GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
INCISE CARVED CURLY MAPLE FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE BY G FEDER PICTURED IN PLATE NUMBER 61 OF JOE KINDIG''S COLLECTION.FEDERKENTUCKYNSN.50C&RCal. .50. Overall length 62", 4-1/4" x 1-5/8" buttplate. 46" oct to rnd smooth bbl signed "G. Feder" in script. This curly maple rifle has a 4-pc brass patchbox, horse head finial and 1 piercing. The horse head finial is similar in design to those used by Henry Albright. This is the exact rifle pictured in Kindig''s book Thoughts On The Kentucky Rifle In Its Golden Age, pg 174. The gun is incise carved behind the bbl tang, forward and rear of the cheek piece and forward of the patchbox. The flint lock is unmarked. The flat brass side plate is not engraved and has 2 piercings, the cheek piece inlay is a silver 8 pointed star. G. Feder has not yet been positively located but his guns would suggest he was a Berks County gunsmith. This is an opportunity not only to own a rifle from the world''s most famous Kentucky rifle collection, but one that was selected by Kindig for publication in his landmark book. PROVENANCE: Joe Kindig Jr. Collection. CONDITION: Solid and orig throughout. 49239-1 RGG (18,000-25,000)