RARE JOHN DIXON & SON PERCUSSION TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE.

RARE JOHN DIXON & SON PERCUSSION TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE. Cal. about 60. SN 3862. Wonderful Dixon rifle with 30″ Damascus bbl, silver bead caterpillar front sight with 3-leaf platinum line express sight, one standing, two folding leaves, marked “100 YDS”, “200 YDS” & “300 YDS”. Entire top flat of bbl is matted. Bottom of bbl has Damascus rib with two Damascus guides containing orig ebony ramrod with brass tips with concealed worm. Top left flat has maker’s name & right top flat the Edinburgh address. Front action lockplate & hammer have about 85% coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque pattern engraving with a stalking safety. Breech plug, with its platinum blow-out plug, top tang, trigger guard, buttplate tang & wedge escutcheons, are engraved to match. Mounted in a highly figured English walnut half stock with bbl secured by a sgl wedge through figure “8” escutcheons. It has checkered forestock & straight grip with checkered steel buttplate with a long stepped tang that bears the number “1”. There is a corresponding “1” on back end of trigger guard. Trigger guard has an elaborate pineapple finial with a long checkered finger rest. Stock & rear guide have sling eyes. Bore has 4-groove rifling similar to the 5-groove Whitworth style rifling but is very smooth & resembles the modern parabolic style rifling. Hammer spur has very fine checkering, as does trigger. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & rib retain 95-96% strong orig brown damascus pattern with only some minor edge wear & light staining in a spot or two & has a ding on one edge on left side. Hammer, lockplate & breech plug retain virtually all of their orig fine English style case colors. Trigger guard retains 50-60% bright niter blue & buttplate about the same. Wood is sound with minor nicks, scratches & handling marks with three or four bruises on each side of buttstock. Butt area has been lightly cleaned, otherwise wood retains most of its orig hand rubbed oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with brilliant shiny bore. A rare & special, seldom encountered, rifle. 4-57770 JR181 (8,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

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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	60	$10,350.00	RARE JOHN DIXON & SON PERCUSSION TARGET/HUNTING RIFLE. Cal. about 60. SN 3862. Wonderful Dixon rifle with 30″ Damascus bbl, silver bead caterpillar front sight with 3-leaf platinum line express sight, one standing, two folding leaves, marked “100 YDS”, “200 YDS” & “300 YDS”. Entire top flat of bbl is matted. Bottom of bbl has Damascus rib with two Damascus guides containing orig ebony ramrod with brass tips with concealed worm. Top left flat has maker’s name & right top flat the Edinburgh address. Front action lockplate & hammer have about 85% coverage extremely fine foliate arabesque pattern engraving with a stalking safety. Breech plug, with its platinum blow-out plug, top tang, trigger guard, buttplate tang & wedge escutcheons, are engraved to match. Mounted in a highly figured English walnut half stock with bbl secured by a sgl wedge through figure “8” escutcheons. It has checkered forestock & straight grip with checkered steel buttplate with a long stepped tang that bears the number “1”. There is a corresponding “1” on back end of trigger guard. Trigger guard has an elaborate pineapple finial with a long checkered finger rest. Stock & rear guide have sling eyes. Bore has 4-groove rifling similar to the 5-groove Whitworth style rifling but is very smooth & resembles the modern parabolic style rifling. Hammer spur has very fine checkering, as does trigger. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & rib retain 95-96% strong orig brown damascus pattern with only some minor edge wear & light staining in a spot or two & has a ding on one edge on left side. Hammer, lockplate & breech plug retain virtually all of their orig fine English style case colors. Trigger guard retains 50-60% bright niter blue & buttplate about the same. Wood is sound with minor nicks, scratches & handling marks with three or four bruises on each side of buttstock. Butt area has been lightly cleaned, otherwise wood retains most of its orig hand rubbed oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with brilliant shiny bore. A rare & special, seldom encountered, rifle. 4-57770 JR181 (8,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 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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