GUN FALL 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/4/2016
CURLY MAPLE FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE BY JACOB ALBRIGHT.JACOB ALBRIGHTKENTUCKYNSN45Cal. 45. This beautiful PA made rifle has overall length of 56″, 4-1/2" buttplate. 40-1/2″ oct rifled bbl signed "J. Alb". The bbl is held to the stock by 4 bbl wedges. This gun has a 4-pc brass patchbox with 8 piercings, 3″ brass toe plate and a flat brass 3-3/4″ horned wearplate. There is a silver 8-pointed hunter's star inlay above the cheekpiece. There are 8 silver inlays decorating the forestock and an oval silver thumb piece inlay. There are an additional 7 silver inlays in buttstock. The flint lock is unmarked, single set trigger. Striped maple stock is relief carved rear of cheekpiece and incise carved below and forward. Incise carving also found on forestock above rear thimble. Jacob Albright worked in Center County, PA, after 1802. Jacob Albright Jr., was born in Mifflin County, PA, in 1803 where he worked until 1830 after which he relocated to Wooster, OH. CONDITION: Very good overall as restored. Bbl is gray, cleaned overall with scattered staining and pitting. Frizzen, pan and hammer appear as later additions having much less wear than remainder of gun. Stock appears orig with several crack repairs around lock and forestock with several insets of wood. Mechanically sound with sharp rifling in bore. 50669-3 JS (8,000-12,000)