GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
PAIR OF WESTLEY RICHARDS PERCUSSION HOLSTER OR OFFICER'S PISTOLS WITH PAMPHLET PERTAINING TO DUELING.WESTLEY RICHARDSPERC HOLSTER PISTOLS167/ 16768Cal. 68. Each pistol has 9-1/8" twist octagon bbl with makers name and address on top flat. Bbls are fitted with swiveled, bridled steel ramrods. Patent breeches are nicely engraved and have vented platinum blow-outs. Integral rear sights are on scroll engraved breech irons. Scroll engraved bar locks are fitted with flat faced serpentine hammers with stylized dolphin heads, and are fitted with back sliding safeties. "WESTLEY RICHARDS" is on each plate. Walnut, nearly full, stocks with checkered bag grips are iron mounted. Also included is a pamphlet printed in Charleston, SC in 1858 "The Code of Honor or Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling" by John Lyde Wilson (in which a dueling pistol is defined as having a smooth bore and bbl length of 9" or less, and of flint and steel ignition, unless both sides agree to using percussion pistols. These are the only rules pertaining to the type of pistols used). PROVENANCE: Pamphlet. CONDITION: Good. Bbls retain traces of twist finish. Other metal parts show traces of orig finish, but are mostly a dark pewter gray. Stocks retain a considerable amount of their orig varnish finish, other areas considerably darkened. One pistol has a repaired crack in front of bbl bolster. Mechanically good. Pamphlet is complete, considerably foxed and somewhat soiled, with some restorations to cover, and is housed in a protective brown box. 51127-3 MGM31 (3,500-5,500)