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ARMS & ARMOR 27 APRIL 2022

ARMS & ARMOR 27 April 2022 10am ET | Cincinnati Lots 1–298 PREVIEW By appointment PROPERTY PICK UP HOURS Monday - Friday | 9:00am – 4:00pm By appointment 513.871.1670 All property must be paid for within seven days and picked up within thirty days per our Conditions of Sale.

All firearms not identified as antique, will require compliance with the following agencies, as noted with asterisks in our printed and online catalogues. There will be no exception to these rules and regulations. * Indicates the weapon is regulated by Federal Firearms laws. ** Indicates the weapon is regulated by Curio & Relic classification of the Federal Firearm laws. *** Indicates the weapon is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

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17th Century Harquebusier’s Chestplate and Backplate Harquebusier-style chestplate and backplate most likely from 17th century England. Features a chestplate with a center ridge and single fauld secured by six rivets, and a backplate that features two leather straps connecting to chestplate. Chestplate has rolled edges with serrated border marks, backplate has plain rolled edges. Items possibly non-matching considering size and design differences. Fair. Exterior of both items has heavy pit marks, dents, and mars overall. Interiors of items are dark with oxidation. $800 - 1,200

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Group of Three 19th Century Crossbows Lot of crossbows most likely from the 19th century Germany or Belgium including: 1.) Wood stocked crossbow with iron components. Item has a 31” prod and 31” stock. Checkered straight grip and floral engraving to top of bolt clip. Item is without string.

2.) Slender wood stocked mini crossbow with iron components and wood finial to rear of stock. Item has a 21” prod and 23.5” stock. Straight grip. Item prod does not appear to fit correctly to and is without string.

3.) Mini crossbow action with iron components and a 13” prod. Item is without string and stock. Items all show pitting to metal, with scratching and mars to stocks overall.

Items are also without string and unable to be tested for functionality. $400 - 800

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Large, 16 inches long horn, showing a black color near the tip and cream near the wood plug. The wooden plug is fitted with a brass lanyard ring and attached with handmade copper nails.

Primitive brown leather pouch with what appears to be a horse reign sling and a medium powderhorn. Flap of pouch has 11 coin silver medallions with engraved markings surrounding a shield shaped fixture. Pouch sling has fixed brass tacks. Powderhorn most likely cow’s horn that has a wood plug and spout, and is secured to pouch by thin strips of hide. Item appears to be Native American and is most likely of Southern Plains origin. Item is in delicate condition with white residue to leather sling and some brass tacks missing. Back of pouch has some thread missing.

Large Powder Horn with Federal-period Scrimshaw

The lower half of the horn is scrimshawed with two scenes: The first scene is a three-mast vessel flying the American flag. The second scene depicts a Native American warrior and a soldier in close combat. The soldier has a high-collar tunic with tails and is wearing a shako (the uniform is generally similar to those worn by the U.S. Army in the War of 1812). Both scenes are framed by simple wire borders. The name, “J.T. Grant” is scrimshawed between the two scenes. Next to the name is an serpent entwined around a pillar. Two woodsmen armed with rifles and a hound are light scrimshawed above the warship and battle scenes. The scrimshaw appears to be period and well executed. This is an outstanding scrimshawed powder horn from the Federalist period and War of 1812. The plug in the spout is missing. Good. Wood plug has some losses and scratching overall. Scrimshaw is fading to some areas, but is well retained overall.

Native American Pouch with Powder Horn

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Sold by Rock Island in 2010 for close to $3300. $1,500 - 2,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Wiggin & Co Blunderbuss with Snap Bayonet About 12 bore with a 1” flared muzzle. 11.5” barrel length. NSN. 19th century fullstock flintlock blunderbuss with an 8.5” spring loaded spike bayonet fixed to top of barrel.

Item has a brass barrel with iron lockplate and bayonet. Walnut stock has a straight grip with neo-classical relief carving around upper tang, and plain forearm with stock nails and thimbles. Features a swan necked cock lever, along with brass triggerguard, buttplate, and egg shaped brass furnishing to top of wrist. Markings include “WIGGIN & CO” to center of lock, as well as “{crown/P}” and “{crown/V}” London proofs to top of barrel. There are also neo-classical floral and scroll engravings to metal furniture.

Includes a brass tipped wood ramrod. Item is without flint. Fair to good. Bore is slightly dark with brass oxidation residue. Brass and iron finishes have scratching and mottled grey patina overall. Wood stock has scratching and mars scattered overall as well. Action is functional. $2,000 - 3,000

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Wilkins & Sons Flintlock Blunderbuss with Snap Bayonet About 12 bore with a 1.125” flared muzzle. 14.25” barrel length. NSN. English fullstock flintlock blunderbuss with a spring loaded snap bayonet fixed to muzzle. Bayonet has an 11” spike blade. Bright metal finish. Attractive walnut stock has hand checkering to straight grip, and forearm with thimbles and two key pins. Features a swan neck cock lever and screw to upper tang behind sliding bayonet socket. Markings include “WILKINS & SONS” to center of lockplate, with two early 19th century crossed scepters Birmingham House proof marks to top of barrel. Buttplate, lockplate, tangs, and cock lever have basic neo-classical scroll and fret engravings. Top of barrel has an obscured mark that possibly reads “MADE IN ENGLAND”. Item includes a brass tipped wood ramrod. Fair to good. Bore is dark with oxidation. Finish on barrel possibly buffed at some point considering wear to markings on top. Item shows pitting and a mottled grey patina to bright finish overall. Wood stock has scratching and mars overall, with a few small hairline cracks to wood grain most likely from age. $2,500 - 3,500

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William Edwards Blunderbuss About 10 bore with a 1.75” flared muzzle. 14.75” three stage barrel. NSN. Fullstock percussion blunderbuss with a brass barrel. Bright brass metal finish with a blued or bright finish to lock and upper tang. Walnut stock has a straight grip and forearm with a single stock pin and several nails to stock on both sides. Features a two click tumbler, with brass triggerguard, buttplate, and ramrod thimbles. Markings include “EDWARDS” to center of lock. Barrel is marked “DUBLIN” to top of barrel, with two “{Crown}/P” proofs to top left side of octagonal barrel section. Includes an ebony tipped wood ramrod. William Edwards was an Irish gunmaker who was active from about 1776-1798. It is believed that his son Thomas was brought into the business thereafter. Item possibly converted to percussion at some point, lock to wood fit was tight and lock was unable to be removed for further inspection. Fair to good. Bore is dark. Brass finish shows scratching with a mottled grey patina developing to both brass and lock.

Wood stock has scratching and some marred losses overall. Stock is missing a pin to front of forearm and appears to be missing a screw to bottom edge of buttstock. Action is functional and holds well. $1,500 - 2,000 6

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Elliptical Bore Percussion Blunderbuss by Scalafiot of Turin Nominally 1.5” x 2.5” elliptical bore. 14” long two-stage octagonal to elliptical wedged-retained barrel with baluster turned rings at the transition. NSN. Bright finish, brass mountings, folding figured smooth walnut stock. Folding stock, double lock, double hammer, double trigger percussion blunderbuss designed for superimposed loads. Barrel marked on top flat with gold highlighted raised maker marks in depressed ovals and engraved “Canon Tordu Scalafiot A Turin”. Brass buttplate with simple scroll engraving on tang and scalloped edges, brass triggerguard engraved with panoplies of arms and simple foliate scrolls. Decorative brass plate in toe line is broken. Lightly engraved entry pipe and plain thimble, which retain a horn-tipped wood ramrod. Barrel delicately engraved at the tang, at the octagon to round transition and at the muzzle muzzle.

Bartolomeo Scalfiot (sometimes written as Scalafiotti or Scalsiot) was a Torino (Italy) based gunmaker who worked 1781-1798. Blunderbuss likely altered to percussion during the first half of the 19th century. Very good. Gray metal lightly oxidized with scattered age discoloration and some lightly scattered minor roughness. Mechanically functional, moderately oxidized bore. Brass furniture with a medium golden patina, toe of stock with damage brass decorative inlay. Stock very good, nicely figures with scattered bumps, dings and mars. Folding stock mechanism functions correctly. $2,500 - 3,500

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1815-date East India Company Blunderbuss About 10 bore with a 2.5” flared muzzle. 19” two stage octagonal to round barrel. NSN. Half-stock flintlock blunderbuss with an 1815-dated East India Company lock. Bright metal finish with brass furnishings. Walnut Monte-Carlo style stock has a hand-checkered grip, cheekpiece, and forearm with brass forend cap, escutcheons, and a single key with several stock pins. Features a ring-necked cock lever and a buttstock with a sling swivel to bottom edge. Markings include “1815” to tail of lockplate, with a Rampant Lion to center, and “2” underneath pan. The barrel has Indian Mughal-style floral engravings overall. Item also has a thick wrist as is seen on English military muskets of the period. Item appears to have had an inlay to bottom of barrel that was possibly silver. Item is missing ramrod. Fair to good. Bore is dark. Finish has a darkened patina to barrel and lock overall. There is light surface oxidation to rounded barrel, and heavy oxidation to area where inlay was removed. Stock has scratches, mars, and hairline cracks from age overall. Buttplate has wear and denting damage. Action is functional. $2,500 - 3,500

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East India Company Marked Cabine Caliber Flintlock Pistol .66” caliber. 9” barrel length. SN: NSN. Single-shot smoothbore flintlock pistol with full length stock and “{Rampant Lion}” insignia of East India Company to lock plate below pan. Item is dated “1811” and shows various proof marks. Pistol displays a pewter finish with triggerguard and buttplate. Wood furniture appears to have been finished in dark varnish. The barrel is signed “TR” for Thomas Rood, and shows “{Crown}/V” proof to barrel and breechblock. Two additional commercial proofs to barrel appear to feature a crown over an illegible marking. Right side of lockplate features “{illegible}/2” mark. All proofs to barrel and elsewhere are rough and lack fine details. Left side of grip stamped “20”. Ramrod is missing. Good. Bore is very dark with patina and rust. Metal components show tarnish overall with some spots of patina forming to tang. Brass pieces show tarnish and handling wear. Scratches to barrel along its length in addition to mottled finish. Wood furniture has numerous mars overall including chipping to butt near buttplate. Dark finish to rear end has been worn almost completely forward of lock plate. Residue along left side of barrel near stock seam. Action functional but stiff. $800 - 1,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Full Stock Flintlock Smooth Rifle by John Moll Jr. About .62 caliber smoothbore. Pinned 41.5” octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Oxidized metal, brass furniture, faux striped full-length hardwood stock. Top of barrel signed in script John Moll J. Lightly engraved commercial flint lock is reconverted from percussion and appears to be a replacement as it is ill-fitting and the mortise shows some crude chiseling on the interior to improve the fit. Flat geometric brass two-screw side plate and spur triggerguard are typical of furniture used by Moll and appear on other rifles by him. Additionally mounted with a brass buttplate and toe plate, sheet brass nose cap, two-piece patchbox with rudimentary daisy head, some simple engraving and the release in the butt, which measures 1.67” at the widest point. Wood ramrod secured by two brass thimbles and an entry pipe. Dovetailed fixed-notch rear sight and dovetailed brass blade front sight. Stock with graceful Roman nosed styling and incised lines carved along the toe line of the stock as well as long the forend and raised cheek rest on the reverse. John Moll established a family gun making business in Allentown (Lehigh County) PA in 1772 and worked until his death in 1794. His son, John Moll II (b1773) took over the business in 1794 at the time of his father’s death and was succeeded in business by his son John Moll III (1796-1883). A lovely example of a Golden Age Kentucky Rifle that displays very nicely. Very good. Metal moderately oxidized with a mottled browning gray patina, showing some scattered surface roughness and areas of light pitting. Lock reconverted to flint with some gapping at the front and rear. Touchhole tight and well located and internal inspection via endoscope does not reveal any indications of welding. Bore moderately oxidized, with scattered pitting and roughness and no visible rifling. Brass with an attractive golden patina. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and handling marks, some wood loss around most of the pin holes. Stock shows scattered surface scuffs and rubs to the finish, as a small chip of wood missing from the reverse toe, as well as some minor chipping around the lock mortise. $3,000 - 5,000

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Lehigh/Northampton School Fullstock Flintlock Long Rifle Dated-1794, Attributed to Christian Clous About .48 caliber. 44.5” octagonal barrel length. NSN. Classic and superior example flintlock long rifle with furnishings and molding characteristics unique to the Lehigh/Northampton School. Item is attributed to a gunmaker by the name of Christian Clous (surname possibly spelled different) according to information found inside the patchbox referencing item’s inclusion in a 1966 bulletin by the Kentucky Rifle Association.

