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Lot Description

Lot of Gun Stocks and Insect Powder Bellows

Lot includes two shotgun splinter forends, one of which retains strong checkering and a casehardened finish but is missing the latch screw. Also included is a brass pistol grip with walnut grip panels with a wedge pin hole, a shotgun style flat wrist butt with a projecting securing screw, a percussion sidelock shotgun frame with shattered wrist and forend, a deerhide wrapped 12 chamber wood cartridge box with fur flap, and an insecticide bellows with one side stenciled THE WOODASON/INSECT POWDER BELLOWS/SOLD BY GUY P. ROBBINS/MELROSE/MASS.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition Report

Conditions range from Relic to Very Good. One of the forends shows some light handling mars with a strong casehardened finish but is missing one screw. The other forend shows rust over the metal pieces and scuffs and mars overall. The brass butt is tarnished. Shotgun butt has a fractured socket behind the mounting bolt. Shotgun action is rusted, and the wood splintered and shattered. The cartridge box wrap shows some tears along the edges, and scuffs overall.

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