May 18, 2021 Early Arms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/18/2021
Rudy Bahr made at least two bench copies of this well-known rifle. The octagon-to-round barrel is engraved "R*B". This is a contemporary gun that is a very good copy of the earliest known Isaac Berlin rifle. The original rifle that this is copied from is described and pictured in Shumway's Volume II of "Rifles of Colonial America" page 366, figure 83. The barrel has good brown color and is aged very nicely. The lock is tight and functioning. The carving, both relief and incised, is in good condition. There is discoloration at the forend due to shooting. The tiger maple stock has been damaged at the wrist and has several pieces of inlay strengthening cracks in that weak area of the wrist. As George Shumway said, "the architecture and carved decoration are superb". DRG
Item Dimensions: L: 60 - 1/2".
Caliber/Bore
.52 Smoothbore