Item has a browned metal finish, and a beautiful curly maple stock with a double radius grip, raised comb to curved buttstock, and roman curve. Item features a two-piece patchbox with regional arrowhead accents, sheath buttplate, and arrowhead toe plate consistent with the Lehigh/Northampton School. Patchbox has traditional shallow scroll engravings to both lid and head, and is opened with a small tensioned stud in the buttplate. Interior of patchbox has contemporary inscription “CHRISTIAN/KLOUSE” written in pencil to bottom. Sideplate has two flanges behind forward screw which is another characteristic of the School. Stock has eye shaped German silver furnishings with daisy engravings to top of wrist and to cheek piece on left side of buttstock. There are also two brass tear-drop shaped furnishings fixed to left and right sides of wrist.

Bottom edge of buttstock is flat with a larger brass tear-drop furnishing. Also to bottom edge is a date that appears to read “1794”, inlaid with brass studs or nails that are filed flush with stock. Stock shows intricate floral and scroll tendrils carved around upper tang and to both sides of butt, along with two incised border lines running the length of both sides of forearm. Bottom of stock has incised carving of an Indian head in front of triggerguard.

This item has a lock and barrel that are both unsigned, which is apparently another characteristic of gunmakers of the period and area. Lockplate has a diamond (also referred to as arrowhead) motif to rear of lockplate which is another characteristic of the Lehigh/Northampton School. Item features fixed notch and brass blade sights, as well as an octagonal shaped frizzen pan, and touch hole that has some corrosion.

Lock was pulled and there is a small brass shim behind lockplate that indicates it may have gotten a very well done reconversion at some point. There is also a small amount of excess resin or glue residue to interior of stock above triggerguard, possibly from a small exterior area forward of lock and triggerguard that appears to have a small repair. Item is with flint and includes a wood ramrod. Also included in patchbox are two metal hangers from the Kentucky Rifle Association that were awarded in 1966 for “One of Best 10” award, and in 2000 for “Best Dated”.

Research found obscure evidence of a Christian Clous gunmaker during the “Golden Age” to late flintlock eras of long rifles. According to long rifle expert, Dr. J. Wayne Heckert, there was reportedly a Christian Clous gunmaker active in Northampton County, Pennsylvania area around 1800. As noted above, this item was said to be pictured in the Kentucky Rifle Association’s 1966 bulletin as “#99”, but that issue of the publication is unavailable and has since gone out of print. Good. Bore is dark and there appears to be only a faint amount of rifling visible under oxidation toward muzzle. Finish has heavy pitting and a deep mottled plum-brown patina overall. Stock appears to have some small cracking forward of triggerguard that was repaired at some point. There are some light losses to wood on bottom of stock along ramrod slot, as well as around bottom of lockplate. Toe of buttstock has 1” cracks to both sides. Furnishings and brass parts show light wear with some scratching, faint dents, and darkening to corner areas. Wood to metal fit appears good overall. Action is functional. $4,000 - 8,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Stunning Engraved German Embellished Contemporary Flintlock Long Rifle by Lester Smith .36 caliber. 43.5” pinned octagonal barrel. SN: NSN. Browned finish, engraved German silver mountings, full-length curly maple stock. Contemporary recreation of a highly decorated early 19th century flintlock long rifle. Flat stepped lock with small teat at rear is engraved with loose foliate scrolls, and is equipped with a rounded, fenced and bridled pan and a flat faceted swan neck cock. Barrel engraved at breech and muzzle with simple loose foliate designs and had a silver plate inlaid on the top flat signed in script Lester Smith. Equipped with double set triggers, dovetailed notch rear sight and dovetailed German silver reversed Rocky Mountain front sight blade. The rifle is highly embellished with profusely engraved German silver mountings including a stunning open-work four-piece daisy-head patch box, toe plate, open work Celtic rope motif plate connecting the toe plate to the triggerguard tang, triggerguard and an open work Celtic rope-motif saddle plate connecting the triggerguard to the entry pipe. Barrel pins are concealed by engraved decorative plates, and the rammer pipes are engraved, as is the nose cap. The single screw side plate is engraved and the raised cheek rest is inlaid with a large engraved star burst motif and two engraved tear drop decorations. Two small engraved tear drop decorations are present at the wrist with a round thumb plate that is boarder engraved but remains blank in its center. Stock is further embellished with simple raised carved Rococo foliate scrolls on the reverse behind the cheek rest and with simple carved aprons around the rears of the lock and counterpane. Decorative incised foliate decorations are present around the tang and the forward sections of the lock mortise and counterpane. The forend is carved en-suite at the entry pipe and forend tip, with incised lines along the length of the forend. Overall a simply stunning recreation of a very high grade early 19th century flintlock rifle by noted master builder Lester Smith (1920-1970) of the “Johnson City School” of gunmakers. Smith was noted to be the favorite apprentice of master gunmaker Hacker Martin. Smith further had the reputation of being one of the best decorative inlay craftsmen to have ever lived, as well being a master engraver. This stunning rifle has no major detractions except for a cracked wrist that should be repaired by a talented craftsman. Fine. Retains much of the thinning brown on the barrel with some wear and loss. Mechanically functional, fine bore. Engraving and carving crisp and clear. Patchbox latch needs adjustment as lid will not reliably stay closed. Stock crisp with a crack through the wrist likely from an unfortunate drop, which should be repaired by a master gun maker. Otherwise with minor light handling marks. $3,000 - 5,000

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Beautifully Carved Contemporary Flintlock Long Rifle by Jerry Kirklin .50 caliber. 47.5” pinned octagonal barrel. No S/N. Browned finish, brass furniture, German silver decorations, full-length striped maple stock. A wonderful recreation of an 18th century raised carved and highly embellished Pennsylvania rifle with a 1.75” wide butt. Unmarked stepped, pointed tail flat flint lock with fenced and bridled faceted pan and flat faceted swan neck cock. Barrel signed J Kirklin in script. Rifle mounted with two-piece engraved brass leaf finial patchbox with release in butt, engraved rudimentary foliate urn finial toe plate, lightly decorated flat, geometric arrow two-screw side plate, engraved brass nose cap and faceted ramrod pipes with baluster turned rings. Rifle is decorated with three engraved German silver inlays, including an 8-pointed elongated flower on the raised cheek rest, an “Indian Head” or “Liberty Cap” forward of the triggerguard and a boarder engraved oval thumb plate that has not been engraved with the owner’s initials. Stock carved in the best “Golden Age” style with rich flowing Rococo raised foliate scrolls on the reverse butt, flowing incised foliate scrolls round the tang, wrist, lock, counterpane and entry pipe and incised lines running the length of the forend. Stock also inlaid with flowing brass wire decorations around the patchbox and along the belly of the stock, forward of the triggerguard. A truly masterful and stunning recreation of the classic Pennsylvania long rifle by master craftsman Jerry Kirklin of Birmingham, MI Very fine to excellent, showing little if any use.

Barrel with nearly all of the original plum brown finish with some minute thinning. Mechanically functional, fine bore, stock with the most minimal minute handling marks. A truly gorgeous rifle. $3,000 - 5,000

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Contemporary Flintlock Recreation of the George Nunnemacher 1797 Rifle by Wayne Watson .54 caliber. 45.5” wedge retained octagonal barrel. No S/N. Browned finish, brass furniture, German silver inlays, raised carved hardwood full-length stock. A masterful recreation of the George Nunnamacher 1797 dated rifle in the collection of the Wintethur Museum in Wilmington, DE executed by famed contemporary long rifle maker Wayne Watson. Unmarked flat stepped pointed-tail flint lock with bridled and fenced faceted pan and flat faceted swan neck cock. Equipped with double set triggers, fixed dovetailed notch rear sight and dovetailed German silver front sight blade. Top flat of barrel singed like the gun it was copied from, GEORGE NUNNAMACHER 1797 in three separate engraved inlaid silver plates. Right angled flat below the barrel marking is signed W Watson in script, flanked by a 0 and a 9, indicating 2009 production. Rifle is mounted with engraved brass furniture including a large, fully engraved four-piece patchbox with open work sections filled with engraved German silver decorations. The patchbox door is engraved Henry Eiler, possibly a former owner. Rifle is further mounted with brass buttplate and full-length engraved toe plate, finger spur triggerguard with foliate engraved bow, masterfully engraved open work saddle plate running from the triggerguard to the entry pipe and engraved two-screw semi-geometric rudimentary arrow side plate. Plain brass fittings include nose cap and faceted ramrod pipes. Seven engraved German silver inlays are set into all of the open work in the brass fittings, with additional German silver inlays including an oval thumb piece, an engraved crescent moon on the top of the stock comb and an inlay in the cheekiest that depicts a circle with thirteen stars next to what appears to be a a Native American women wrapped in a blanket. Stock with raised carved Rococo style flowing foliate decorations at the wrist and to the rear and underneath the raised cheek rest. Simpler raised carvings are present around the lock mortise and the counterpane. A simply masterful recreation of a late 18th century long rifle by one of the most acclaimed rifle maker of our time. Wayne Watson is probably best known for producing the wonderful long rifles used in the movie The Last of the Mohicans with Daniel Day Lewis and his rifles are always in great demand. Fine. Retains most of the brown finish with some thinning and some scattered surface oxidation, particularly on the lock. Mechanically functional, fine bore. Patchbox door latch needs adjustment as it will not latch closed. All markings and engraving remain clear and crisp. Stock crisp with some light handling marks and minor dings along the sharp edges. $3,000 - 5,000

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19th Century Afghan Flintlock Jezail Musket About .70 caliber. 23.5” barrel length. SN: NSN. Flintlock musket with an elaborate brass notch rear sight and blade front sight. Blued metal finish to barrels, with overall brass plated jezail-style stock, brass stock bands, and fixtures. Item features a brass link chain with two anchors to left side, possibly a saddle suspension. Right side of stock has a flower fixture securing three small medallions with faint Arabic markings, all suspended by brass link chains. Brass stock has floral and scroll engravings overall.

Barrel has twelve fleur-de-lis marks surrounding a gold inlaid marking that is possibly a peacock, all to knockform of barrel. Lock has oblong marks and an iron cross to center. Includes ramrod that has three section engravings. Good. Bore is dark. Finish has thinned to barrel overall and only remains in small patches toward muzzle. Brass finish has some light denting and discoloration scattered overall. Buttplate is missing some stock pins. $1,000 - 1,500

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Indian Matchlock Gun About .58 caliber. 10” barrel length. SN: NSN. Indian matchlock gun that is possibly designed to be a pistol or a cut down musket. Browned metal finish to three stage barrel. Two piece hardwood stock has a plain Maharashtra-style buttstock with ivory or bone inlays. Item features a socket on right side of lock and a single sling swivel to front of frame. Fair to good. Bore is dark. Finish has pitting and surface oxidation. Wood stock has light scratches and mars. Forearm has a 2” crack to left side and a crack to bottom running almost the entire length. Buttstock has hairline cracks overall. $600 - 1,000

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Ottoman Miquelet Rifle .62” caliber. 21” barrel length. SN: NSN. Miquelet pattern flintlock rifle with straight rifling and embellishments in silver and gold. Item features a simple round butt without a buttplate. Wood is finished in a tiger stripe pattern from end of forestock to band around buttstock. Rear end has a solid color finish. Metal components possibly blued but now show prominent brown patina except for the gold patterns applied around breech, muzzle, action, and tang. Rifle is equipped with three aperture sights cut into a nonadjusting rear sight block with a fixed front blade. Battery face of frizzen is grooved and a bead surrounded by floral pattern embellishments is attacked behind cock.

Silver plate is applied over stock and breech area in geometric and floral patterns. Rear end of stock shows a crescent moon beside a star or flower pattern. Missing both wedge pins, ramrod, and upper jaw. Good. Bore is very dark with rust and oxidation in addition to deep patina. Overall metal finish is brown patina with some areas showing oxidation. Several fasteners have broken free of the decorative plates while plates themselves are tarnished. Gold paint has worn away in various locations on lock and barrel.

