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2234
$3,540.00

BEDFORD COUNTY PERCUSSION SWIVEL GUN BY ENOS BORDER. Over and under swivel breech percussion Kentucky rifle with .36 inch full octagon .40 caliber rifled and .38 caliber smooth barrels. One barrel is marked “E.B.” for the Bedford gunsmith Enos Border. The stock is fine Curly Maple and the gun features seven silver inlays, an engraved silver side plate, a seven inch long brass comb inlay and an engraved four piece patch box. Enos Border was born August 28, 1822 and was taxed as a gunsmith in Bedford Township in 1842-48, about the time this gun could have been made. CONDITION: The gun was made using parts designed for a gun with full side panels alongside the barrels, but was made without side panels. The action is loose otherwise the gun seems to be in very nice condition. 4-46308 RGG4 (2,800-3,800)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012
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