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FEDERAL PERIOD MILITIA MUSKET.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
FEDERAL PERIOD MILITIA MUSKET.
NSN. .69 Cal. X 44-3/4" part oct (18-1/2") part round bbl marked "ID" on left bbl flat and the touch hole has been rebushed. Front sight is set back 3-3/4" from muzzle and bayonet lug set back 1-1/8" underneath bbl. 5" long lock is marked underneath the waterproof pan "CYRUS BARKER" over "PROVIDENCE". (Cyrus Barker 1787-1870 worked in Providence, RI). Brass Furniture consists of nose band, 3 rammer pipes, 2-piece trigger guard has acorn finial with moderate engraving on guard bow and tang. Buttplate has 3-step tang nicely engraved however at one time the heel was broken off and a new piece of brass nailed in its place. 5" long open window sideplate is held by a single screw at the tail and the two lock screws. Oval escutcheon mounted on wrist is engraved "INDE/PEN/DENCE" in three lines, in the identical form as the buttplate tang and trigger guard engraving indicating that it was originally made this way. This was a very stylistic freedom slogan by many Americans prior to 1820's. The gun has with it an original ramrod that is 39" long. American black walnut stock is 57" long with very good fit to metal with remnants of staple holes on either sides of trigger guard acorn finial. PROVENANCE: See U.S. Army Weapons, 1975, by Guttman, p. 51, #13; see American Gunsmiths, 1983, by Sellers, p. 16. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Bbl and lock have nice dark patina, gun appears to be orig flint. 2" long stress fracture originates above the front lock screw, however wood is still tight. 3-1/4" long piece of wood replaced above the lock surface that has been very well done and could be made imperceptible.   4-50006 PAS12