Action is frozen though frizzen still functions. Forestock has split traveling 5.5” of its total length. Large wedge has broken free from the end leaving underside of barrel exposed. $600 - 1,000

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Contemporary Flintlock Pistol by M. Silver .61” caliber. 11” barrel length. SN: NSN. Single-shot flintlock pistol with inlaid wire and scrollwork decoration. Hammer, lockplate, frizzen, and pan are casehardened while trigger, and springs are blued. Barrel displays an even browned finish with a bead sight left in the white. Grip is walnut with tiger stripe pattern. Item comes with installed leather, flint, and wooden ramrod. Top of barrel is signed “M Silver” in cursive with scrollwork accents. Backstrap features heart shape plate sans inscription. Floral pattern scrollwork to lock plate, hammer, and triggerguard. Screws are blued. Excellent. Bore is very bright with some visible abrasions throughout. Metal finish is strong with barrel showing a brown color. Edge of frizzen has small chip while face shows scratches from previous firings. Patched discoloration to front sight bead, pommel, and triggerguard. $1,200 - 1,800

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Extremely Rare British Contract Grice Flintlock Rifle for Native Allies .56 caliber. 45.75” pinned, swamped octagonal barrel length. No S/N. Fullstock flintlock rifle with a blade front sight and lock that is signed “GRICE” in script. Metal with no finish, brass furniture and Baker-style patch box with full-length walnut stock. 5.875” flat lock reconverted to flint with added unbridled faceted pan and faceted swan neck cock. Upper right angled barrel flat marked with a pair of Birmingham private proof marks in imitation of London commercial proofs with a raised {CROWN/GP} and raised {CROWN/V} in depressed ovals, separated by the {CROWN/WG} maker’s mark of William Grice. Wide butt measuring approximately 2.125” at widest point with Baker-style two-piece flat brass patchbox. Flat brass butt plate with faceted tang, brass trigger guard with rudimentary finger spur at rear, three faceted brass ramrod pipes, geometric brass two-screw side plate retained with a third wood screw at the tail and 1.625” brass nose cap. Dovetail for rear sight (missing), dovetailed blade front sight, wood ramrod. Full-length walnut stock with dual incised lines running the length of the forend and along the toe line, raised carved aprons around breech plug tang and at front and rear of lock mortise, raised check rest with simple Rococo raised carved motifs on the obverse butt.

These extremely rare English-made copies of Pennsylvania long rifles first appeared circa 1781 when an order was placed by the British Board of Ordnance with William Wilson & Co to produce flintlock rifles of an American style for distribution to the Indian Allies of the British. Research by DeWitt Bailey finds an invoice from Wilson for the delivery of 312 rifles in three variants, described variously as “156 Best Rifle Guns wood boxes, moulds & cases”, “108 Best Rifle Guns with brass boxes, moulds & cases” and “48 Rifle Guns wood boxes, mould and cases”. A very small number of extant examples have survived to enable the identification of these guns as produced by Wilson as well as Robert Barnett and William Grice who apparently produced them under contract for Wilson. The “best” quality guns are both decorated with the urn motif raised carved aprons around the beech tangs and with the same pattern of raised Rococo carvings on the obverse butt.

The Wilson produced guns has the “wood box”, a sliding wood patchbox cover, while the Grice guns featured the “brass box” of a form that would become common on the British Pattern 1803 Baker Rifle. According to surviving documents, these brass patchbox guns cost one schilling more than the other “best” quality rifles. William Grice worked in Birmingham circa 1774-1781 at 5 Sand Street and died in 1790. The business continued as a partnership with Joseph Grice circa 1782-1788 and finally with Jospeh Grice alone until 1797. William Grice is probably best known for the creation of the pattern rifle that would be adopted by the British military at the Pattern 1776 Rifle, a derivative of the German Jaeger Rifle of the period. As the production of rifled arms in England was a somewhat specialized skill during this period, it seems appropriate that Wilson would reach out to a known Board of Ordnance rifle contractor to help produce these special rifles for distribution to the Native American Allies. Only a very few of these Grice rifles are known to survive, in particular a tack-decorated example in the collection of Fort Ticonderoga. According to most printed information regarding these guns, only about 4 of these rare Revolutionary War period rifles are known to exist. An extremely rare and important rifle from the period. For a nearly identical example see Rifles of the American Indians by Gale, Ness & Mickelson pages 63-68 which depicts an example in Jim Gordon’s collection at his museum in Glorieta, NM. Good. Reconverted to flint as noted with no finish, showing a moderately oxidized pewter gray patina with scattered pitting, mostly notably at the breech. Barrel and lock with oxidized mottling and age discoloration as well. Lock mechanically functional. Bore fair heavily pitted and oxidized and rifled with seven narrow, clearly discernible grooves. Stock with moderate wear and a major repaired crack though the wrist with added metal pins for support, as well as a 2.5” repaired piece of wood between the cock and breech plug tang. Additional repairs around lock mortise with some small pieces of replaced wood. Otherwise with the bumps, dings and mars expected of a rifle some 240 years old that saw service with Native American British Allies in North America. $6,000 - 10,000

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British Board of Ordnance Chief’s Grade North West Trade Gun From the War of 1812 .59 caliber. 36.75” pinned three-stage octagon to round barrel with baluster turned rings at the transitions. SN: NSN. Bright barrel, brass furniture, full-length walnut stock.

Percussion alteration of a Chief’s Grade Northwest Trade Rifle with the lock marked WILLETS and with a small {CROWN-Broad Arrow} Ordnance inspection mark, upper left angled breech flat with Board of Ordnance proofs, including a {CROWN/GR/Broad Arrow} and ordnance {Crossed Scepters}. Top flat marked LONDON and with the {Circle-Fox} of the North West Company. Wrist with Indian Chief motif oval German silver escutcheon plate. Flat brass two-screw side plate and brass triggerguard with simple engraved motifs. Wooden ramrod secured by three corrugated sheet brass pipes. Benjamin Willets worked in Birmingham circa 1766 to 1817 and regularly did work for the Board of Ordnance, including 192 muzzleloading rifles and 25 Ferguson Rifles that were delivered in 1776. Willets was one of sixteen contractors used by the Board of Ordnance to produce arms for the British Native American Allies during the War of 1812 and under that 1813 contract Willets delivered a total 1,194 long arms between 1813 and 1816. This is one of those guns. Overall a very nice example of a relatively scarce War of 1812 Board of Ordnance contract Chief’s Grade North West Trade Gun. Very good.

Barrel with a mostly smooth and lightly oxidized brownish gray patina and some lightly scattered pitting. Clear markings, mechanically functional, very good smooth bore is moderately oxidized with some pitting. Brass with a medium golden patina, stock with scattered bumps, dings and marks. $3,000 - 5,000

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Percussion Altered Northwest Trade Gun .60 caliber. 36.25” pinned three-stage octagon to round barrel. SN: NSN. Oxidized metal, brass and iron furniture, full-length walnut stock. Percussion altered flint lock with drum bolster, is mark with the {Circle-Fox} logo and dated 1857 vertically at the tail. No visible proof marks, likely of Belgian rather than English manufacture. Thee-screw serpent side plate, large iron triggerguard, raised carved aprons around the tang, at tail of lock mortise and at tail of counterpane. Two corrugated brass pipes secure an old wood ramrod. Gun is decorated with brass tacks along the forend and the top of the wrist. A couple of the tack heads are broken off, revealing squared brass shanks in the wood. Stock pins are mostly old, oversized period replacements. Good. Metal heavily oxidized with some roughness and pitting, particularly around the breech and bolster area. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate oxidation and pitting. Stock with moderate wear, showing numerous bumps, dings and mars, with some splintered loss along the upper edge of the forend and some old repaired cracks at the forward part of the counterpane and forend.

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Shortened Hudson’s Bay Co. Northwest Trade Gun by Barnett dated 1855 20 bore (About .59 caliber). 30” barrel length. SN: NSN. Cut-down flintlock trade musket with a smooth bore. Bright finish to barrel. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip with brass dragon sideplate to left side, and brass tacks fixed to forearm and buttstock. Barrel is a three section, octagonal to tapered round barrel. Item markings include “BARNETT/1855” to rear of lockplate, and a tombstone {Fox/EB} Edward Bond marking beneath pan on lockplate. Barrel appears to have had a {Fox/EB} mark 1” ahead of breech, but it is heavily worn. Barrel still shows London Proof House commercial marks to left side of barrel. Item is with flint and action is functional. Without ramrod. Fair.

Bore is dark. Item possibly buffed or refinished at some point. Barrel has light pitting and scratching as well as a dark grey-brown patina to corner areas. Wood stock has been cut down from full length, and has scratching and losses overall. There are various losses to brass tacks fixed to stock overall, and wear to serpent side plate. $2,000 - 3,000

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Dutch Percussion Musket .70 caliber. 42.75” round barrel secured by three flat, spring-retained barrel bands. SN: 2394. Bright finish, smooth hardwood stock with recessed cheek rest. 1838 dated on buttplate tang. Musket is nominally of the French Model 1822 pattern, the basis for many military muskets during the mid-19th century, including the US Model 1842.

Retains both sling swivels and a steel, button head ramrod that is not full length. Fair. Metal with a moderately oxidized brown patina with some pitting and surface roughness.

Buttplate in particular is heavily oxidized. Mechanically functional, fair bore is dark and pitted. Stock with moderate wear, scattered bumps, dings and mars. $800 - 1,200

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American Assembled Composite Flintlock Musket circa 1790 .75 caliber. 45.25” pinned round barrel. SN: NSN. Oxidized metal, brass furniture, full-length hardwood stock. 7” semi-curved rounded flint lock is weakly marked “FARMER” and is a post-1777 pattern English commercial lock with the short sear spring, resulting in two visible screws behind the cock. Rounded and fenced, unbridled pan with rounded swan neck cock. Lock secured with two screws with a flat S-shaped sheet brass side plate. Trigger with pronounced reward curl at tip. Brass triggerguard of apparent Dutch origin wth heavy construction and a geometric urn shaped finial. Buttplate of the thumbnail tang pattern similar to that utilized by the Continental Armory in Philadelphia during the 1780s, but somewhat heavier.

Round brass ramrod pipes with baluster turned rings at the ends are somewhat crude and suggest American-made pieces, again reminiscent of some of the brass furniture being made in Philadelphia during the last years of the American Revolution for use on composite arms being assembled there for use by the Continental Army. The upper pipe has a very small flare at the mouth, but significantly smaller than that found on a post-1777 Pratt’s improvement pipe. Barrel with an interesting and uncommon banded reinforcement at the breech and no visible proof marks, suggesting it is of European origin, possibly Dutch and quite possibly from a substantially earlier period than the balance of the gun’s parts.

The barrel has a small socket bayonet lug on top, 1.75” from the muzzle. The shadow of an older bayonet lug is present under the barrel 1.125” from the muzzle. The is stock heavy and blocky with both Dutch and English influence, again suggesting American production. The typical English palm swell at the entry pipe is significantly reduced from what would be expected on an English gun and the forend itself is much thicker and heavier than would be on an English musket. The buttstock shape is more continental than English with a pronounced “notch” or sharp termination of the comb and less pronounced rail than on an English or even a French musket, showing more Low Country influence. The stock utilizes no nose cap and extends to within 3.5” of the muzzle. A very rudimentary pointed raised carved apron extends from the rear of the breech plug tang towards the wrist. The somewhat schizophrenic combination of stock features almost certainly indicates American production. Includes an old, likely period button head iron ramrod.

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American wood and furniture. This appears to be a classic example of just such a gun that is essentially impossible to date with accuracy, but the presence of the post-1777 style “two screw” lock suggests the gun can be no earlier than that, even though the barrel appears to be potentially as much as 50 years older, particularly since it originally had a bottom mounted bayonet lug. These composite muskets are an important part of the story of US military arms and over the years many have been classified as “Committee of Safety Muskets”, a term that has been misused to such a degree that its presence in a description almost indicates that the gun is anything but a “Committee of Safety Musket”. In fact most arms that are misidentified in this fashion are from the immediate-post Revolutionary period, as this one appears to be. The musket is accompanied by a period socket bayonet that fits perfectly with a 3.34” crudely lap seamed and hammer welded socket with a simple single-step L-mortise cut for a top lug, a 1.6” muzzle to stud distance and a nominally .90” bore diameter. The bayonet has an overall length of 17.625” with a 13.5” blade with a rudimentary 6” fuller and leaf shaped shoulders. The somewhat thin and sweeping neck has a flat face and the ricasso of the blade is marked wth a {CROWN/D+?} with the second letter illegible. The bayonet generally appears to be of Dutch or Low Country origin.

James Farmer (1715-1773) was a steel wares and gun lock maker in both Birmingham and London working circa 1737-1773. He entered into a partnership with Samuel Galton in 1746 which operated as Farmer & Galton until 1778, some 5 years after Farmer’s death. Rarely were their products marked with both names, but normally either only “Farmer” or “Galton”. Very good. Metal with a thick, untouched and mostly smooth chocolate brown patina, with some scattered patches of surface oxidation and some pitting here and there. Lock marking very weak and barely discernible except under good light and at the right angle. Lock remains mechanically functional and appears to be in its original flintlock configuration with the barrel appearing to be in original flint as well. The frizzen and steel spring as well as their associated screws are replacements but the cock appears to be original to the lock. The fence has cracked and separated from the rear of the pan. Stock with numerous bumps, dings and mars with a couple of larger dings. The Forend shows some minor cracks near the end of the stock, due to the lack of a nose cap. Buttplate tang not well inlet to stock and secured by two screws in the butt. Otherwise the stock is solid and free of any breaks or major repairs. $5,000 - 8,000

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British Post-1777 Short Land Pattern Musket .80 caliber. 42” pinned barrel. No S/N. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock.

