GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
CONTEMPORARY COPY OF A FINE EARLY RELIEF AND INCISED CARVED FLINTLOCK KENTUCKY RIFLE BY MARVIN KEMPER. K. KEMPER FLINT NSN 50 Cal. 50. Overall 60". Buttplate 5" x 2". 44-1/4" full oct rifled bbl signed with "M.Kemper". This rifle stock is attractive curly maple with tight curls and is relief carved forward and rear of cheekpiece, around bbl tang, forward of patchbox and around the rear ramrod pipe. Lancaster style 4-pc brass patchbox with daisy head finial is nicely engraved but the heavy beveled brass sideplate is not engraved. Marvin Kemper is a full-time gunmaker from Wadesville, Indiana, who made his first Kentucky rifle in 1972 and has been making them ever since. PROVENANCE: The collection of Robert Roughton. CONDITION: Extremely fine condition, as new. Mechanics are crisp. 52332-144 RGG (2,500-5,500)