RARE DERINGER MEDIUM SIZE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL.

RARE DERINGER MEDIUM SIZE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal. About 52. Usual configuration with 3-1/8″ ovoid shaped bbl with dovetailed German silver front sight and fixed rear sight on breech plug tang. Breech plug has two silver bands with the Deringer “P” proof. It has standard back action lockplate with flat side hammer and it is mounted in 1-pc 3/4 length stock with German silver furniture and a sgl key through the forestock. Forestock has a German silver nose cap with three langettes and bowtie escutcheons around the key. All of the German silver furniture is nicely engraved as is the lockplate, hammer shank breech plug and top tang. Buttcap is teardrop shaped with a tiny cap box. Thumbplate atop the wrist is shield shaped. Grip area is nicely checkered. Bbl has an integral rib with hickory ramrod that has a brass tip engraved in fish scale patters. Bbl & rib have beautiful chocolate brown finish with gold accents. PROVENANCE: Tom Wibberley (1991); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & rib retain about 96-97% strong chocolate brown finish with strong gold accents; lockplate, hammer & breech plug retain dark case colors; stock is sound and retains about all of its orig varnish with a few light nicks & scratches in forestock and a bruise on left side panel. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; crisp brown bore. 4-45338 JR90 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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
	1757	$5,750.00	RARE DERINGER MEDIUM SIZE PERCUSSION POCKET PISTOL. SN NSN. Cal. About 52. Usual configuration with 3-1/8″ ovoid shaped bbl with dovetailed German silver front sight and fixed rear sight on breech plug tang. Breech plug has two silver bands with the Deringer “P” proof. It has standard back action lockplate with flat side hammer and it is mounted in 1-pc 3/4 length stock with German silver furniture and a sgl key through the forestock. Forestock has a German silver nose cap with three langettes and bowtie escutcheons around the key. All of the German silver furniture is nicely engraved as is the lockplate, hammer shank breech plug and top tang. Buttcap is teardrop shaped with a tiny cap box. Thumbplate atop the wrist is shield shaped. Grip area is nicely checkered. Bbl has an integral rib with hickory ramrod that has a brass tip engraved in fish scale patters. Bbl & rib have beautiful chocolate brown finish with gold accents. PROVENANCE: Tom Wibberley (1991); Robert Howard Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & rib retain about 96-97% strong chocolate brown finish with strong gold accents; lockplate, hammer & breech plug retain dark case colors; stock is sound and retains about all of its orig varnish with a few light nicks & scratches in forestock and a bruise on left side panel. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are fine; crisp brown bore. 4-45338 JR90 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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