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Pennsylvania Plains Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Pennsylvania Plains Rifle
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA 92606
Pennsylvania Plains Rifle, lock and top of barrel marked ''W. Afflerbach, Phila.'', .36 cal., 35'' barrel, 51'' overall, brass oval patchbox with pineapple finial, double set trigger, buckhorn rear sight and German silver front blade sight, walnut halfstock, nickel silver appointments, with hickory ramrod. Condition is good to very good with functioning double set trigger and clear markings. Stock has been sanded and repaired at some point, with fractures and losses to top edge of forearm. Brown barrel shows moderate toning, with thinning to checks at wrist from sanding. Action functions as designed, bore with light oxidation which should clean nicely. William Afflerbach was located on 2nd Street in Philadelaphia from the late 1850s to approx. 1870. Est.: $800-$1,200. (Antique)