NELSON DELANEY PERCUSSION HALF STOCK TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE.

NELSON DELANEY PERCUSSION HALF STOCK TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 38. Beautiful high grade rifle with 29-1/4″ oct bbl, with false muzzle & a Winchester-style windgage replacement globe front sight, an adjustable semi-buckhorn rear sight and a windage adjustable, folding lollipop tang sight. Top flat & lockplate are marked with maker’s name & bbl also has “READING. PA.”. It has a front action lock with decorative beveled edge hammer and sgl set trigger with serpentine trigger guard. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides and nosepipe containing its orig brass & hickory ramrod with cleaning jag & worm. Mounted in very highly figured American walnut half stock with German silver forend tip and secured with sgl wedge through German silver escutcheons. It has a checkered straight stock with cheekpiece and an iron 2-pc patchbox and crescent buttplate with decorative toe plate. Nelson Delaney is listed as a maker of percussion rifles & pistols in Reading, PA 1848-1885, American Gunsmiths, Sellers. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl retains 80-85% strong orig blue with scattered spots of pitting. Lockplate retains 60-70% thin orig case colors with balance of metal a medium to dark patina. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore with shallow target rifling. 4-59559 JR175 (2,000-3,500)

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
	1518	$4,025.00	NELSON DELANEY PERCUSSION HALF STOCK TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 38. Beautiful high grade rifle with 29-1/4″ oct bbl, with false muzzle & a Winchester-style windgage replacement globe front sight, an adjustable semi-buckhorn rear sight and a windage adjustable, folding lollipop tang sight. Top flat & lockplate are marked with maker’s name & bbl also has “READING. PA.”. It has a front action lock with decorative beveled edge hammer and sgl set trigger with serpentine trigger guard. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides and nosepipe containing its orig brass & hickory ramrod with cleaning jag & worm. Mounted in very highly figured American walnut half stock with German silver forend tip and secured with sgl wedge through German silver escutcheons. It has a checkered straight stock with cheekpiece and an iron 2-pc patchbox and crescent buttplate with decorative toe plate. Nelson Delaney is listed as a maker of percussion rifles & pistols in Reading, PA 1848-1885, American Gunsmiths, Sellers. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl retains 80-85% strong orig blue with scattered spots of pitting. Lockplate retains 60-70% thin orig case colors with balance of metal a medium to dark patina. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore with shallow target rifling. 4-59559 JR175 (2,000-3,500) 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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