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Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
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NSN. .82 Cal x 44-1/4" long part rnd part oct (10-1/4") having a front sight set back 1-3/4". Marked on left side of breech flat Crown / "RI" over Crown in a sunken oval, over Crown / "P" in a sunken oval. 6" lockpate marked under unbridled pan "H NOCK" (1741-1804). Brass furniute consists of 2 rammer pipes, plain trigger guard with rounded finial, plain buttplate held on with 7 nails. No side plate and a heart shaped escutcheon. Stock is 59" long having a fowling piece drop to the butt nicely incised shell carving behind bbl tang. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Bbl and lock show only a light staining and a rebushed touch hole. Lock appears to be orig flint with minor pitting in the pan area. Brass furniture shows a nice mellow age. Stock is in very nice condition with an old wood rammer that is 33" long. Trigger guard has hole for a sling swivel while forestock does not indicating that the metal was salvaged from another gun. No cracks or splits and only minor handling nicks and dings. 4-49957 PAS20