Percussion Pistol by Krider
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,000 -
$1,500
Lot Description
Percussion Pistol by Krider
Western Expansion
.40 caliber. 8" octagonal wedge retained barrel. NSN. Bright finish, German silver mountings, checkered walnut stock. Single shot percussion muzzleloading rifled pistol. Back action percussion lock is lightly engraved and marked KRIDER. Breech and tang are engraved with similar foliate patterns with the top flat of the barrel marked PHILADA. Engraved German silver triggerguard with pineapple finial. German silver nose cap, wedge escutcheons, entry pipe and thumb plate. Fixed notch rear sight and dovetailed German silver front sight blade. An iron thimble retains an old wooden ramrod. A prototypical percussion "Plains" style pistol of the type popular during the 1840s. From the Collection of Charles Worman, co-author of the two volume set Firearms of the American West. For similar examples by Krider see James D. Gordon's Great Gun Makers for the Early West Volume II.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
From the Collection of Charles Worman
Condition Report
Good. Bore dark, oxidized and pitted with strong rifling. Metal with a salt and pepper patina, showing scattered surface roughness and oxidation with some light pitting. Mechanically functional lock. German silver with a nice dull patina. Wood with moderate wear, showing a repaired crack through the lock area and fairly crisp checkering at the grip.
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