SCARCE C. PIRKO PERCUSSION HUNTING RIFLE WITH ORIGINAL HUNTING BAG.

SCARCE C. PIRKO PERCUSSION HUNTING RIFLE WITH ORIGINAL HUNTING BAG. SN None. Cal. About 65. Beautiful lightweight hunting rifle with 26″ slightly swamped oct bbl tiny dovetail front sight and fixed rear sight. Top of bbl is engraved “C: PIRKO IN WIEN”. The breech plug, top tang, sideplate, lockplate, hammer, trigger guard, buttplate tang and forend cap are all beautifully engraved in outstanding foliate arabesque patterns with shaded background. Lockplate also has the maker’s name and hammer nose is in a dolphin pattern. Sideplate has the vignette of a wild boar on the rear point and there is a large sunburst around lock screw. Trigger guard has a steel bow with carved wooden finger rest and it has dbl set triggers. Mounted in very highly figured French or Italian walnut with elaborately carved forestock. Stock is secured with a sgl key through German silver escutcheons. It has a long checkered wrist with deep cheekpiece and smooth steel buttplate with engraved tang. Right side of butt has a beautifully carved & checkered sliding wooden patchbox cover. Top of wrist has a rectangular initial plate engraved with an old English “P” under a crown, indicating this may have been made for a member of the Royal Family. Bottom of stock has a narrow sling loop with a corresponding loop attached to the ramrod guide which is mounted to an iron rail on bottom flat of bbl. Guide contains the orig brass tipped ebony ramrod. Accompanied by a rare German orig hunting bag with loading tools. Bag is hand sewn, of fine tanned leather with a large full flap that has raebuck hooves on the cover. The inside is lined with green & yellow satin. Under the flap, on the face of the bag, are six cartridge pockets with a small pouch lined with multi-colored cotton and two larger pouches one of which contains two cakes of bees wax and the other a paper carton of percussion caps. The tools are a steel nutcracker ball mold with sprue cutter, a steel patch cutter, a wooden bullet starter and a brass powder measure with sliding scale. Top ears of the bag have brass rings with a leather shoulder strap and one side has a leather compass case and the same side has six leather strap bird carriers with brass rings. The other side has a unique double-sided leather capping tool. CONDITION: Rifle is very fine to extremely fine with bbl & rib retaining most of their strong orig blue. Breech plug & all the other metal are in the “white” with a light covering patina. Trigger guard however was blued and retains about 75% orig finish. Stock is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. Bag has slightly crackled surface but is intact and usable. Raebuck skin on the flap is dry & cracked with some hair loss. Tools are fine. 4-31620 JR451 (3,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

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
	1640	$10,925.00	SCARCE C. PIRKO PERCUSSION HUNTING RIFLE WITH ORIGINAL HUNTING BAG. SN None. Cal. About 65. Beautiful lightweight hunting rifle with 26″ slightly swamped oct bbl tiny dovetail front sight and fixed rear sight. Top of bbl is engraved “C: PIRKO IN WIEN”. The breech plug, top tang, sideplate, lockplate, hammer, trigger guard, buttplate tang and forend cap are all beautifully engraved in outstanding foliate arabesque patterns with shaded background. Lockplate also has the maker’s name and hammer nose is in a dolphin pattern. Sideplate has the vignette of a wild boar on the rear point and there is a large sunburst around lock screw. Trigger guard has a steel bow with carved wooden finger rest and it has dbl set triggers. Mounted in very highly figured French or Italian walnut with elaborately carved forestock. Stock is secured with a sgl key through German silver escutcheons. It has a long checkered wrist with deep cheekpiece and smooth steel buttplate with engraved tang. Right side of butt has a beautifully carved & checkered sliding wooden patchbox cover. Top of wrist has a rectangular initial plate engraved with an old English “P” under a crown, indicating this may have been made for a member of the Royal Family. Bottom of stock has a narrow sling loop with a corresponding loop attached to the ramrod guide which is mounted to an iron rail on bottom flat of bbl. Guide contains the orig brass tipped ebony ramrod. Accompanied by a rare German orig hunting bag with loading tools. Bag is hand sewn, of fine tanned leather with a large full flap that has raebuck hooves on the cover. The inside is lined with green & yellow satin. Under the flap, on the face of the bag, are six cartridge pockets with a small pouch lined with multi-colored cotton and two larger pouches one of which contains two cakes of bees wax and the other a paper carton of percussion caps. The tools are a steel nutcracker ball mold with sprue cutter, a steel patch cutter, a wooden bullet starter and a brass powder measure with sliding scale. Top ears of the bag have brass rings with a leather shoulder strap and one side has a leather compass case and the same side has six leather strap bird carriers with brass rings. The other side has a unique double-sided leather capping tool. CONDITION: Rifle is very fine to extremely fine with bbl & rib retaining most of their strong orig blue. Breech plug & all the other metal are in the “white” with a light covering patina. Trigger guard however was blued and retains about 75% orig finish. Stock is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. Bag has slightly crackled surface but is intact and usable. Raebuck skin on the flap is dry & cracked with some hair loss. Tools are fine. 4-31620 JR451 (3,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 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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