VERY RARE KENDALL PERCUSSION HARMONICA RIFLE.

VERY RARE KENDALL PERCUSSION HARMONICA RIFLE. Cal. About 46. SN 49. Rare little rifle with 20-1/8” heavy oct bbl marked on top flat “N. KENDALL / WINDSOR VT / PATENT”, for Nicanor Kendall, a prolific maker of underhammer rifles & pistols but is not well known for a rifle such as this. It has Kentucky rifle style fixed sights with iron frame & top tang and brass floorplate, triggerguard & buttplate. Center of buttplate has a 7/16” diameter plug screw that, when removed, exposes a trap for small parts. Mounted with artificially grained maple stock that has a beautiful, period, hand painted vignette of a running deer on right side. The harmonica has five chambers and is hand-indexed by first cocking the hammer and then depressing a lever on top of frame which raises two locking pins from recesses corresponding to individual chambers when released. Mr. Kendall, a Vermont native, (1807-1861), was in the gun business from about 1835 until his death. This rifle, very similar to Fig. #8, p. 137, Vermont’s Gunsmiths & Gunmakers to 1900, Phillips & Tyler. Kendall was much more prolific in the manufacture of rifles & handguns and apparently only made a little over 100 of these “repeaters” with the highest known serial number being “108”. CONDITION: Good. The iron parts have a mottled, dark brown patina with light surface rust. Brass is a dark aged patina and screws are all fine. Stock has a small hairline back of top tang, otherwise is sound and retains about 75% of this early hand-grained paint and most of the painted scene. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-30409 JR72 (9,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

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
	334	$10,350.00	VERY RARE KENDALL PERCUSSION HARMONICA RIFLE. Cal. About 46. SN 49. Rare little rifle with 20-1/8” heavy oct bbl marked on top flat “N. KENDALL / WINDSOR VT / PATENT”, for Nicanor Kendall, a prolific maker of underhammer rifles & pistols but is not well known for a rifle such as this. It has Kentucky rifle style fixed sights with iron frame & top tang and brass floorplate, triggerguard & buttplate. Center of buttplate has a 7/16” diameter plug screw that, when removed, exposes a trap for small parts. Mounted with artificially grained maple stock that has a beautiful, period, hand painted vignette of a running deer on right side. The harmonica has five chambers and is hand-indexed by first cocking the hammer and then depressing a lever on top of frame which raises two locking pins from recesses corresponding to individual chambers when released. Mr. Kendall, a Vermont native, (1807-1861), was in the gun business from about 1835 until his death. This rifle, very similar to Fig. #8, p. 137, Vermont’s Gunsmiths & Gunmakers to 1900, Phillips & Tyler. Kendall was much more prolific in the manufacture of rifles & handguns and apparently only made a little over 100 of these “repeaters” with the highest known serial number being “108”. CONDITION: Good. The iron parts have a mottled, dark brown patina with light surface rust. Brass is a dark aged patina and screws are all fine. Stock has a small hairline back of top tang, otherwise is sound and retains about 75% of this early hand-grained paint and most of the painted scene. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-30409 JR72 (9,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 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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