Post-1777 short sear flint lock marked TOWER in an arc behind the cock and with a {CROWN/GR}. Inside of lock with {Crown/6} inspection, which is also found in the stock behind the triggerguard. Lock and barrel appear to be in original flint. No visible proofs or other marks on the barrel. Four brass ramrod pipes with post-1777 Pratt’s improvement in second position. Stock with pronounced swell at entry pipe, raised carved apron around breech plug tang, well defined rail at wrist and comb. Stock with brass acorn shaped wrist plate, convex brass S-shaped side plate and simplified buttplate tang. Missing upper sling swivel, lower swivel replaced, includes a modern steel ramrod. Good. Barrel with an attractive, heavily oxidized brown patina. Barrel with moderate pitting at the breech and no visible markings. Lock heavily pitted with weak markings, but remains mechanically functional. Lock and barrel both appear to be in original flint. Stock missing several pins, brass forend cap replaced. Wood with numerous bumps, dings and mars as well as some missing chips around the lock and tang. Forend with several chips and some loss around pin holes and with several cracks and some splintered loss along the top edge of the forend where the stock and barrel meet. $4,000 - 8,000

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Composite French Model 1777 Flintlock Musket Reworked by Dresse Laloux of Liege .71 caliber. 42.5” barrel secured by three flat, spring-retained bands. SN: 5659. Bright finish, iron furniture, full-length walnut stock with recessed cheek rest. Flint lock in original flint configuration with removable unfenced and bridled brass pan and rounded reinforced cock. Lock marked in script St. Etienne with an 86/{Crown}/J stamped as well. Barrel markings illegible due to cleaning. Obverse butt with a crisp TULLE arsenal cartouche, dated April of 1835. Stock also marked with crisp Dresse Laloux & Cie trademark around their bumblebee logo. Musket retains both sling swivels and a trumpet head iron ramrod. The musket is a composite of French 1777 to 1822 model parts from St. Etienee, Tulle and possibly other arsenals, assembled by Dresse-Laloux & Co of Liege for resale, likely as an African trade gun. The firm operated from circa 18671908. An interesting example of an early 19th century musket repurposed for trade in the late 19th century. Good to very good as assembled during the late 19th century from older parts. Lock remains in original flint configuration, barrel appears to be as well. Breech plug tang with filled hole that previously held the original French military rudimentary rear sight. Metal cleaned with weak markings and a dull pewter color with scattered surface oxidation and discoloration. Lock functional, bore moderately oxidized and dark. Stock sanded during the refurbishment, but markings in butt left crisp. Otherwise wood with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,000 - 2,000

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.65 caliber (carbine bore). 9” pinned barrel. No S/N. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. Original flint lock marked with the {British Crown} / GR under the pan along with expected Board of Ordnance {Crown-Broad Arrow} acceptance mark. Tail of lock marked “TOWER” in a vertical arc. Lock with rounded, fenced and bridled pan and flat reinforced cock. Barrel with weak Board of Ordnance military proof marks, upper right wrist with clear 1806 dated storekeeper’s mark. Standard brass furniture includes lobed butt cap, flat S-shaped side plate, triggerguard, and Pratt pattern ramrod pipe. No ramrod present. Stock with usual raised carved apron around breech plug tang. A somewhat salty but authentic example of a Napoleonic Wars dated British dragoon pistol. Good to very good. Barrel moderately oxidized with some scattered pitting, mostly in the breech area and freckled oxidation and minor roughness along the rest of the barrel. Pistol remains in original flint with functional lock. Bore darkly oxidized with scattered pitting and moderate wear. Brass with a rich, uncleaned greenish-gold patina. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, with markings mostly visible but likely lightly sanded at some point in time.

.56 caliber (pistol bore). 6” pinned round barrel. No S/N. Blued barrel, color casehardened lock and hammer, brass furniture, walnut stock, steel belt hook. Single shot, smoothbore percussion pistol with captive ramrod. Lock marked with the {British Crown / VR} / TOWER 1846 with small {Crown-Broad Arrow} inspection. Barrel with British military proofs. Stock with Board of Ordnance BO/{Broad Arrow} ownership mark and numerous small inspection marks. Very good to near fine. Retains much of the dulled and thinned blued finish with some nice traces of case color on the lock. Clear markings throughout.

Mechanically functional, fair bore is moderately pitted, dark and heavily oxidized. Stock crisp with fine markings with the only detraction being a crack at the upper rear of the lock mortise.

English Pattern 1799 Eliott Light Dragoon Pistol

British Pattern 1839 Sea Service Pistol for Coast Guard Use

$800 - 1,200

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18th Century Belgian Flintlock Pistol by Gilles Massin .65” caliber. 8.5” barrel length. SN: NSN. Single-shot flintlock pistol with brass lockplate, triggerguard, and grip cap. Lockplate signed “G MASSIN” below pan. Steel components are in the white while wood furniture retains a dark finish. Buttplate terminates in a “{grotesque mask}” surrounded by scrollwork. “{Crown over double headed eagle}” shaped escutcheon and further “{grotesque mask}” pattern to left side of arm. Item has ramrod that is stuck fast. Top of frizzen has sheared off.

Scrollwork to brass and steel components is faint suggesting previous polishing. Good as refinished. Bore is very dark with rust and patina throughout. Steel finish is bright with some mottled discolorations along barrel and brown patina forming near muzzle. Interior of jaws and frizzen are rusted. Brass parts are tarnished. Wood stock has mars overall with crack forming to front end above ramrod. Chip to left side midway down length. Action is functional apart from broken frizzen. $1,000 - 2,000

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U.S. Model 1833 Dragoon Saber 34” singled edged, slightly curved quill back blade, 39.5” overall. Three branch brass guard with grooved wood grip covered in thin leather, missing wire wrap. Buff leather throat washer. Obverse ricasso is needle etched in four lines “N P Ames / Cutler / Springfield / Mass” and inspected “WS”. with reverse of blade etched United States over a floral spray. Forward swept quillon on top of guard inspected “WS” on obverse with weak “MPL” final inspection on rear face of upper guard. Drag also inspected “MPL”.

Includes correctly inspected iron scabbard with two suspension rings and two buff leather sword hangers with brass hardware. Good. Blade dull with old dried grease, some oxidized staining and some scattered areas of surface roughness and some small patches of pitting. Guard with an uncleaned patina, grip with some leather loss but retaining much of the original covering with the wire missing. Scabbard heavily oxidized with scattered bumps and dings. $800 - 1,200

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U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Flintlock Musket .69 caliber. 42” barrel secured by three flat, spring-retained bands. No S/N. Bright finish, smooth walnut stock. Standard Springfield lock markings, dated 1819 at tail with matching 1819 date on breech plug tang. Standard US P / {Eagle Head} / V proofs at breech as well as a set of British London commercial proof marks, including a {Crown/GP}, {Crown/V} and a 14 gauge mark.

Left barrel flat marked SM Co for local Springfield, MA contractor Springfield Manufacturing Company who supplied parts to the Springfield Armory during the period, including barrels, ramrods, bayonets and a variety of small parts. Stock with clear script sub-inspectors’s cartouche on counterpane as well as a later period EB/3 classification cartouche, rating the gun as “3rd Class” for alteration to percussion. A crisp final inspection cartouche of a script S in an oval is present behind the triggerguard. Lock remains in original flint and is unaltered. Barrel appears to remain in original flint as well with well centered touchhole that is very slightly oversized. Musket retains original lower swivel on lug forward of triggerguard, upper swivel reattached with a poorly formed rivet and may be a replacement. Retains a fine, correct pattern, full-length button head ramrod that is complete with threads. The English proof marks are interesting but likely indicate that the gun was imported to the UK sometime after the 1840s when the conversion rating cartouche was added to stock. Due to strict English proof laws, even collector arms imported into the country were often proved by the London proof house during the latter part of the 19th and first part of the 20th centuries. Fine. Metal lightly cleaned to bright with clear markings and crisp edges.

Mechanically functional, fine bright bore. Stock crisp with clear markings and sharp edges, showing scattered bumps, dings and mars from handling, storage and use. $2,500 - 4,000

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1831-date U.S. Springfield Model 1816 Type-III Conversion .69 caliber smoothbore. 42” barrel length. SN: NSN. Percussion converted Model 1816 Type-III with a patent breech, brass blade front sight, and bayonet lug. Bright metal finish. Walnut stock has a thick plain straight grip and forearm with three barrel bands. Item features a two click tumbler, smooth trigger, and sling swivels to middle barrel band and to front of triggerguard. Markings include “U.S./{patriotic eagle}” to center of lock, and “SPRING/FIELD/1831” to rear of lock. Sideplate as well as rear and middle barrel bands are marked “S”, while front barrel band is marked “15”. Buttplate is horizontally marked “U.S.” to heel. Wood stock has two weak cartouche marks that appear to be circled “EY” proofs. The “EY” cartouche is attributed to an unknown small arms inspector of U.S. Springfield M1831 muskets. Includes flared tip one-piece iron ramrod. Item has crude checkered cuts to hammer, possibly meaning it was a confederate conversion. Good. Bore is dark. Bright finish has scratching and pitting scattered overall. Finish also has developed a film of brown patina overall, heavy oxidation around percussion nipple. Barrel has a heavy strike mark to middle section. Wood stock has scratching and mars scattered overall. As mentioned there is some losses that partially obscure cartouche marks on left of stock. Middle barrel band is loose and has a different degree of wear than other barrel bands, possibly a replacement. Bayonet lug appears to have been ground down as a period alteration, or worn over time. Action is functional. $600 - 1,200

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1847-Date U.S. Springfield Model 1842 .69 caliber smoothbore. 42” barrel length. SN: NSN. Percussion musket with brass blade front sight and bayonet lug to bottom of barrel. Bright metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with three barrel bands. Item features a two click tumbler, sling swivels to middle band and triggerguard, and iron buttplate. Markings include “{American eagle}/U.S.” to center of lock, and “SPRING/FIELD/1847” to rear of lockplate. Barrel is marked with “V/P/{eagle head}” and heelplate is marked “U.S.” to top. Wood stock has what appears to be “C.H.O.” marked on left side face. Includes a one piece flat head iron ramrod. Fair to good. Bore is dark. Finish has scratches and losses overall, and has dark brown patina. Wood stock has scratches and mars scattered overall. Small .25” crack to wood in front of lockplate. Front sling swivel is partially broken and missing a section. Action is functional. $1,000 - 1,500

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Remington-Jenks Naval Carbine .54 caliber. 24.5” barrel length. SN: NSN. Browned and color casehardened finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. Three-line Remington address on lock, standard Jenks breech markings, including “1847” date. Altered from round to oval loading aperture. Weak cartouche on counterpane. Forend shortened, upper barrel band missing, lower barrel band an incorrect replacement. Retains Maynard automatic priming system and staple in triggerguard tang for sling ring, with ring missing. Old brass tacks added behind action at wrist and on the bottom of the forend behind the added barrel band. Fair. Retains no finish with a mottled and oxidized appearance and some lightly scattered pitting which is more moderate around the breech area. Mechanically functional, mostly legible markings. Bore fair with strong rifling and moderate pitting. Stock well worn, with several repaired cracks around the wrist, lock and breech area. Wood shortened, sanded and with an added coat of varnish. $800 - 1,200 24

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Confederate Bridle Cutter Pike Modified to Flag Staff 12.75” double-edged spear point blade, 15” in length including the brass socket, with 4” curved cutting blade intentionally removed.

92.5” in overall length. Grounding iron removed from butt, which has been carved into a rudimentary point to assist in planting the haft in the ground. Old iron nails set in shaft from the bottom of the socket for about 18” in two opposing rows, suggesting this pike was modified for use as an ersatz flag or guidon pole in the field. A large cache of these bridle cutter pikes were recovered in 1980 from a burned out Confederate supply train on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad in South Carolina. This train was wrecked and destroyed by Union troops during the last months of the war, indicating that even though pikes are considered “early war” southern weapons, they were still in inventory and being transported at the end of the war as well. A very cool Civil War relic that almost certainly marched into battle with banner waving below its blade. ***Due to excessive length this item may only be picked up in person or 3rd party shipping must be arranged. Cowan’s will not ship this item.*** Good. Metal heavily oxidized with some roughness and pitting. Wood worn and modified as noted. $800 - 1,200

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Group of Three 19th Century U.S. Military Swords 1.) 32” blade length. 39.5” overall with hilt and scabbard. Single edged Spadroon style sword with cast brass hilt and peened tang. Fuller extending from Ricasso to 1” from tip. Clamshell guard with knuckle bow. Ricasso is marked “Made by/AMES MFG. CO./CHICOPEE” on left side and “US/TKT/1864” on right. Knuckle bow is marked “JH”. Quillon is marked “CSL”. Scabbard is black leather with brass chape and locket. Locket features a brass tab.

