Half-Stock Percussion Rifle Retailer Marked by J.H. Mann of Syracuse, NY
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,000 -
$1,500
Lot Description
Half-Stock Percussion Rifle Retailer Marked by J.H. Mann of Syracuse, NY
.40 caliber. 31" wedge-retained octagonal barrel. SN: 46. Browed finish, brass furniture, pewter nose cap, hardwood half-stock with German silver wedge escutcheon. Single shot percussion muzzleloading rifle. Commercial percussion lock marked GOULCHER, top flat of barrel marked J.H. MANN/SYRACUSE, N.Y./46 Barrel measures 1" across the flats at the muzzle. Rifle equipped with a dovetailed notch rear sight, a dovetailed German silver Rocky Mountain blade front sight, a brass finger rest scroll triggerguard and crescent buttplate. A wooden ramrod is secured by two plain iron thimbles.
John Henry Mann (1825-1892) was born in England and emigrated to America where he established himself as a wholesale and retail grocer in Syracuse, NY. Mann also dealt in dry goods, fishing tackle and other sporting items, including firearms. Mann is probably most famous for inventing and patenting an "Improved Trolling Spoon" fishing lure and was well known during the period for producing high quality fishing tackle.
John Henry Mann (1825-1892) was born in England and emigrated to America where he established himself as a wholesale and retail grocer in Syracuse, NY. Mann also dealt in dry goods, fishing tackle and other sporting items, including firearms. Mann is probably most famous for inventing and patenting an "Improved Trolling Spoon" fishing lure and was well known during the period for producing high quality fishing tackle.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Very good. Bore good, heavily oxidized with what appears to be weak 5-groove rifling. Barrel with a mixture of old brown and oxidized brown patina. Metal with scattered surface oxidation, and some lightly scattered pitting, with more moderate pitting at the breech and bolster area. Markings remain clear. Mechanically functional lock. Wood crisp with scattered bumps, dings, mars and scuffs.
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