WONDERFUL GOLDEN AGE SIGNED J.P. BECK RELIEF CARVED RIFLE.

WONDERFUL GOLDEN AGE SIGNED J.P. BECK RELIEF CARVED RIFLE. This rifle has a 38″ full oct rifled .56 cal bbl signed J.P. Beck in script. The bbl is pin fastened to the stock. The rifle has a hand forged German lock and a brass heavy beveled side plate. The rifle features wonderful crisp relief carving at the bbl tang and forward of the cheek piece. J.P. Beck was one of the finest Lebanon school gunsmiths who was born in 1751 and worked as a gunsmith until his death in 1811. The 4-pc brass patch box with its engraved Whales tail finial is quite similar to rifle No. 100 pictured in Kindigs’ “Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age”. The rivet which holds the patch box latch is in the upper rear corner of the lid. The ramrod pipes are short with molded ends and the muzzle cap is fastened to the stock with three rivets in a triangular pattern. The trigger guard has Becks’ typical two molding lines at the fore end. CONDITION: Excellent. While the butt end of the rifle appears to have been shortened at least 1″, the length of pull on this rifle seems to be about standard, suggesting the original owner must have been a giant of a man. The butt plate had to be moved forward causing the patch box to overlap the wrist carving and the carving to the rear of the cheek piece to be cut off to shorten the trigger pull for future owners. The 38″ bbl would have been quite a bit longer for the larger man and was subsequently shortened. We believe the rifle originally had four ramrod ferrules. Except for this unfortunate period shortening, the rifle is in exceedingly fine condition. This is a chance to obtain an example of a best quality Golden Age rifle at reasonable price. 4-45052 RGG1 (18,000-24,000)

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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	2330	$0.00	WONDERFUL GOLDEN AGE SIGNED J.P. BECK RELIEF CARVED RIFLE. This rifle has a 38″ full oct rifled .56 cal bbl signed J.P. Beck in script. The bbl is pin fastened to the stock. The rifle has a hand forged German lock and a brass heavy beveled side plate. The rifle features wonderful crisp relief carving at the bbl tang and forward of the cheek piece. J.P. Beck was one of the finest Lebanon school gunsmiths who was born in 1751 and worked as a gunsmith until his death in 1811. The 4-pc brass patch box with its engraved Whales tail finial is quite similar to rifle No. 100 pictured in Kindigs’ “Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in its Golden Age”. The rivet which holds the patch box latch is in the upper rear corner of the lid. The ramrod pipes are short with molded ends and the muzzle cap is fastened to the stock with three rivets in a triangular pattern. The trigger guard has Becks’ typical two molding lines at the fore end. CONDITION: Excellent. While the butt end of the rifle appears to have been shortened at least 1″, the length of pull on this rifle seems to be about standard, suggesting the original owner must have been a giant of a man. The butt plate had to be moved forward causing the patch box to overlap the wrist carving and the carving to the rear of the cheek piece to be cut off to shorten the trigger pull for future owners. The 38″ bbl would have been quite a bit longer for the larger man and was subsequently shortened. We believe the rifle originally had four ramrod ferrules. Except for this unfortunate period shortening, the rifle is in exceedingly fine condition. This is a chance to obtain an example of a best quality Golden Age rifle at reasonable price. 4-45052 RGG1 (18,000-24,000) 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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