GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
KENTUCKY PISTOL PRE-REVOLUTIONARY. KENTUCKY PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PISTOL NSN .58 CAL. .58 Cal x 8" long brass rnd/oct (3-1/2") bbl unmarked at breech. 3 ornamental rings are turned around the muzzle. 4-3/8" long handmade lock is unmarked having a vertical 1/8" wide groove behind cock. Brass furniture consists of nose cap, 2-rammer pipes, trigger guard with finial, buttcap and triangular sideplate. Curly maple stock measures 13-1/2" long. This wonderful Kentucky pistol is listed in the following publications. 1) Illustrated in "The Kentucky Rifle" - A True American Heritage in Pictures", p101, listed as Collection of H.L> Murray Jr., 1967. 2) "Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850" p235, listed as Collection of Tom Seymour, 1976. Exhibited: 1971, York County Pennsylvania, Historical Society Exhibition. PROVENANCE: See The Kentucky Rifle, a True American Heritage in Pictures, 1967 & 1985, by KRA, p. 101; see Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750-1850, 1976, by KRA, p. 235. In the 1940's a collector named Howard L. Murray Jr. noticed a child playing, chasing another with this pistol. Mr. Murray asked the child for his name and address, later visited the parents and purchased said gun, and ultimately sold the gun to Dr. Sirkin. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Iron lock has light pitting 1 1/2" pc. of forestock replaced and a piece of wood replaced around the lock. Otherwise, very good. 43018-31 PAS72 (5,000-8,000)