2.) 35.5” blade length. 42.25” overall with hilt and scabbard. Single edged cavalry saber with wire wrapped leather grip and knuckle bow with two branch guard. Item features brass pommel cap with peened tang. Blade has a broad fuller spanning 24” along blade from ricasso. A second fuller near the back begins 9.5” from ricasso and spans 12.75”. All metal scabbard features gold painted details on bands, carrying rings, and drag. Ricasso is signed “HORSTMANN/PHILA”.

3.) 31.5” blade length. Single edged cavalry sword with brass guard and knuckle bow with two branches. Guard features cast ray design at front and an “{American Eagle over stars}” pattern opposite. Pommel cap shows cast shield medallion. Grips are black leather with brass wire wrap. Scabbard is all metal with overall bright finish and with gold painted details on bands, carrying rings, and drag. 1.) Good. Blade shows discolorations along length. Edge is dull without bites. Blade and hilt show some scratches overall with handling wear on grip. Markings on ricasso worn down. Scabbard has some tarnish with dents in chape and scratches to brass parts. 2.) Good. Blade shows few bites along edge and has mottled gray patina overall. Brass guard shows tarnish with some scratches and handling wear. Finish on leather grips has worn down along back of grip. Blade has a slight curve to the right. 3.) Good. Edge is dull with few small bites. Blade has a gray patina overall with some dark areas and scratches. Guard shows wear and scratches with shield medallion showing the most wear. Leather grips have cracked and lost finish particularly in two spots on right side that have worn through to wood core. Scabbard gold paint has mostly worn away. Upper portion shows some patina and rust where finish has worn away. $800 - 1,200

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Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver with Contemporary Belt Rig and Bowie Knife .36 caliber. 7.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 142328. Manufactured circa 1863. Cleaned to bright with no finish, matching visible serial numbers, no number or scene on cylinder. Barrel with one-line New York address. Standard frame markings. Included with the revolver are a very nicely made tooled leather belt rig with two-piece Texas star reproduction brass buckle, tooled Slim Jim holster, tooled percussion cap pouch and knife sheath, all made by Van Horne of Jasper, GA. The knife sheath contains a contemporary antler hilted Bowie knife marked “Hix / Hand Forged” with an 8” slightly curved blade with a 5.5” false edge. Gun remains in about fair to good condition, having been aggressively cleaned to bright with scattered pitting and the sharp edges of the barrel rounded. No cylinder scene or number visible on cylinder. Mechanically functional, with some minor timing and indexing issues and the cylinder not always locking up securely. Grips sanded and refinished. Knife in very fine condition showing practically no use. Belt rig in fine condition showing little use. $1,000 - 1,500

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.36 caliber. 7.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 77949 (mfg. ca1857). Blued and color casehardened finish, brass triggerguard and grip strap, smooth one-piece walnut grip. All matching numbers including wedge and grip. One-line Hartford barrel address, two-line COLT’S/PATENT over U.S. on lower left of frame. 6-shot round percussion cylinder with usual Naval Engagement roll engraved scene. Single letter sub-inspections throughout, grip with two weak cartouches, what appears to be the script MM of Ordnance Department sub-inspector Miles Moulton on the left side and the final acceptance script inspection WAT of Ordnance Officer William Anderson Thornton on the right. Colt delivered some 16,778 Model 1851 Navy revolvers to the US Army between 1855 and 1858 on at least 14 separate contracts. As many of these guns saw hard use on the frontier against the Comanches and other adversaries long before they saw Civil War service, the surviving guns often show very hard use. Good. Retains no finish, metal with a mottled and moderately oxidized brownish gray patina. Markings remain fairly clear in metal, with most of the naval engagement scene still clear and visible. Mechanically functional, fair bore is moderately pitted. Hammer screw and wedge screw replaced, some other screws with moderate slot wear. Muzzle with very visible holster wear. Grip worn with lower leading and trailing edges chipped and rounded, showing scattered bumps, dings and mars.

.36 Caliber. 7.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 53505. Single action revolver with hammer notch and dovetailed brass blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardening to frame, hammer, and lever. Item features a brass backstrap and triggerguard. Markings include “ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW YORK CITY-S” to top of barrel. Left of frame is marked “COLTS/PATENT” with the patent markings partially obscuring a “U.S.” mark. There is also a roll-marked naval scene, along with the markings “COLTS PATENT NO. 3505” and “ENGAGED 16 MAY 1843” to cylinder. There is a weak cartouche to right grip near base. All serial numbers are matching on this item except for wedge which is unmarked. Manufactured in 1856. Item appears to have a mismatched grip and does not have any sub-inspector marks. Letter provided from Colt Industries’ Firearms Division indicates the weapon does not appear in their research range. Letter is dated to 1980. The gun is further accompanied by an old typewritten index card associating the gun with a specific Michigan soldier and a likely apocryphal story about it being taken from his dead body at Gettysburg by a Confederate soldier. Copies of the service records of the deceased solider are included, but the story seems extremely unlikely. Fair to good. Bore is dark. Blued finish has been almost completely worn away leaving a brown patina that is darkest on the left side of the barrel and a gray patina on the right side. The right side of the barrel features a pitted and darkened area one inch from the muzzle while some additional pitting appears around the muzzle itself. Further mars appear on the frame and breechblock while the cylinder has clear drag lines. The one piece walnut grip has two small mars towards the base while the cartouche is illegible. Action is functional.

Martially Marked Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver

$2,000 - 4,000

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Colt Model 1851 Navy, Third Model

$800 - 1,200

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Cased Deane, Adams & Deane Model 1851 Percussion Revolver 54-Bore (.442 caliber). 6.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 13450R. Blued finish, checkered one-piece walnut grip. Double action only, 5-shot percussion revolver with retailer casing. Top strap and barrel engraved in a single line “Deane, Adams & Deane 30 King William STt London Bridge”. Lower right side of frame engraved “ADAMS’ PATENT No 13450R”, cylinder engraved “No 13450/R” front face of frame marked “DA&D/54”. Revolver has an intriguing period gunsmith modification replacing the fragile 1851 patent Adams safety on the left rear of the frame with a much more robust screw adjustable system that allows the safety to engage and create the half-cock position by tightening a knurled knob. Releasing the tension on the knob allows the revolver to function normally.

Fixed notch rear sight and dovetailed Barleycorn front sight. Lanyard ring in butt. Revolver is contained an original English oak retailer casing with a green baize lining with a yellow Deane, Adams & Deane retailer label. The casing contains a variety of period correct accoutrements including a correctly marked Adams Patent 54-bore dual cavity brass bullet mold, a copper C&JW Hawksley bag shaped powder flask, a James Dixon & Sons Sheffield marked pewter oiler, a rosewood cleaning rod with concealed bullet puller and both a cleaning and loading screw-on jag head, an ebony handled cone wrench, a japanned cap tin with paper Eley brothers label, a japanned tin of Adams patent felt wads, a steel wad cutter, a number of cast lead Adams patent round nose bullets with correct teat for attaching the wads and a modern rosewood handled turnscrew. Top of case with an engraved brass name plaque that reads “B COLES / BACKINGHAM”. Research via Ancestry.com or a similar site may provide some fruitful results. The casing includes the small brass collection number tag 34 from when the gun was in the collection of the late Dave Dermon II who was the leading collector of English percussion revolvers in the US for several decades and assembled the best collection of southern retailer marked English percussion revolvers extant, many of which are pictured in The English Connection by Pritchard, Huey, et al. A lovely and very interesting variation of the 1851 Model Adams revolver from a famous and important collection. Fine. Revolver retains much of the original period blue with scattered surface oxidation, some thinning and loss due to wear as well as some surface finish scuffs. Cylinder was likely originally case hardened and is now a medium pewter color with speckled oxidation. Markings remain clear and sharp, mechanically functional, very good bore is mostly bright with scattered oxidation, crisp rifling and some light pitting. Grip with some light wear and mostly crisp checkering. Casing very good with some moderate external wear and even internal wear to the lining. Some of the dividers are slightly loose, as it common. Accessories all good to very good at least with a fine mold and oiler. A really attractive cased set. ex-Dave Dermon II Collection (Item #34), ex-Frank Berry II Collection, ex-John Thomas Collection. $3,000 - 4,000

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12mm Pinfire. 6.25” barrel length. SN: 5519. Blued and color casehardened finish, varnished two-piece European hardwood grips. Single action, 6-shot pin fire revolver. Barrel engraved in a single line “INVon E. LEFAUCHEUX BRte PARIS”. Lower right side of frame with Lefaucheux’s “LF” trade mark followed by the serial number “5519”. Assembly number “66D” in loading gate and on rear face of cylinder. The Model 1854 Lefaucheux was one of the most advanced revolvers of its time and one of the first truly successful self-contained metallic cartridge firearms. Some 10,000 or so were acquired by the US Ordnance Department during the American Civil War, with documented guns in the 33,895-42,522 range the overall purchase range of these guns believed to be in the approximate range of 30,XXX to 45,XXX. An undetermined number of these revivers were acquired by the South as well, in sufficient quantities to appear on ordnance returns from the field and for arsenals to keep inventories of the proprietary ammunition for issue. This is an exceptional condition example that is an early production, pre-Civil War gun likely dating to 1854-1855. These guns are rarely found in such wonderful condition and would be a fine addition to any collection of Civil War era or European handguns of the mid-19th century. Very fine. Retains nearly all of the original blued finish on the barrel and cylinder with some thinning, fading and expected high edge loss. Frame retains much of the muted and faded color casehardened finish with a mottled silvery gray appearance and some traces of vivid color in protected areas. All markings remain clear and crisp. Mechanically functional with a crisp action. Fine bore is mostly bright with some scattered oxidized discoloration, fine rifling and some lightly scattered pinpricking. Grips very fine, retaining most of the original varnish and showing only some light handling marks. Retains the often missing or broken loading gate catch, ejector rod and swiveling lanyard ring in the butt. All of these parts are in fine condition and remain fully functional.

.44 caliber. 8” barrel length. SN: 19154 (mfg ca1861). Blued and color casehardened finish, brass backstrap, one-piece walnut grip. Four-screw frame, cut for shoulder stock. Barrel marking almost completely illegible, cylinder scene illegible, standard two-line “COLT’S / PATENT” frame mark. Matching numbers on butt, barrel, triggerguard, cylinder arbor and frame with frame number either re-stamped or freshened. Replacement wedge not numbered, cylinder pitted with no visible number. Several screws replaced, gun heavily worn, cleaned and refinished. Fair as refinished, retaining some added blue. Some markings legible, others worn. Metal with scattered pitting, cylinder heavily pitted. Revolver functional, but action is soft and loose. Grips worn, with cracks, chips and loss, sanded and with added oil finish.

Very Fine Early Production Lefaucheux Model 1854 12mm Pin Fire Revolver

$1,500 - 2,500

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Colt Model 1860 Army

$1,000 - 1,500

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.44 percussion caliber. 8” round barrel. SN: 44708 (mfg. ca1862). Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver.

6-shot single action percussion revolver. Round Cylinder with a 3-screw frame, cut for shoulder stock.

Standard grip with faint marking on left grip towards the butt. Notch on the butt grip strap. Very faint color case hardening on the frame. Rebated Cylinder with creeping style loading lever. Notch sight on the hammer. All matching serial numbers including wedge and cylinder arbor. Barrel denotes a New York manufacture of the firearm. Markings include: “-ADDRESS COL. SAM.L COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-” on the top of the barrel. “COLTS/PATENT” on left side of the frame. “COLTS PATENT No 4078” on cylinder.

“DD” on cylinder. “H” on rebated portion of the cylinder. “S” on brass trigger guard. Mostly legible script “CSL” cartouche on lower left grip, for US arsenal sub-inspector Chester S. Leonard. A nice, fairly crisp and very honest, untouched early Civil War production Colt Model 1860 Army.

