GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
CURLY MAPLE HEAVILY INCISED CARVED UNMARKED EARLY LANCASTER SCHOOL RIFLE.UNMARKEDLANCASTER SCHOOLNSN5446" oct to round unmarked 54 Cal. smooth bbl. Gun has a typical daisy head four piece engraved patchbox. Gun features very deep incise carving forward and rear of the cheekpiece, forward of the patchbox and at the bbl tang. Brass engraved toeplate is 10" long and held in place by four screws. Gun has a hand-forged German lock and a square backed bbl tang. Gun is lightly incised carved on both sides of the rear ramrod entrance ferrule. Sideplate is uniquely shaped for a Lancaster gun and may represent the early work of John Moll while in Lancaster, pre-1788. CONDITION: Small 1/4" square wood repair immediately behind the bbl tang. Evidence behind the tang of an old crack that would appear to have been stabilized in period. The entire forestock of this rifle has been replaced from the lock forward. 49254-23 RG60 (7,500-10,000)