BEDFORD COUNTY JACOB STOUDENOUR PERCUSSION RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE.

BEDFORD COUNTY JACOB STOUDENOUR PERCUSSION RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. 38″ full oct 52 Cal. unmarked smooth bbl. Typical Stoudenour characteristic four piece brass engraved patchbox with five piercings identical to the rifle pictured in Plate 131 of Calvin Hetrick’s The Bedford County Rifle and its Makers. Nicely relief carved to front and rear of the cheekpiece identical to the rifle pictured in Plate 131 in Hetrick’s book. Cheekpiece features a large 3″ oval silver inlay engraved with the American eagle. Long hand-forged characteristic Bedford County lock plate is signed “J.S.” and the brass elongated engraved sideplate is also typical of the Bedford School. Stock is beautiful curly maple throughout and the bbl is held to the stock by three bbl wedges. Engraved brass toeplate is 5-3/4″ long and held to the stock with four screws. This gun has three silver inlays along with one brass inlay on the comb forward of the buttplate. Jacob Stoudenour is listed from 1795-1863 and worked in Colerain Township, Bedford County in the flintlock and percussion period. His rifles were normally signed “J.S.”. Stoudenour was the most prolific maker of rifles in Bedford County and is generally considered one of the finer of the Bedford County makers. He excelled in the exquisite grace of his hammers and the slender lines of his stocks. This rifle was illustrated in Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850 published by the Kentucky Rifle Association and was exhibited at the York County Pennsylvania Historical Society exhibit in 1971. PROVENANCE: See Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850, 1976, by KRA, pp. 34-35. Al Sullivan Sr., William S. Bowers, and Ray McKnight Collections. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Rifle has been shortened 3-1/2 to 4″ from the rear as evidenced by the middle ramrod pipe having been moved back about that distance. Small piece of wood added forward of the lock. Otherwise this rifle appears to be in fine original condition. 4-49824 RG55 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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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	2363	$0.00	BEDFORD COUNTY JACOB STOUDENOUR PERCUSSION RELIEF CARVED KENTUCKY RIFLE. SN NSN. 38″ full oct 52 Cal. unmarked smooth bbl. Typical Stoudenour characteristic four piece brass engraved patchbox with five piercings identical to the rifle pictured in Plate 131 of Calvin Hetrick’s The Bedford County Rifle and its Makers. Nicely relief carved to front and rear of the cheekpiece identical to the rifle pictured in Plate 131 in Hetrick’s book. Cheekpiece features a large 3″ oval silver inlay engraved with the American eagle. Long hand-forged characteristic Bedford County lock plate is signed “J.S.” and the brass elongated engraved sideplate is also typical of the Bedford School. Stock is beautiful curly maple throughout and the bbl is held to the stock by three bbl wedges. Engraved brass toeplate is 5-3/4″ long and held to the stock with four screws. This gun has three silver inlays along with one brass inlay on the comb forward of the buttplate. Jacob Stoudenour is listed from 1795-1863 and worked in Colerain Township, Bedford County in the flintlock and percussion period. His rifles were normally signed “J.S.”. Stoudenour was the most prolific maker of rifles in Bedford County and is generally considered one of the finer of the Bedford County makers. He excelled in the exquisite grace of his hammers and the slender lines of his stocks. This rifle was illustrated in Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850 published by the Kentucky Rifle Association and was exhibited at the York County Pennsylvania Historical Society exhibit in 1971. PROVENANCE: See Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850, 1976, by KRA, pp. 34-35. Al Sullivan Sr., William S. Bowers, and Ray McKnight Collections. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Rifle has been shortened 3-1/2 to 4″ from the rear as evidenced by the middle ramrod pipe having been moved back about that distance. Small piece of wood added forward of the lock. Otherwise this rifle appears to be in fine original condition. 4-49824 RG55 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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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