DELUXE INSCRIBED SMITH & WILKINSON PERCUSSION HALF STOCK RIFLE.

DELUXE INSCRIBED SMITH & WILKINSON PERCUSSION HALF STOCK RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 42. Beautiful dlx rifle with 31″ medium weight oct bbl, German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with an unusual screw elevator. Top of wrist has an inletted iron oval with integral base for lollipop sight. Breech plug is lightly engraved with two gold bands. It has a front action lock with engraved hammer and all iron furniture with sgl trigger. Trigger guard has a pineapple finial with a matching finial on toe plate of crescent buttplate. It also has an undecorated 2-pc iron patchbox with an oval iron grip cap. Mounted in a very nicely figured American walnut half stock with horn forend tip & sgl wedge through iron escutcheons. It has checkered forestock & wrist with an oval cheekpiece and raised side panels with small fluted front tips. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides containing what is probably the orig hickory ramrod with German silver end containing a concealed worm. Cheekpiece has a small silver oval engraved with initials “BL”. Top flat of bbl is marked “SMITH & WILKINSON NEWBURG N.Y.” Jacob Smith is listed as a gun & gun lock maker and locksmith in Newburg 1856-61 and Wilkinson as a gun maker in Newburg 1861-65, The New York State Firearms Trade, Swinney & Rowe. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Metal retains a smooth even brown patina, possibly an old restoration. Stock has a repair in wrist, otherwise is sound showing heavy wear with light nicks & dings and retains a fine hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-59560 JR173 (2,000-3,000)

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
	1520	$1,495.00	DELUXE INSCRIBED SMITH & WILKINSON PERCUSSION HALF STOCK RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 42. Beautiful dlx rifle with 31″ medium weight oct bbl, German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with an unusual screw elevator. Top of wrist has an inletted iron oval with integral base for lollipop sight. Breech plug is lightly engraved with two gold bands. It has a front action lock with engraved hammer and all iron furniture with sgl trigger. Trigger guard has a pineapple finial with a matching finial on toe plate of crescent buttplate. It also has an undecorated 2-pc iron patchbox with an oval iron grip cap. Mounted in a very nicely figured American walnut half stock with horn forend tip & sgl wedge through iron escutcheons. It has checkered forestock & wrist with an oval cheekpiece and raised side panels with small fluted front tips. Bottom of bbl has an iron rib with two iron guides containing what is probably the orig hickory ramrod with German silver end containing a concealed worm. Cheekpiece has a small silver oval engraved with initials “BL”. Top flat of bbl is marked “SMITH & WILKINSON NEWBURG N.Y.” Jacob Smith is listed as a gun & gun lock maker and locksmith in Newburg 1856-61 and Wilkinson as a gun maker in Newburg 1861-65, The New York State Firearms Trade, Swinney & Rowe. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Metal retains a smooth even brown patina, possibly an old restoration. Stock has a repair in wrist, otherwise is sound showing heavy wear with light nicks & dings and retains a fine hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-59560 JR173 (2,000-3,000) 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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