GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
HENRY NOCK DOUBLE FLINTLOCK GAME GUN. HENRY NOCK DOUBLE F/L 4200 20 BORE (ca 1802) Cal. 20 Bore. 32" Twist bbls are engraved "H. NOCK LONDON. GUN MAKER. To His MAJESTY". Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London black powder proofs, and bottom of left bbl with SN. Possibly orig, hickory ramrod with brass head and tail with steel worm under cap, mounts through two pipes with nicely beaded ends. Patent breeches with gold touch holes and inlaid gold bands at rear, are stamped with proofs, and right with "PATENT". Breech iron is engraved with feather borders and acanthus. Locks with chamfered plates and rebated tails feature gold lined waterproof pans, and roller frizzens with rollers on feather springs which have nicely filed finials. Well filed serpentine cocks are also chamfered. Locks are engraved with line borders and "H. NOCK". Trigger plate has large pineapple finial matching thimble. Double beaded trigger guard is engraved with dog contemplating flushing bird. The same dog watches two flushing birds on steel buttplate. Striking European walnut stock is nicely veined and lightly figured. Square point pattern checkering with mullered borders is at grip. Stock mounts to bbls with single captive side nail through oval silver escutcheons. Bore diameter: left -.610, right -.608. Wall thickness: left -.025, right -.022. Drop at heel: 2-3/8", drop at comb: 1-3/8". Weight: 5 lbs 7 oz. LOP: 14”. CONDITION: Good. Bbls retain traces of orig finish with spots of pitting. Area under bbl where covered by wood has some fairly deep pitting. Locks are mostly gray brown patina, with some light pitting. Other furniture cleaned many years ago, are mostly pewter gray with brown spotting, engraving relatively clear. Stock is sound with considerable hand worn patina over what is most likely an old refinish with numerous light marks. Wood around locks is solid, does not show any repairs. There is an old stress crack at side nail on belly of forend, and some small chips of wood missing at finial of thimble. Bores are good, with pitting toward muzzles. Locks are excellent, show no repairs, and spark exceptionally well. A fast handling, most likely shootable, double flint by one of the most revered craftsman of his day, inventor of central fire breeching. 49224-6 MGM59 (5,000-8,000)