GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLES OF J P MCREE MADE KENTUCKY PISTOL STYLE DERINGERS.2-J.P. MCREEPISTOLSNSN50/38Cal. 50/38. The J P McRee silver mounted Kentucky pistol is well known and has been in several prominent collections. Doug Eberhart in his text The Deringer in America shows this gun on pg 204. He states "possibly a Kentucky rifle makers try at making a Deringer pistol". Eberhart no doubt was correct. This gun has many Kentucky rifle & pistol characteristics. This maker is listed by Frank Sellers in his text also as a unknown maker. We know McRee made at least 2 guns as we have 2 different examples here which are very well made and show a real masters hand. The silver mounted gun measures 7-3/4" overall with a 7-groove rifle bbl, 3-1/4" long with a 5/8" breech. Gun is totally silver mounted including the tip to the bbl retaining key. Second gun is brass mounted measures 7-1/2" overall with a 3" bbl with 5/8" breech with a very similar belt hook and "JPM" on lock. This is a very interesting and rare pair of guns by a possible Southern or Western maker. CONDITION: Both guns are overall very good. Complete and orig though thumbplate and one key-way escutcheon on brass mounted gun are probable contemporary replacements. Both guns function with good discernible rifling and bores. 49564-4 JS (7,500-12,500)