INDIAN USED TACK DECORATED SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1855 PERCUSSION MUSKET.

INDIAN USED TACK DECORATED SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1855 PERCUSSION MUSKET. SN NONE. Cal. 58. Cut down Model 1855 Springfield with 26-1/4″ bbl, with tiny dovetailed brass blade front sight and welded fixed rear sight forward of the orig dovetail. Lockplate is fitted with the Maynard tape primer and has the date “1857” on the tail. Forestock was reduced in length to about 1-1/8″ shorter than the bbl with two orig bands, missing the front keeper. Forestock has eleven brass tacks remaining with three missing from the left side and two from the right side. Butt has been thinned and is nicely tack decorated down the top of the wrist, around the comb, down the top of the comb and around the buttplate with a cross on each side. There are a few tacks missing. CONDITION: Poor to fair. Metal is a heavy dark brown attic patina showing heavy wear. Stock has several cracks in the wrist with numerous small grain checks by the buttplate and overall shows extreme heavy wear especially on lower forestock where the wood is worn through exposing the ramrod channel. Mechanics are crisp. 4-42271 JR180 (2,500-3,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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
	2249	$2,875.00	INDIAN USED TACK DECORATED SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1855 PERCUSSION MUSKET. SN NONE. Cal. 58. Cut down Model 1855 Springfield with 26-1/4″ bbl, with tiny dovetailed brass blade front sight and welded fixed rear sight forward of the orig dovetail. Lockplate is fitted with the Maynard tape primer and has the date “1857” on the tail. Forestock was reduced in length to about 1-1/8″ shorter than the bbl with two orig bands, missing the front keeper. Forestock has eleven brass tacks remaining with three missing from the left side and two from the right side. Butt has been thinned and is nicely tack decorated down the top of the wrist, around the comb, down the top of the comb and around the buttplate with a cross on each side. There are a few tacks missing. CONDITION: Poor to fair. Metal is a heavy dark brown attic patina showing heavy wear. Stock has several cracks in the wrist with numerous small grain checks by the buttplate and overall shows extreme heavy wear especially on lower forestock where the wood is worn through exposing the ramrod channel. Mechanics are crisp. 4-42271 JR180 (2,500-3,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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