.44 caliber. 8” round barrel length. SN: 131490. Single action revolver with hammer notch and coin blade sights. Blued metal finish with brass triggerguard, and case hardening to frame, lever, and hammer. One piece walnut grips are martially marked with what appears to be a William Anderson Thornton boxed “WAT” cartouche to left grip, and John Taylor boxed “JT” cartouche to right grip. Item features a 6-shot round cylinder with Texas Naval scene roll-marked, and 3-screw frame with stock cutaways. Markings include single line New York address to top of barrel, and Colt’s patent marks on left of frame. Item is marked with an “H” to bottom of triggerguard, and serial numbers to bottom of frame, triggerguard, barrel frame, and arbor. Wedge is marked with non-matching serial number “6856”. Item has martial marked grips, but does not appear to have any inspector marks most likely due to the amount of pitting and wear overall.

Serial number on bottom strap of grip also does not have a visible serial number due to heavy pitting and wear. Item also appears to have a replaced screw on frame. Manufactured in 1863. Action is functional.

Revolver comes with detail photographs and provenance letter signed by Togia marking scholar Wendell Grangaard of The Guns of History, Incorporated. He claims to have identified the togia markings “Many Trails Minneconjou” inscribed in the wood grips and gripstraps. According to Grangaard’s research, Many Trails was part of Sitting Bull’s group that returned to Fort Sully in 1876 so that he could die in the lands where he had been born. Fair. Bore is dark. Finish has heavy pitting overall, and both blued and case hardened areas have a deep grey-brown patina. Brass finish has spots of brown patina and scratching. Wood grips have scratches and mars scattered overall, with cracking to bottoms. There is also a large corner loss to right grip, and small loss to left grip. One of percussion cap nipples is partially broken. There is a slight wiggle to cylinder lockup. Frame is missing wedge screw. Action is functional.

Colt Model 1860 Army

Martially Marked Colt Model 1860 Army

The Colt Model 1860 Army revolver was the primary handgun of the Union Army during the America Civil War. Over 200,000 were produced with a nearly 130,000 of them going to the Union government. Colt patented his first revolving firearm design in England in 1835. He received two patents in the United States for a five or six round revolving rifle and pistol in 1836. The Colt’s Patent Firearms Company held a significant place in the revolver market due to the early patent date of his firearms that wouldn’t expire until the 1850s. The revolver in and of itself provided a successful repeater on the battlefield at a time when the standard infantry arm was a single shot, muzzle-loading rifle-musket. Very good. Revolver with a lightly oxidized mottled brown and gray patina with some scattered light surface roughness and some patches of pitting. Cylinder scene remains mostly visible, frame with some minute traces of case coloring in protected areas. Loading lever and hammer with lesser traces of mottling. Mechanically functional, bore with strong rifling and moderate oxidation, showing some flecks of rust and some pitting. Grip very good, with a mostly clear cartouche, some scattered handling marks, and some minute chipped loss to the sharp leading edges.

$1,200 - 2,000

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Starr Arms Model 1863 Single Action Army Revolver .44 caliber. 8” barrel length. SN: 26662. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut one-piece grip. Standard one-line Starr Arms address and patent markings on left and right side of frame under cylinder. Matching numbers on lower front of frame, in hammer cut out of frame and on cylinder. No visible cartouches on grip and no visible sub-inspection marks on metal. The initials “GMC” are carved into the upper portion of the left side of the grip. Starr Model 1863 production started at roughly serial number 23,000, so this is a fairly early production gun at #26662. Approximately 32,000 Starr Model 1863 revolvers were purchased by the US government during the last two years of the American Civil War. Good. Retains no finish, with metal showing an old cleaning and starting to tone to a mottled gray and brown patina. Metal with scattered pitting, markings mostly clear and legible. Revolver times and indexes correctly but the bolt stop does not correctly disengage to free the cylinder was half cock. Bore poor with no visible rifling and heavy pitting. Grip with heavy wear, bumps, dings and chipped loss. $800 - 1,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 “Old Army” Revolver Engraved “D P Kilbourn” .32 rimfire. 6” ribbed octagonal barrel. SN: 7376 (mfg. ca1862). Blued finish, color casehardened hammer, varnished two-piece rosewood grips. Single action, tip up revolver with spur trigger. Matching serial number stamped inside the right grip. The matching assembly mating number “21” appears on the left side of the frame under the grip, on the face of the cylinder and on the rear face of the barrel web. One line Smith & Wesson barrel address, standard Smith & Wesson patent markings on cylinder. Bottom of grip frame engraved with the name “D P Kilbourn”. A search of the Historical Data Systems on-line database of Civil War soldiers reveals that a Daniel P Kilbourn from Webster, NH enlisted as a musician on 8/20/1861 and was mustered into Company E of the 1st US Sharpshooters on 9/9/1861 and was discharged for disability on 3/14/1862. On 9/24/1862 he was mustered into H company of the 14th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and he died of disease on 9/15/1864 in his home town of Webster, NH. During his service with the 14th New Hampshire he was promoted to Corporal on 9/24/1862, the day he was mustered into the regiment. He was subsequently promoted to Sergeant on 1/20/1864. While the identification to this particular soldier is not 100% confirmed, the series of life events and military service line up well with an 1862 production Smith & Wesson No 2 revolver, which was a popular secondary weapon with many Civil War soldiers and some officers as well. It could have been something he acquired upon his reenlistment and promotion to Corporal. The 14th New Hampshire spent most of their early service in and around the defenses of Washington DC, including serving as guards at the Old Capitol Prison. In March of 1864 the regiment was sent to Louisiana to serve during the Red River Campaign, but arrived after it was over and in June of 1864 they returned to Virginia where they served at Fortress Monroe before being incorporated into Sheridan’s “Army of the Shenandoah”. The regiment saw combat at 3rd Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek in September and October of 1864, but these actions took place after Kilbourn’s death. The inscription is certainly worthy some additional research. Very good. Retains some of the original blue, primarily in protected areas and on the frame behind the recoil shield with flaked loss and wear. The balance of the metal has a lightly oxidized brown patina with scattered surface roughness and some light pitting. Markings remain clear and crisp, butt with some minor impact marks. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate pitting and visible rifling. Grips with some nice traces of varnish with moderate loss and wear and with a nominally .5” long by .2” wide chip out of the lower rear of the right grip. $1,000 - 1,500

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.44 caliber. 8” octagonal barrel length. SN: 121745. Single action percussion pistol with frame notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardened finish to frame, gripstraps, lever, and hammer. Two piece plain walnut grips. Item features fixed 6-shot cylinder and a brass triggerguard. Markings include “0284P” to rear of cylinder, as well as “W” and “C” marked in between cylinder notches. Walnut grip shows a crisp boxed “GP” sub-inspector of George Palmer. Further inspector markings adorn the remaining components including “C” to front of frame and “S” to rear of frame. The right side frame also shows a “W” marking.

Barrel has “W” marks to both sides. The trigger guard is marked “P” just in front of the trigger guard. Good.

Bore is bright with some residue toward muzzle of rifling. Much of the original bluing remains on this revolver, but the right side of the barrel and the topstrap show mottled wear, as does the backstrap and the lower frame. Finish shows light scratching, mars, and drag lines scattered overall. Additionally, the threading at the rear end of the barrel is still clearly visible and defined. The walnut grips remain firmly in place and feature some light scratches, mars to both, with a chip in the base of the right grip.

.44 caliber. 8” octagonal barrel. SN: 104516. Blued finish, brass triggerguard, two-piece walnut grips.

Standard Remington New Model three-line barrel markings with weak bottom line. Matching serial numbers on frame under left grip and under barrel. Cylinder not numbered as is typical. Fully legible script “OWA” cartouche of ordnance sub-inspector Oliver W Ainsworth on left grip. Revolver fully subinspected throughout. This revolver’s serial number places its delivery prior to the end of 1864. Good.

Heavily worn and used with no finish remaining and moderately oxidized metal with scattered impact marks and pitting. Markings partly Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate pitting, grips with wear and chipped loss as well as bumps and dings.

Remington New Model Army

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Remington New Model Army

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Hewes & Phillips Type II Conversion of a U.S. Model 1822/27 Musket by Harpers Ferry .69 caliber. 42” barrel secured three flat, spring retained barrel bands. SN: NSN. Bright finish, smooth walnut stock. Flintlock altered to percussion by Hewes & Phillips of New Jersey with a patent breech and fitted with a US Model 1858 type 3-leaf rifle musket rear sight and added iron blade front sight on forward strap of upper barrel band, but left in the original smoothbore configuration without the addition of rifling due to thin barrel walls and no added clean out screw in the bolster. Lock marked in three vertical lines at the tail, “HARPERS/FERRY/1839” and with a “{Spread-Winged Eagle}/US” forward of the hammer. Breech markings obscured by pitting. Weak Harpers Ferry inspection marks at tail of counterpane. Most parts with original Harpers Ferry assembly number “7” on them. Retains both original sling swivels and a correct style trumpet head iron ramrod. Approximately 12,000 US Model 1816/22/27 Muksets were altered for the US Government by H&P via this system between 1861-1862. Good to very good. Metal lightly cleaned to a dull pewter color with moderate pitting around the breech and bolster area. Markings clear on the lock, none visible on the breech or bolster.

Mechanically functional, hammer screw replaced with a period original that is numbered 0 rather than 7, bore about very good, mostly bright and showing only some scattered pinpricking and oxidation. Stock lightly sanded with scattered bumps, dings and mars, and a small hairline crack at the rear of the lock mortise. $1,000 - 1,500

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U.S. Springfield Model 1861 Rifle Musket with Bayonet .58 caliber. 40” barrel secured by three flat, spring-retained bands. SN: NSN. Bright finish, iron furniture, walnut stock. Lock with standard Springfield markings and dated “1862” at tail. Barrel with weak “V/P/{Eagle Head}” at the breech and no visible date. No cartouches visible on counterpane, a rack number that appears to read “C / 20” is stamped into the stock comb. Buttplate tang stamped “US”, barrel bands marked “U”. 1861 pattern rear sight, combination front sight/socket bayonet lug and correct tulip head, swelled-shank ramrod. Retains both sling swivels. Includes an Indian War period Trapdoor rifle sling made from two Civil War period slings sewn together and a correct US Model 1855 socket bayonet marked “US” on the ricasso with the blade shortened to 14”. Good. Metal with a mostly dull pewter patina, lock markings clear, barrel markings weak. Metal with some scattered surface oxidation and light pitting. Mechanically functional, good bore with moderate oxidation, some pitting and strong rifling. Stock sanded with rounded edges and scattered bumps, dings and mars. Sling and bayonet both about good as well, with bayonet blade shortened as noted. $1,000 - 1,500

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Remington Model 1863 Zouave Rifle .58 caliber. 33” round barrel secured by two solid brass barrel bands. SN: NSN. Blued and color casehardened finish, brass furniture, smooth walnut stock. Standard lock and barrel markings with sub-inspections throughout and two crisp cartouches on the counterpane. Retains the 1861 pattern leaf rear sight, front sight, saber bayonet lug and both sling swivels. Fine. Retains most of the blued finish with some thinning and fading. Lock with traces of case color, mostly faded to a mottled gray and brown. All markings crisp and clear. Mechanically functional, fine seven groove bore. Stock with some lightly scattered bumps and dings. $2,500 - 3,500 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Greene’s Patent Oval Bore Breechloading Rifle .53 caliber. 36” barrel secured by three flat, spring retained barrel bands. SN: 4179. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut stock. Standard two-line markings on receiver tang. Retains the correct long range rear sight, combination front sight/bayonet lug, sling swivels, cleaning rod and special ridged nipple to reduce the chance of cap loss. Only 4,500 of these unique, under hammer percussion bolt action breechloaders were produced, circa 1859-1862. The rifles used an oval bore based upon Lancasters patent, which relied on mechanical, rather than cut rifling. The major and minor axises of the bore were slightly different and the the bore itself twisted along the length of the barrel, imparting the spin to the projectiles. Roughly 1,500 were purchased by the US with the balance purchased by the Russians. The rifles holds the distinction of being the first bolt action rifle adopted by the US military. Very good. Retains some strong traces of blue on the barrel with significant flaking and loss, the balance reign a moderately oxidized brownish-blue color. Lock with some case color remaining. Mechanically functional, bore about good, moderately oxidized, dirty and with some light pitting. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,500 - 2,500

