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2392
$1,416.00

1849 DATED HENRY COOPER PISTOL. Beautiful, American marked, single shot perc. pistol with 9-1/2″ octagonal Bbl, which measures about .52 cal smooth-bore. The Bbl shows some orig. striping, gold-bands, and gold inset makers mark in bbl, “Henry T. Cooper, New York” the lock is also marked “Henry T. Cooper”. Trigger guard, lock, hammer, and breach are florally engr. with hammer terminating as head of a sea creature, or Dolphin. The German Silver buttcap is engr. “T.K. WHITE. 1849”. This gun was potentially taken to the gold fields as the date might suggest. CONDITION: Gun overall is very good, and functional. Metal is gray, overall with scattered staining traces of finish. Stock sound and solid with hairline crack at escutcheon opposite lock. Stock retains most of its orig. varnish with numerous small nicks, dings, and scratches. 4-38859 JS (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011
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