GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
VERY PLEASING PAIR OF FLINTLOCK SCOTTISH ALL METAL RAMS HORN BUTT BELT PISTOLS BY ROSS OF EDINBURGH. ROSS FLINT NSN 49 Cal. 49. These very high quality all metal pistols have 6" file decorated bbls engraved "Rofs Edinburgh" on tops. (Ross working 1815 - 39 on St. Andrews Street) Scottish style flintlocks with waterproof pans, bridled roller frizzens, and flat sided reinforced cocks have back sliding safeties and are engraved with sprays of scroll inside foliate borders. Lockplates are engraved "Rofs". All metal "stocks" with turned hatpin type steel ramrods, ball triggers and matching prickers inside rams horn butts have high quality geometric engraving on bottom and forepiece. Slab sides of butts are beautifully silver and copper inlaid with attenuated scrolling thistle leaves and blossoms. Back straps have foliate engraving at tops of grips surrounding silver ovals engraved with horses heads rampant over the initials "JK". Spring steel belt hooks are affixed to left sides. Guns are housed in a new cutlery type walnut box lined in dark green velvet. CONDITION: Fine. All surfaces cleaned to an overall pewter to gray over scattered light pitting. Mechanically fine. No missing or replaced parts noted. Box is excellent. 52630-9 MGM393 (10,000-15,000) CASED PAIR