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Ohio Marked Brazilian Light Minie Rifle by O.P. Drissen of Liege .58 caliber. 32” barrel secured by two flat, spring-retained barrel bands. SN: NSN. Blued and color casehardened finish, brass and iron furniture, walnut stock. Weak “D-{ANCHOR}-C” mark on lock and on other parts, indicating manufacture by O.P. Drissen of Liege Belgium. Brass “Eagle & Shield” plate on wrist, wrist stamped with “OHIO” ownership stamp. Retains original long range rear sight front sight, keyed saber bayonet lug, both sling swivels and correct ramrod. Roughly 6,000 of these rifles were imported by the US during the American Civil War through arms retailer C.K. Garrison. Many were subsequently sent by the Ordnance Department to the state of Ohio circa 1863 and these guns were marked OHIO in a sans-serif font on the wrist and sometimes on the counterpane. Very good, attic and untouched. Metal heavily oxidized and moderately pitted overall, leaving the markings weak. Mechanically functional, fair bore is moderately pitted throughout with visible rifling. Wood is about fine, crisp and untouched with clear markings and a small chip missing behind the bolster. $800 - 1,200

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British Pattern 1860 Commercially Re-Worked Enfield Short Rifle .577 caliber. 33” barrel length. SN: NSN. Blued finish, color casehardened lock and hammer, brass furniture, hardwood stock. British military lock marked “1859 / TOWER” forward of hammer and with the the British “{CROWN / VR}”. Barrel with two sets of British military proof marks, including a set of Pimlico refurbishment marks and a later set of Birmingham commercial proofs. The gun is a period composite using a 5-groove Pattern 1860 military rifle barrel, an earlier Pattern 1856 rifle lock and a later brass mounted commercial stock. The gun was assembled using surplus military parts for trade or Volunteer use, probably during the 1870s as the large supplies of muzzleloading arms were being permanently removed from service being replaced with breechloading arms. Features include an 1,100 yard Pattern 1856 rifle sight, rifle front sight, saber bayonet lug, sling swivels in the toe of the stock and on the upper barrel band. Also includes a modern reproduction steel ramrod and an apparently period leather rifle sling that may be Continental and not British, as the brass adjuster is of the sliding tension type and not an actual buckle. Fine as refurbished. Retains most of the applied blued finish with some minor thinning and wear. Lock with muted, mottled case colors. Markings remain clear and fully legible. Mechanically functional, fine bore, stock with scattered bumps, dings and surface mars. Sling very good. $1,500 - 2,500 32

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French Model 1850 Voltigeurs Corse Double Barreled Percussion Carbine .69 Caliber. 32.25” barrels. SN: NSN. Heavily oxidized brown metal with hardwood stock. Barrels retained by a single wedge and a hooked breech. Back action percussion locks with dual triggers. Lug for a double socketed knife bayonet on right side of obverse barrel. Equipped with sling swivels and an iron ramrod. Unmarked except for diamond shaped touch marks on the locks, buttplate tang and triggerguard tang. These interesting “double barrel carbines” were produced in limited numbers for use by the French militia against the marauding bandits on the island of Corsica. These exceptionally rare guns seldom appear on the market for sale, with a very nice example offered in 2015 for sale by this auction house at an estimate of $8,500 to $12,500. Includes an old leather sling. Good. Metal moderately oxidized with a rich brown patina and scattered surface roughness and evenly distributed light pitting. Mechanically functional, fair bores are dark and pitted. Stock with some added finish and a pieced repair to the forend that is quite old and possibly arsenal work. A well worn and salty example of a very scarce secondary French military carbine. $800 - 1,200

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Sharps New Model 1863 Rifle .52 caliber. 30” barrel length. SN: C31974. Lever action breechloading percussion rifle with adjustable folding ladder rear sight and coin silver blade lug front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to receiver, breech, lock, and trigger plate. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with three iron barrel bands and an iron forend cap. Item features a lug for bayonet attachment, sling swivels to middle band and edge of toe, and tape primer. Stock also has a basic patchbox to right side of butt. Markings include Sharps 3-line manufacturer address and model name to top of barrel, along with Moses N. Marshall “M.N.M.” marks to left side of barrel in front of breech and just above forearm. Item also has 2-line Sharps patent date marks to left of frame, and R.S. Lawrence patent markings to rear sight. There are small “M” markings to various parts overall. Stock has two inspector’s cartouches to left wrist, they are illegible, but are most likely boxed Nathan S. Possons “NSP” and boxed Thomas W. Russell “TWR” marks. Good. Bore is dark. Finish possibly polished or buffed at some point considering sides of barrel appear to have bluing left. Case hardening is weak and only visible in small clouds on frame. Wood stock appears it may have been lightly sanded at some point. Buttplate is not flush and has a slight overlap. Cartouche markings are weak and illegible as a result. $1,500 - 2,000

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U.S. Model 1843 Hall-North “Fremont Affair” Breech Loading Carbine .52 caliber. 21” round barrel length. SN: NSN. Post 1848 Hall-North percussion breechloading carbine with notch and blade front sights. Browned metal finish with case hardened finish to breech. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with two barrel bands. Item features a thumb operated lever on right side to open breech, with saddle bar and ring to left side, and a bayonet lug to bottom of muzzle. Markings include “STEEL” and “J.H.” to top and top left side of barrel behind rear sight. Breech is marked “U.S./S. NORTH/MIDLtn/CONN./1848” to top. Stock appears to have two “U” marks to both left and right side cheek piece cutaways behind breech. Bottom edge of stock appears to have carvings “WJP” partially filled in with a wood fixative. Includes flathead metal ramrod. The rifled bore and enlarged chamber indicate that this is one of the gun from the infamous “Hall Carbine Affair” that eventually lead to General Fremont losing his command. Good. Bore appears dark and shows oxidation, dust, residue to rifling near muzzle. Browned and case hardened finish have developed an attractive brown patina overall. Metal surfaces also show clusters of light to heavy pitting scattered overall. Markings forward or breech appear are slightly weak, likely due to cleaning. Wood heavily worn and sanded with repaired a crack behind the receiver and wood filler at the rear corners of counterpane and mortise areas. Old initials are carved behind the triggerguard on bottom edge of stock and appear to have been partially filled in with wood filler. Action is functional. $1,000 - 1,500

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Smith Carbine by American Machine Works .50 Smith. 21.625” octagonal to round barrel length. SN: 11313. Break action breechloading percussion carbine with adjustable folding leaf rear sight and post brass blade front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to breech. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single iron barrel band. Features a brass break lever in front of trigger, as well as a saddle bar and ring to left of frame. Markings include “L.F.P.” to left of barrel. Frame and breech have markings “SMITH’S PATENT/ JUNE 23, 1857”, Poultney & Trimble address marks, and “MANUFACTURED BY/AM’N M’CH’N WKS/SPRINGFIELD MASS” all to left side. Lower tang is marked with a “P” and serial number marks to bottom of frame hinge. Stock is marked with a boxed “GR” cartouche, followed by a circled “JH” cartouche on left wrist. Matching numbers on frame and barrel. Good. Bore is bright with some scratching to rifling. Finish has losses overall, with most areas developing a brown-green patina. Pitting scattered overall, mostly to octagonal portion of barrel. Wood stock is in good condition with minor scratching and mars scattered overall. Cartouche marks are crisp and buttplate is flush. Action is functional $1,000 - 1,500

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Starr Percussion Carbine .54 caliber. 21” barrel secured by a single barrel band. SN: 1453. Blued and color casehardened finish, brass furniture, walnut stock and forend. Standard lock and barrel marks, two soft cartouches on reverse of wrist. Retains correct rear sight, front sight and saddle bar with ring. Matching serial numbers on the breech block and on the barrel, under the forend. A solid example of an early production Starr Carbine in well above average condition. Very good. Retains some traces of blue on the barrel with a dove gray frame that shows mottling and some surface oxidation. Metal mostly smooth with some small patches of light pitting here and there and some impact marks on the barrel above the barrel band on the reverse. Markings clear in metal, softer in wood. Mechanically functional, good bore with strong rifling and moderate pitting. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,500 - 2,500 34

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Burnside Carbine, 4th Model .54 Burnside. 22” barrel length. SN: 6728. Lever action percussion carbine with two position folding notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardening to frame and lever. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a saddle bar and ring, with sling swivel to edge of toe. 4th model carbines also feature a central breech with a hinged construction that allows for easier reloading of the tapered cartridge used. Markings include “BURNSIDE RIFLE Co./PROVIDENCE. R.I.” right side on rear of frame. Frame is marked with serial number “6728” to frame in front of breech, and “8101” to top of central hinged breech. There are obscured patent marks in front of breech above serial number, and partially obscured marks on barrel that appear to read “CAST STEEL” followed by a date that appears to be “1863”. There is also a small “H” marked to top of barrel in front of frame, and a “C” to heel of buttplate. Item does not appear to have any visible cartouche marks to stock. Good. Bore is bright 2/3 of the way, and dark toward muzzle with spots of oxidation and residue. Rifling is sharp. Item retains very little of both blued and case hardened finish, and has a mottled light grey-brown patina with clusters of pitting scattered overall. Wood stock has heavy scratching and wear scattered overall. Buttplate has small clusters of surface oxidation. Action is functional. $1,200 - 1,500

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Gallager Carbine .52 caliber. 22.375” barrel length. SN: 7456. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock. Standard lock markings. Retains leaf rear sight, original front sight and saddle bar and ring. The serial number of this gun is within the range of those issued to the 1st Maryland Cavalry, with five guns in the 74XX range listed as being issued to Company A of that regiment is 1864. Very good as refinished. Barrel retains most of the applied modern blue with the receiver retaining minute traces of case color with a mostly pewter patina with scattered oxidation. Markings on lock clear, mechanically functional, good bore with moderate pitting and strong rifling. Stock sanded with no cartouche, shoguns some dings and mars. $800 - 1,200

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5th Model Burnside Carbine .54 caliber. 21” barrel length. SN: 16451. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut stock and forend secured by a single barrel band. Standard Burnside markings on breech, breech block mismatched and numbered “15489”. Two crisp and clear script cartouches on reverse wrist, including the “EPR” of Edwin P Richardson and the “RKW” of Robert K Whitely. Retains correct pattern rear sight, front sight, saddle bar with ring and sling swivel in toe. Very good. Retains some strong blue on the barrel with some bright fire blue on the small parts. Receiver with traces of dulled and faded case colors. Markings remain clear, mechanically functional, fine bore with some scattered oxidation and frosting. Stock with scattered light bump, mars and dings. $1,000 - 1,500 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Gwyn & Campbell Patent Carbine .52 caliber. 20” barrel length. SN: 4356. Lever action percussion carbine with adjustable folding ladder and blade sights. Iron mountings with blued metal finish, and case hardened finish to frame, lock, and hammer. Walnut stock has a plain straight perch belly style grip and no forearm. Item features a serpentine triggerguard lever and saddle bar with ring to left side. Lock has a flat beveled hammer, and barrel has a 3.5” knockform barrel section. Markings include “GWYN & CAMPBELL/PATENT/1862/HAMILTON O” to rear of lockplate, and “UNION/RIFLE” to front of frame on left side. Barrel is marked with an “R” to left of knockform, and “PT” to top left of knockform. Wood stock has a sharp boxed William H. Russel “WHR” cartouche to left of wrist. Very good. Bore is dark. Finish still has bluing to barrel, but with clusters of pitting and scratching overall. Case hardening is still present with pitting on frame, lock, and hammer. There is oxidation to breech. Wood stock is in good condition with only light scratching. Action is functional. $2,000 - 3,000

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Sharps Model 1863 Carbine .52 caliber. 22” round barrel. SN: C10590. Falling block breechloading carbine with an adjustable folding ladder rear sight and altered blade front sight. Blued metal finish with weak case hardened finish to receiver. Two piece oiled walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with single barrel band. Item features a saddle bar with ring to left side and an iron buttplate. Markings include serial number to lower tang, with an “F” and an “L” marked to falling block breech. There are also “C” marks to left of barrel near breech, and to saddle bar stock anchor. Left side of frame has “C”. Sharps Arms patent markings slightly visible under heavy pitting. Fair. Bore is dark with oxidation residue to rifling. Blued and case hardened finish has worn away in most metal areas except for small amounts remaining in tight crevices. Metal cleaned aggressively with markings removed. There is heavy pitting to top of frame, and pitting to barrel. Manufacturer marks on barrel have worn away. There is a grey patina to muzzle, but it appears to be developing overall to barrel. Wood stock has scratching and mars overall, with some losses and light cracking to bottom edge of stock. As mentioned item has a 1” long trapezoid shaped front sight that may be a period alteration. Action is good and functional. $1,000 - 1,500

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Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 Army Carbine .52 rimfire. 24” round barrel length. SN: 11792. Sliding barrel breechloading carbine operated with triggerguard lever. Blued metal finish with case hardening to action.

