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Three Muzzle Loading Long Arms

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Long Guns - Rifles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Three Muzzle Loading Long Arms
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Three Muzzle Loading Long Arms.
a) Enfield carbine, NSN, .577 caliber, 20” barrel, English proofed, original sights, original wood and furniture, no lock, circa 1850s. CONDITION: Bore is very rough and dark, iron is plum brown, wood is solid.
b) Percussion Rifle, NSN,.44 caliber, 36” barrel, unmarked lock with double set trigger, operates well, iron furniture, contemporary stock. CONDITION: bore is dark with strong rifling, iron is gun metal gray, appears to be a rifle restored with original parts.
c) Potsdam Percussion Musket, NSN,.75 caliber, 36” barrel. Many of these European muskets were imported at the beginning of the Civil War, and after the war purchased as surplus, reconditioned and sold to pioneers headed west. CONDITION: Basically a relic, by the wear must have seen a lot of use.
Provenance: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Sale to benefit the collections of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History began in 1941 as the Fort Worth Children’s Museum. Its Museum School, begun later that decade, is legendary. In 1968 the museum changed its name to its current name so that adults might feel compelled to join in the fun too. We are proud to offer a number of items from the collection of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the sale of which will directly benefit the museum and its collections.