DON DAVISON CONTEMPORARY KENTUCKY RIFLE.

DON DAVISON CONTEMPORARY KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. .45. 44″ Swamped octagonal barrel has some large open scroll engraving on top rib flanking German silver blade front, and U-notch open buck horn rear sight. Rear portion is engraved “* D. R. Davison *”. Bbl has removable stainless steel touch hole. Nice quality Siler lock with removable faceted pan and bridled friction frizzen has spring nicely file decorated. Lockplate with pointed rebated tail is mounted with serpentine cock, and has simple engraving. Trigger plate is fitted with double set triggers. Beautifully fiddle figured, dark red stained, full length maple stock is brass and German silver mounted. Stock mounts to bbl with four pins through engraved oval German silver escutcheons. Faceted brass pipes hold stripe decorated hickory ramrod with brass tip. Trigger guard and buttplate are also of brass, as is sideplate. All are engraved matching theme of remainder of gun. All parts are expertly inlet. Buttplate has long foliate extension over comb, and rectangular return at toe. Rectangular patchbox with button release at top of buttplate has finely inlet pierced flaking plates, and pierced scrolled finial with floral top. Stock has incised scroll carving. A right hand molded cheekpiece has vent pick mounted in keeper underneath. An 8-point elongated German silver star is above cheekpiece. CONDITION: Essentially as new. Cock holds a piece of maple instead of flint. Frizzen appears unstruck. Bore is excellent. A contemporary Kentucky that is obviously the work of a talented craftsman, taking hundreds of hours to complete. 4-44181 MGM177 (2,500-4,000)

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
	2344	$2,012.50	DON DAVISON CONTEMPORARY KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. .45. 44″ Swamped octagonal barrel has some large open scroll engraving on top rib flanking German silver blade front, and U-notch open buck horn rear sight. Rear portion is engraved “* D. R. Davison ”. Bbl has removable stainless steel touch hole. Nice quality Siler lock with removable faceted pan and bridled friction frizzen has spring nicely file decorated. Lockplate with pointed rebated tail is mounted with serpentine cock, and has simple engraving. Trigger plate is fitted with double set triggers. Beautifully fiddle figured, dark red stained, full length maple stock is brass and German silver mounted. Stock mounts to bbl with four pins through engraved oval German silver escutcheons. Faceted brass pipes hold stripe decorated hickory ramrod with brass tip. Trigger guard and buttplate are also of brass, as is sideplate. All are engraved matching theme of remainder of gun. All parts are expertly inlet. Buttplate has long foliate extension over comb, and rectangular return at toe. Rectangular patchbox with button release at top of buttplate has finely inlet pierced flaking plates, and pierced scrolled finial with floral top. Stock has incised scroll carving. A right hand molded cheekpiece has vent pick mounted in keeper underneath. An 8-point elongated German silver star is above cheekpiece. CONDITION: Essentially as new. Cock holds a piece of maple instead of flint. Frizzen appears unstruck. Bore is excellent. A contemporary Kentucky that is obviously the work of a talented craftsman, taking hundreds of hours to complete. 4-44181 MGM177 (2,500-4,000) 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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