Cased Pair of Carbine Bore Percussion Pistols by Rigby
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$2,000 -
$3,000
Lot Description
Cased Pair of Carbine Bore Percussion Pistols by Rigby
.67 caliber. 7.5" wedge retained octagonal barrels with hook breeches. NSN. Browned Damascus patterned barrels, color casehardened locks, hammers and breeches, blued and bright steel furniture, German silver wedge escutcheons and thumb pieces, checkered walnut grips with full-length stocks. Single shot smoothbore muzzleloading percussion pistols with captive swivel ramrods. Back action percussion locks marked RIGBY, barrels unmarked externally but with London gunmaker's proofs under them. Locks, hammers, breech pieces and triggerguards with light foliate scroll engraving. Steel belt hooks on reverse secured by the lock mounting screws. No rear sights, steel post front sights. The pistols are contained in a well worn period casing with an green baize lining and accessories that include a reblued iron single cavity round ball scissor mold marked 18 with a nominally .65 caliber cavity, an incorrect brass flask, a nice rosewood handled loading rod with removable brass tip that reveals a ball puller, a screwdriver tool that does not fit any of the screws, a reproduction cone wrench and some lead round balls. The sectionalized case has two lidded compartments.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Very good. Both bores crisp and smooth and showing light to moderate oxidation. Barrels with much of their thinned and dulled brown on the surfaces, showing more bright brown underneath. Case coloring mostly present but fading and dulling. Triggerguards with much of their blue. Both locks remain functional, although the hammer spur is broken off one hammer. The spur is present in the case and could potentially be repaired by a talented gunsmith. Stocks very good with much of their finish intact and nice checkering. The wood shows scattered bumps, dings and mars and one gun shows some minor loss under the bolster and along the upper edge of the stock about half way down the barrel on the reverse. The case is in fair condition at best, is well worn, with wear all the way through the lid, damage to almost all of the dividers, which are mostly loose or broken and a number of ill attempted repairs to the lining. Accessories mostly good, mold reblued.
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