GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
CONTEMPORARY CURLY MAPLE STOCKED AND RELIEF CARVED RIFLE WITH SIDE OPENING PATCHBOX BY EARL LANNING. E. LANNING FLINT NSN 56 Cal. 56. Overall 58". Buttplate 5" x 2". 42-3/4" full oct rifled bbl signed "E. Lanning". This exceptional rifle has very nice C-scroll relief carving forward and rear of cheekpiece, as well as forward of patchbox. Relief carving at bbl tang and rear ramrod entrance pipe is bold and well defined. The elaborate 2-pc patchbox is engraved with a side opening door hinged at bottom. Earl Lanning is a recognized gunsmith from Haywood County, North Carolina, who has been called by the Contemporary Long Rifle Association, "truly one of the founding fathers of this whole contemporary movement, the revival of the American flintlock rifle". Earl still builds and hunts with his long rifles and once in a while sells one. This rifle was originally made for George Shumway in 1969.
PROVENANCE: The collection of Robert Roughton. CONDITION: Very fine condition, showing signs of having been fired with a hairline crack 2-1/4" long, from forward of lock to bbl. Mechanics are fine. 52332-137 RGG (2,500-5,500)