Lot 74
Half-Stock Percussion Rifle with Attractive Five Piece Patchbox
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati

Estimate
$800 - $1,200
Lot Description
Half-Stock Percussion Rifle with Attractive Five Piece Patchbox
.42 caliber. 37" octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned metal finish. Curled maple half stock with straight grip, raised comb, and carved cheek rest. Smoothbore percussion rifle with fixed notch rear sight and small silver teardrop blade front sight. Item features a single trigger, silver forend cap, and five piece brass patchbox. Plain patchbox has billowed edges and finial, similar to how some Lancaster County gunsmiths fashioned their patchboxes. Lock is marked A.W. SPIES/WARRANTED, barrel is unsigned. Includes wood ramrod.

From the Collection of Charles Worman, co-author of the two volume set Firearms of the American West.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
From the Collection of Charles Worman
Condition Report
Very good. Bore is frosty and has residue. Finish has an attractive mottled brown/plum color, with scattered pitting, scratches, and thinning. Stock shows scattered scratches, mars, and forearm with cracks and repairs to length of both sides. Toe possibly repaired as well. Wood to metal fit has some slight gapping. Action is functional.

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