EXTREMELY FINE PAIR OF KUCHENREUTER TARGET PISTOLS WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES.

EXTREMELY FINE PAIR OF KUCHENREUTER TARGET PISTOLS WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN NSN. Cal. .520. 8 Groove rifling with superimposed “hair” rifling. 10-3/4″ Octagon etched Damascus barrels with double silver bands at breeches and muzzles, have inlaid silver flowing scroll and acanthus extending 5″ from breeches on bbl flats flanking the top flats. Top flats are inlaid in gold with “I. Adam Kuchenreuter in Regensburg” in old English script. Breech ends of top flats have small circular pinecones picturing a horse and rider surmounting the initials “IAK”. There are silver flourishes flanking the pinecones and the gold lettering. Nicely filed steel bead front sights are dovetailed through muzzle ends of bbls. Nicely filed breech plugs with scrolled fences, have platinum blowouts. Breech irons have inset blade rear sights with adjustment screws behind them, and are engraved “1” and “2” for each gun, respectively. Island bar locks have serpentine hammers with detailed dolphin heads. Engraving on this fine pair of guns is a background of shaded open scroll with unusually shaped unshaded terminations (The only thing that comes to mind is Irish moss). This engraving appears on breech plugs, breech irons, locks, grip caps, and all other furniture. On the locks interspersed amongst the scroll, are four human figures. The central person on the lockplates is a man holding a crossbow. To his right is another hapless soul kneeling with an arrow piercing his chest. To the rear of the hammers is a young lass leaning on a rock and proffering a flower, with chalet in background. On the breast of the hammers is a Jaeger, with rifle over his shoulder, leaning on a staff. Sideplates with single lock screws, show a stylized pair of eagles. Trigger plates end in stylized “pineapple.” Trigger guards have finger rests, and triggers are set. Dark and heavily marbled European walnut stocks have fluted grips with relief carved scroll, as well as incised ribbons between flutes. Area behind breech irons and forend tips are finely relief carved with acanthus scroll with stippled background. Barrels mount to the stocks with side nails through shaped ovoid escutcheons with more Irish moss engraving. There are vacant square crest plates with truncated corners on bottoms of forends. French polished elm case has its lid made of quartered finely marbled and figured thick veneer, with a German silver shaped central medallion and opening knob. Interior is lined with burgundy velvet with a dizzying array of finely made accessories. Accessories include bright polished steel bullet mold, patch cutter, mainspring vice, sight adjustment key, and breech plug wrench. These are finely filed and polished, with filed open work finials to the ball mold, mainspring vice, and sight adjustment key. Other accessories include burl elm handled and German silver inlaid turn screw and nipple wrench with decoratively filed, or twisted, shanks. There is also a horn bodied German silver mounted powder flask, two German silver circular patch boxes, and German silver sliding powder measure. Loading and cleaning equipment, include a Greenheart loading rod with horn tip, and hammer head, another Greenheart cleaning rod with round horn knob, and German silvered tip to receive steel and German silver worm and jag. All of these accessories are tightly French fitted in case in best fashion. PROVENANCE: H.H. Thomas Collection. CONDITION: Excellent. All metal parts retain virtually all of their French gray finish, browning somewhat on grip straps, and thumbpieces of trigger guards. Stocks retain nearly all of their oil finish with numerous small marks and nicks from handling and use. Bores are excellent. Locks are crisp. Set triggers work. Case is fine. Lid has warped, with a large crack in front portion, and some shrinkage cracks in veneer. Interior velvet shows marks and compressions from contact with guns and accessories. Accessories are near new with only a few minor stains. Stopper for powder flask is missing. There is a chip on the top of the crystal oil bottle, and stopper appears to be replacement. An exceptionally fine pair of guns, with workmanship of the highest order. 4-36659 MGM85 (14,000-18,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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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	2560	$19,550.00	EXTREMELY FINE PAIR OF KUCHENREUTER TARGET PISTOLS WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN NSN. Cal. .520. 8 Groove rifling with superimposed “hair” rifling. 10-3/4″ Octagon etched Damascus barrels with double silver bands at breeches and muzzles, have inlaid silver flowing scroll and acanthus extending 5″ from breeches on bbl flats flanking the top flats. Top flats are inlaid in gold with “I. Adam Kuchenreuter in Regensburg” in old English script. Breech ends of top flats have small circular pinecones picturing a horse and rider surmounting the initials “IAK”. There are silver flourishes flanking the pinecones and the gold lettering. Nicely filed steel bead front sights are dovetailed through muzzle ends of bbls. Nicely filed breech plugs with scrolled fences, have platinum blowouts. Breech irons have inset blade rear sights with adjustment screws behind them, and are engraved “1” and “2” for each gun, respectively. Island bar locks have serpentine hammers with detailed dolphin heads. Engraving on this fine pair of guns is a background of shaded open scroll with unusually shaped unshaded terminations (The only thing that comes to mind is Irish moss). This engraving appears on breech plugs, breech irons, locks, grip caps, and all other furniture. On the locks interspersed amongst the scroll, are four human figures. The central person on the lockplates is a man holding a crossbow. To his right is another hapless soul kneeling with an arrow piercing his chest. To the rear of the hammers is a young lass leaning on a rock and proffering a flower, with chalet in background. On the breast of the hammers is a Jaeger, with rifle over his shoulder, leaning on a staff. Sideplates with single lock screws, show a stylized pair of eagles. Trigger plates end in stylized “pineapple.” Trigger guards have finger rests, and triggers are set. Dark and heavily marbled European walnut stocks have fluted grips with relief carved scroll, as well as incised ribbons between flutes. Area behind breech irons and forend tips are finely relief carved with acanthus scroll with stippled background. Barrels mount to the stocks with side nails through shaped ovoid escutcheons with more Irish moss engraving. There are vacant square crest plates with truncated corners on bottoms of forends. French polished elm case has its lid made of quartered finely marbled and figured thick veneer, with a German silver shaped central medallion and opening knob. Interior is lined with burgundy velvet with a dizzying array of finely made accessories. Accessories include bright polished steel bullet mold, patch cutter, mainspring vice, sight adjustment key, and breech plug wrench. These are finely filed and polished, with filed open work finials to the ball mold, mainspring vice, and sight adjustment key. Other accessories include burl elm handled and German silver inlaid turn screw and nipple wrench with decoratively filed, or twisted, shanks. There is also a horn bodied German silver mounted powder flask, two German silver circular patch boxes, and German silver sliding powder measure. Loading and cleaning equipment, include a Greenheart loading rod with horn tip, and hammer head, another Greenheart cleaning rod with round horn knob, and German silvered tip to receive steel and German silver worm and jag. All of these accessories are tightly French fitted in case in best fashion. PROVENANCE: H.H. Thomas Collection. CONDITION: Excellent. All metal parts retain virtually all of their French gray finish, browning somewhat on grip straps, and thumbpieces of trigger guards. Stocks retain nearly all of their oil finish with numerous small marks and nicks from handling and use. Bores are excellent. Locks are crisp. Set triggers work. Case is fine. Lid has warped, with a large crack in front portion, and some shrinkage cracks in veneer. Interior velvet shows marks and compressions from contact with guns and accessories. Accessories are near new with only a few minor stains. Stopper for powder flask is missing. There is a chip on the top of the crystal oil bottle, and stopper appears to be replacement. An exceptionally fine pair of guns, with workmanship of the highest order. 4-36659 MGM85 (14,000-18,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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