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CURLY MAPLE HEAVILY INCISED CARVED UNMARKED LANCASTER SCHOOL RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:6,000.00 USD Estimated At:12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD
CURLY MAPLE HEAVILY INCISED CARVED UNMARKED LANCASTER SCHOOL RIFLE.
NSN. 46" oct to round unmarked 54 Cal. smooth bbl. Gun has a typical daisy head four piece engraved patchbox. Gun features very deep incise carving, reminiscent of N. Beyer, forward and rear of the cheekpiece, forward of the patchbox and at the bbl tang. Brass engraved toeplate is 10" long and held in place by four screws. Gun has a hand-forged German lock and a square backed bbl tang. Gun is lightly incised carved on both sides of the rear ramrod entrance ferrule. Sideplate is oddly shaped for a Lancaster gun and may eventually lead to the identification of the maker. CONDITION: Small 1/4" square wood repair immediately behind the bbl tang. Evidence behind the tang of an old crack that would appear to have been stabilized in period. Otherwise the gun seems to be clean and solid throughout. 4-48335 RG60