GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 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)