118 Springfield U.S. Model 1847 Sappers & Mineres Musketoon .69 caliber, 26” barrel, no S/N. Bright finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield markings on the lock, dated 1847. Breech plug tang date is illegible due to pitting. Standard barrel proofs. Weak cartouche on counterpane. Upper band with D3 alphanumeric mating mark to match the bayonet to the gun. Original bayonet lugs, sling swivels and ramrod. Only 1,030 US M1847 sappers & miners musketoons were manufactured during 1847-48 and 1855-56. Only 200 were manufactured in 1847. A scarce US martial long arm. Good to very good. Metal with a mottled grayish-brown patina, showing moderate pitting around the breech and bolster area. Lock a more even brown color. Lock markings and barrel proofs clear, tang date not visible. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate pitting. Stock worn with numerous bumps, dings and small chips missing. $3,000 - $5,000
119 Jenks Naval Carbine - Revenue Service Marked .52 smoothbore, 24.25” round barrel, no S/N. Tinned finish, including brass furniture, case hardened lever, blued screws, walnut stock. Top of breech weakly marked Wm JENKS and clearly in four lines: USR / JCB / P / 1844. Mule ear lock marked in three lines: N.P. AMES / SPRINGFIELD / MASS. The carbine is one of the very scarce US Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor to the Coast Guard) purchased guns, with appropriate markings. It conforms to the known examples in that it remains in its original smoothbore configuration with a round loading hole aperture and without a sling ring in the triggerguard tang. The applied tin finish appears to be completely period and original, and is occasionally found as an experimental protective finish on US Navy arms from the mid-19th century. This is an extremely rare gun, in a particularly nice state of preservation. Fine. Retains most of the period applied tinned finish, with some thinning, light wear and loss especially along the high edges and contact points. The areas where the tin has thinned have developed a lightly oxidized brown patina. Mechanically functional, good bore is mostly bright with some scattered pitting and a couple or larger, more moderate spots of pitting. Stock fine and crisp with some light handling marks and a couple of larger impact marks on the counterpane, and a 3” grain crack running from the barrel channel along the action towards the wrist on the reverse. Really a lovely and very scarce gun that is missing from most advanced US Navy and Coast Guard collections. $4,000 - $6,000
120 Springfield U.S. Model 1840 Flintlock Musket .69 caliber, 42” barrel, no S/N. Bright finish, walnut stock with three spring-retained barrel bands. Original flintlock with {spread-winged eagle} / US forward of hammer, marked in three vertical lines behind the cock: SPRING / FIELD / 1840. Lock is meticulously fit on the interior with sub-inspections throughout, including a “T” on the cock comb and an “S” under the pan. Correct, original “perfect circle” reinforced cock, original top jaw and screw. Breech plug tang dated 1841, breech with usual V / P / {eagle head} marks. Breech flat marked N H. Counterpane with crisp script TW cartouche, clear block J R inspection behind the triggerguard. US on buttplate tang. Original full-length trumpet head ramrod and sling swivels. Includes a fine condition US M1835/40 socket bayonet. While Springfield Armory produced some 30,421 of these muskets between 1840 and 1844, very few were ever issued in their original flint configuration and were subsequently altered to percussion. As such, a Springfield Arsenal M1840 musket in original flint is an exceedingly scarce US martial long arm that is missing from even most of the very advanced US military arms collections. This is a particularly fine specimen. Fine. Barrel is mostly bright with scattered areas of surface oxidation and discoloration and thin coat of old dried grease that could easily be cleaned off. Lock with some light pitting and discoloration. Mechanically fine, fine bore. Stock fine with crisp markings and light handling marks, retaining feathery grain. Bayonet fine. An exceptional example. $4,000 - $8,000 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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