FINE RARE ADAM DIETZ FULL STOCK FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE.

FINE RARE ADAM DIETZ FULL STOCK FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. Cal. About 46. Fine Dietz Kentucky with 40-5/8″ oct bbl, tiny dovetailed front sight with German silver blade and a modern replacement fixed rear sight. Top flat is marked in hand engraved script “Adam Dietz”. Mounted in a fine curly maple 1-pc stock that has the forestock secured with three keys through elliptical silver escutcheons. It has brass furniture with two round guides and a faceted nose pipe. Screw escutcheons are teardrop shaped brass. Right side of buttstock has a 4-pc filigree patchbox with spring loaded lid with release in toe plate. Buttplate is crescent brass with faceted tang and flat toe plate with spear point finial. Top of wrist has an inlaid silver oval thumb plate with a silver quarter-moon on each side of the wrist. Left side of butt has a shallow cheekpiece with an inlaid silver 8-pointed hunter’s star. Below the cheekpiece is an inlaid silver plate with scalloped edges. Bottom of stock has two small silver flower blossoms are trigger guard is smooth brass with finger rest. The most spectacular part of the decoration is the engraving and silver inlay on the bbl, which consists of inlaid silver stars & crosses and quarter moons with brass outlines, inlaid brass wavy lines and engraved quarter moons on either side of rear sight, with other engraved decorations. Lockplate, probably an old replacement, is marked “SHARPE”, which is probably of a later era than this rifle. The splices in the stock consist of replaced pieces on each side of the upper tang, another narrow sliver below left side panel, two long narrow strips on left side of bbl channel. There is a replaced sliver just ahead of lockplate on right side with other small chips & dings and repairs in the forestock along with several light stress cracks. There is no Adam Dietz listed in major gunsmith listings, but there is a John Dietz listed in Somerset County, PA, who had a son named Adam born in 1797. If that Adam Dietz is the maker of this gun it would date it probably after 1815 and before 1825. PROVENANCE: David D. Sobel Single Shot Rifle Collection. CONDITION: Bbl is in very good condition, showing its age with a light patina as does the lock. Brass butt plate, toe plate, three ramrod thimbles, all inlays and patch box show a mellow aged patina and does not appear to have been cleaned but the trigger guard is also brass and appears to have been polished some years ago. Maple stock shows age consistent with metal with minor nicks and gouges ranging in size between 1/4″ square and 3/8″ long. Left side of stock: there is a 2-1/2″ x 1/2″ piece of wood that has been neatly spliced in on the left side of the bbl tang, there is a 3″ long by 1/16″ piece replaced under the lock screws, the forestock ahead of the front lock screw is a 2-1/2″ stress crack and a 1-1/2″ stress crack running from the center of the forend to the bbl. further up the forend is a 10″ x 1/2″ piece of wood on the side of the bbl that has been replaced. Further up the forend a 12″ x 1/2″ wide strip has been replaced between the first and second ramrod thimble. Right side of stock: right side of stock has a 2-1/2″ x 1″ piece of wood replaced next to the bbl tang, a 1/2″ x 1/8″ chip 2-1/2″ in front of the lock, there is a 1-1/2″ long stress crack above the last ramrod thimble and another 2″ long stress fracture just behind the middle ramrod thimble and another 4″ long stress fracture on the right side just above the front ramrod thimble. Pan does not align with the flash hole and is possibly an old reconversion. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore, would make an outstanding shooter. 4-39519 (5,000-10,000)

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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	2585	$0.00	FINE RARE ADAM DIETZ FULL STOCK FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE. Cal. About 46. Fine Dietz Kentucky with 40-5/8″ oct bbl, tiny dovetailed front sight with German silver blade and a modern replacement fixed rear sight. Top flat is marked in hand engraved script “Adam Dietz”. Mounted in a fine curly maple 1-pc stock that has the forestock secured with three keys through elliptical silver escutcheons. It has brass furniture with two round guides and a faceted nose pipe. Screw escutcheons are teardrop shaped brass. Right side of buttstock has a 4-pc filigree patchbox with spring loaded lid with release in toe plate. Buttplate is crescent brass with faceted tang and flat toe plate with spear point finial. Top of wrist has an inlaid silver oval thumb plate with a silver quarter-moon on each side of the wrist. Left side of butt has a shallow cheekpiece with an inlaid silver 8-pointed hunter’s star. Below the cheekpiece is an inlaid silver plate with scalloped edges. Bottom of stock has two small silver flower blossoms are trigger guard is smooth brass with finger rest. The most spectacular part of the decoration is the engraving and silver inlay on the bbl, which consists of inlaid silver stars & crosses and quarter moons with brass outlines, inlaid brass wavy lines and engraved quarter moons on either side of rear sight, with other engraved decorations. Lockplate, probably an old replacement, is marked “SHARPE”, which is probably of a later era than this rifle. The splices in the stock consist of replaced pieces on each side of the upper tang, another narrow sliver below left side panel, two long narrow strips on left side of bbl channel. There is a replaced sliver just ahead of lockplate on right side with other small chips & dings and repairs in the forestock along with several light stress cracks. There is no Adam Dietz listed in major gunsmith listings, but there is a John Dietz listed in Somerset County, PA, who had a son named Adam born in 1797. If that Adam Dietz is the maker of this gun it would date it probably after 1815 and before 1825. PROVENANCE: David D. Sobel Single Shot Rifle Collection. CONDITION: Bbl is in very good condition, showing its age with a light patina as does the lock. Brass butt plate, toe plate, three ramrod thimbles, all inlays and patch box show a mellow aged patina and does not appear to have been cleaned but the trigger guard is also brass and appears to have been polished some years ago. Maple stock shows age consistent with metal with minor nicks and gouges ranging in size between 1/4″ square and 3/8″ long. Left side of stock: there is a 2-1/2″ x 1/2″ piece of wood that has been neatly spliced in on the left side of the bbl tang, there is a 3″ long by 1/16″ piece replaced under the lock screws, the forestock ahead of the front lock screw is a 2-1/2″ stress crack and a 1-1/2″ stress crack running from the center of the forend to the bbl. further up the forend is a 10″ x 1/2″ piece of wood on the side of the bbl that has been replaced. Further up the forend a 12″ x 1/2″ wide strip has been replaced between the first and second ramrod thimble. Right side of stock: right side of stock has a 2-1/2″ x 1″ piece of wood replaced next to the bbl tang, a 1/2″ x 1/8″ chip 2-1/2″ in front of the lock, there is a 1-1/2″ long stress crack above the last ramrod thimble and another 2″ long stress fracture just behind the middle ramrod thimble and another 4″ long stress fracture on the right side just above the front ramrod thimble. Pan does not align with the flash hole and is possibly an old reconversion. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore, would make an outstanding shooter. 4-39519 (5,000-10,000) 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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