GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
CURLY MAPLE FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE BY SOLOMON WARD OF JAMESTOWN NORTH CAROLINA SOLOMON WARD KENTUCKY NSN .41 Cal. .41. Overall length 61-1/2", 4-1/4" x 1-1/4" buttplate. 45-7/8" full oct bbl signed "S.H. Ward". 4-pc brass patchbox with 9 piercings. Drepperd Lancaster, PA, marked flint lock. Curly maple rifle has 10 silver inlays, flat brass 2-screw side plate, a flat brass 3/8" inlay on the cheek piece and a brass 8 pointed star behind the cheek. The rear ramrod entrance furrow has an intricate rear tang with 1 piercing. Solomon Ward (1838 - 1905) was one of the last of the Jamestown, NC, makers. His shop was located off Guilford College Road, at the present day Cedar Wood development. CONDITION: Lock appears to be a re-conversion. The patchbox appears to be orig to the rifle however was modified by the gunsmith to fit the curvature of the buttplate. 49254-26 RGG (7,000-10,000)