left side panel, otherwise is sound with a dark oil patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-59679 JR174 (2,500-4,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1514	$4,312.00	E. ANSCHUTZ HEAVY PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 40. Philadelphia made Schutzen-style percussion target rifle with 31″ oct bbl, globe front sight, missing rear sight with a fine folding tang sight. Top flat & lockplate are marked “E. ANSCHUTZ / PHILADELPHIA”. It has a front action lock with beveled edge hammer and a full scalloped nipple shield. Mounted in a very nicely figured dark American walnut half stock with German silver furniture secured with a sgl wedge through oval escutcheons and a decorated sgl wing sideplate. It has an elaborate heavy Schutzen trigger guard/finger rest with wide Schutzen dbl set triggers with a wire front trigger. Stock is heavy with raised side panels & a deep cheekpiece with checkered forestock & wrist and a heavy Schutzen buttplate with an adjustable iron heel pin. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides containing its orig brass & ebony ramrod. It also has its orig false muzzle with brass & iron bullet starter. Edward Anschutz is listed as a maker of high quality percussion rifles in Philadelphia 1860-1882, American Gunsmiths, Sellers. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains a dark mottled patina with fine pitting with a couple of spots of heavier pitting. Lockplate & hammer retain a medium patina. Stock has a couple of grain checks on left side panel, otherwise is sound with a dark oil patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-59679 JR174 (2,500-4,000) 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.

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