Walnut stock has a plain straight grip with a brass buttplate and sling swivel to bottom edge. Item features an adjustable notch rear sight, and posted brass blade front sight. Markings include Sharps & Hankins address marks to right side of frame, and patent marks to left side of frame. Item is without saddle ring and is missing the swivel to edge of toe. Fair to good. Bore is somewhat dark with oxidation and residue toward muzzle. Finish is mostly with patchy losses to barrel, and pitting scattered overall. Wood stock has some scratching and mars. Brass buttplate also with scratching and some wear. Action is functional. $1,200 - 1,600 36

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2nd Type Model Merrill Carbine .54 caliber. 22.125” round barrel with single barrel band. SN: 12480. Bright finish, brass furniture, walnut stock. 1st type lock markings with patent dates, serial number and no eagle. Serial number “12480” on both tail of lock and breech lever. Lever with Merrill address and patent information. Retains correct combination lever latch and leaf rear sight, front sight blade, saddle bar and ring. Stock with weak cartouche above saddle bar. Good. Retains no finish with a mottled and oxidized patina over much of the metal. Markings remain mostly legible in metal, cartouche is weak. Mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate pitting and visible rifling. Stock lightly sanded with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800

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U.S. Model 1860 Spencer Carbine .56-56 Spencer Caliber. 22” Barrel Length. SN: 52866. Magazine fed repeating rifle with adjustable rear leaf and fixed blade sights. Bare metal finish with wood stocks featuring half length forestock and flat grip buttstock. The sights show interior cutout indicating they are of the early type, as is the extractor. Weapon does not have a magazine cutoff and magazine plate is smooth not checkered. A saddle bar and ring are present on the left hand side. There are no visible cartouches on stock. A single “S” proof mark remains on left side of barrel near breech. Markings on top of receiver are worn down and now read, “SPENCER REPEA(illegible)/RIFLE CO. BOSTON(illegible)/ PAT’D MARCH(illegible)”. This carbine appears to have been buffed and sanded. Good. Bore is dark with overall patina. Original finish has been sanded and polished away.

Some scratches on left side of barrel near rear sight. Additional mars overall with some pitting on left side of receiver near saddle bar and on right side near trigger guard. Front sight blade is worn down. Stock has been refinished and currently shows some scratches. Barrel band retainer has broken. Interior of magazine tube shows some rust. $1,200 - 1,800

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Civil War-era Spencer Repeating Carbine .52 rimfire. 22” barrel length. SN: 14815. Civil War-era lever action carbine with an adjustable folding ladder rear sight, blocked blade front sight, and 6-groove rifling. Blued metal finish overall. Two-piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Features a saddle bar with ring to left side of stock wrist, as well as a tube fed magazine buttplate and a sling swivel to edge of toe. Two click tumbler action is functional. Markings include Spencer Repeating patent markings and address to top of receiver frame. Serial number is marked to rear of receiver. Item appears to have had metal and stock refinished at some point. Civil War Model carbines were produced 1863-1865 in the serial number range 11000 to 61000. Good as refinished. Bore is bright with visible buff marks. Finish to barrel, band, and frame appears to have some flaking and scratching scattered overall. Finish also has visible buff marks to most of frame and barrel under new finish. Frame markings have also been dulled as a result of refinish. Stock also shows abrasions that are most likely from sanding. $800 - 1,200

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Joslyn Model 1864 Carbine .54 caliber. 22” barrel length. SN: 6523. Breechloading rifle with two position folding leaf notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish to barrel with case hardening to lock and iron mountings. Wood stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a rounded breechblock that pivots open, as well as a saddle bar and ring to left side. Markings include “JOSLYN FIREARMS Co./STONINGTON CONN./1864” to lockplate, and “U.S.” to heel of buttplate. Barrel is roll-marked with Frederick D. Livingston “F.D.L.” mark on left side near rear sight. Wood stock is marked with two boxed Frederick D. Livingston “F.D.L.” cartouches on left side above saddle bar. Serial number is marked to breechblock and upper tang. Very good to fine. Bore is frosty with spots of heavy oxidation and residue to rifling. Barrel retains most all of bluing except for a thinned spot near front sight, some sprinkled pit marks. Case hardened finish is weak, but still visible on most parts under clusters of pitting. Wood stock has scratches, mars, and losses scattered overall. $1,200 - 1,800

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Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine .52 caliber. 22” barrel length. SN: C12133. Lever action breechloading percussion rifle with adjustable folding ladder rear sight and blade front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to receiver, breech, lock, and trigger plate. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a saddle bar and ring on left side, with a rounded cock lever, and tape primer. Markings include Sharps 3-line manufacturer address and model name to top of barrel, along with E.A. Williams “E.A.W.” marks to left side of barrel in front of breech and just above forearm. Item also has 2-line Sharps patent date marks to left of frame, and R.S. Lawrence patent markings to rear sight. Right side of frame features Sharps and R.S. Lawrence patent date marks as well, and there is what appears to be Thomas W. Russel “T.W.R.” marks to saddle bar tang. There are small “S” and “R” markings to various parts overall. Stock has two weak obscured boxed inspector’s cartouches above and below saddle bar. Good. Bore is frosty with residue and oxidation to rifling. Blued finish has mostly worn and turned to a brown patina, while case hardening is also worn and mostly a greyish-yellow color. Wood stock is good with only light scratches and mars scattered overall. Wood to metal fit around buttplate has a slight gap toward heel. As mentioned, the inspectors marks on stock are weak and obscured and some of metal to wood fit is slightly off. $1,500 - 2,500

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Ball Repeating Carbine .50 caliber rimfire. 20.5” round barrel length. NSN. Lever action carbine with two position folding notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish to barrel with case hardening to frame, buttplate, and lever. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with two barrel bands. Item features a saddle bar and ring, along with a 7-shot tube magazine and triggerguard lever. Markings include “E.G. LAMSON & CO./WINDSOR. VT./U.S./HALLS PATENT/JUNE. 23. 1863/MAR. 15. 1864.” to left of frame, and small “S” markings overall to various areas on frame and parts. Stock is marked with a circled George G. Saunders “GGS” cartouche to left of wrist. Designed by Albert Ball and manufactured by Lamson & Company, there were roughly 1000 of these lever action carbines produced for the Union army. However, the carbines arrived a month too late for Civil War use and were discontinued as a result. Very good. Bore is dark. Blued metal finish on barrel and barrel bands has mostly thinned and turned to a brown patina. Case hardening on frame is still present, but with some scattered light scratching and dings. Wood stock has scattered losses including scratches and mars. Wrist of stock has 1.5” and 1” cracks extending from behind upper tang. $1,500 - 2,000 38

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1st-Type Frank Wesson Two Trigger Military Carbine Marked Kittredge & Co. .44 rimfire. 24” octagonal barrel length. SN: 6927. Tip-up breechloading carbine with two position folding leaf rear sight and dovetail posted blade front sight. Blued metal finish overall. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and iron forearm. Item features double triggers with an iron triggerguard; fore-trigger engages tip up action and rear releases hammer. Markings include “F.WESSON’S PATENT/OCT. 25, 1859” and “B. KITTREDGE & CO./CINCINNATI, O.” both to top of barrel. Serial number is marked to left side of barrel under forearm and to bottom of triggerguard. Front sight is marked “288”. Item has a sling swivel to bottom edge of buttstock, but front sling swivel appears to have been removed. Good. Bore is frosty with pitting and scratching to rifling. Item has scattered losses to finish on barrel and frame. Both barrel and frame show pit marks and scratching, with a grey-brown patina developing overall. Wood stock is in good condition with some light scratching and a few mars, buttplate is flush. Action is functional. $1,000 - 1,500

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Triplett & Scott Repeating Carbine .50 rimfire. 30” round barrel length. SN: 1213. Twist action carbine with a 7-shot magazine in butt of stock. Blued metal finish with case hardened finish to receiver and some parts. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single iron barrel band. Features folding leaf adjustable ladder rear sight and dovetail blade front sight. Item also has a single sling swivel to bottom edge of stock, as well as an iron buttplate. Markings include Triplett & Scott patent marks to upper tang, Meriden Manufacturing Co. address marks to left of frame, and “KENTUCKY” to left of breech. Wood stock has “N/W.B.” in small block letters to left of stock near buttplate. These carbines were manufactured from 1864-1865 and feature an unusual twist action that rotates the breech more than 180-degrees clockwise to come in line with magazine protruding from buttstock. This item is one of 5,000 carbines contracted for Home Guard troops during the Civil War, but they were delivered too late for service. Good. Bore is somewhat frosted and has light residue to rifling toward muzzle. Finish is a mottled blue-grey with scattered losses and pitting overall, developing a slight red-brown patina.

Barrel band finish has mostly turned to a light brown patina. Wood stock has scratches and mars overall. There is some darkening around tangs and to forend of stock. Stock has a 3.5” hairline crack along the magazine line on left side. Action is functional. $1,000 - 1,200

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Model 1865 Maynard Carbine .50 caliber. 20” barrel length. SN: 21590. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut stock. Standard Maynard markings on frame, “1865” model mark on trigger plate tang, two crisp script cartouches on reverse of wrist. Retains original leaf rear sight, front sight and saddle bar with ring. Fine. Retains much of the blue on the barrel and muted case color on the frame. Markings remain clear and crisp, mechanically functional, fine bore. Stock crisp with some light handling marks. $1,000 - 1,500

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U.S. Model 1865 Palmer Carbine .50 Rimfire Gov’t. 20” barrel length. SN: NSN. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut stock. Standard three-line E.G. Lamson marking on lock, forward of hammer, dated “1865” at tail. Standard markings on breech. Clear script “MM” cartouche on counterpane. Retains correct leaf rear sight, front sight and short saddle bar with sling ring. The Palmer was the first bolt action self-contained metallic cartridge firearm to see U.S. military use and one of the patent breechloading firearms designs ordered in small quantities during the closing months of the Civil War. The firearms were not delivered in time to see service and only 1,001 and were produced, making it a scarce U.S. martial arm. Good. Retains no finish with a mottled and oxidized brownish-gray patina over most of the metal. Clear lock markings, weaker on breech. Mechanically functional, hammer nose with some minor damage, bore fair, with strong rifling and scattered moderate pitting. $1,000 - 1,500

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Starr Cartridge Carbine .54 caliber. 21” barrel length. SN: 30462. Single shot falling block action carbine with folding leaf rear sight and post blade front sight. Blued finish to iron buttplate, barrel, and barrel band. Case hardened finish to frame and lock. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a saddle ring to left side of frame. Markings include Starr Arms address marks to barrel and lockplate, with Starr Arms patent date marks to breech. Buttstock has initials “C.T.WN.” carved to left side. Fair. Bore is somewhat dark with residue and pitting to rifling. Finish has heavy pitting overall, but mostly to barrel, band, and butt. Case hardened finish still present at rear half of frame sides. Wood stock has scratching and mars overall. There is a small .5” crack behind upper tang on right side, and two 1” cracks to toe of buttstock.

Stock has a screw that does not appear to be original to gun. $800 - 1,200

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Possibly Confederate Altered Sharps Carbine .54 caliber. 22” round barrel secured by two flat sheet iron friction fit barrel bands. SN: NSN. Browned finish with iron furniture and a walnut stock. An interesting period assembly using modified Sharps carbine parts mated with locally produced parts to create a functional muzzleloading percussion carbine, with numerous features that suggest Confederate or southern workmanship. The carbine uses a Model 1859 Sharps carbine/rifle lock that has been milled down to remove the pellet primer mechanism, with the hammer retaining the milling for the priming mechanism. The iron Sharps buttplate and patchbox have been retained as well, with the stock somewhat crudely cut for the patchbox recess. The triggerguard is of iron with a simply executed scroll at the rear and has features that suggest the work of East Tennessee or Western North Carolina gunsmiths of the mid-19th century and is reminiscent of the shape of a Confederate Tarpley Carbine trigger plate. Simple iron rectangles serve as escutcheons for the lock screws. The round iron barrel has a patent breech with simple percussion bolster and clean out screw. The barrel is nominally .54 caliber and does not appear to have been rifled. The front sight is a dovetailed brass blade that is somewhat reminiscent in appearance to the pinched sights used by the Richmond Armory on their repaired and refurbished arms, as well as on carbines. The apparently walnut stock is patterned in a way that is strongly reminiscent of the Confederate made rifles produced in North Carolina during the Civil War, with their characteristic slim wrists and a narrow comb that is sharply tapered to a point where it meets the wrist. The stock exhibits a large knot in the reverse, indicative of a need to utilize wood that was available. The availability of usable, suitably seasoned wood for stocks in the south during the latter part of the Civil War significantly curtailed the south’s ability to produce firearms. Includes a trumpet head, forged iron ramrod. Southern firms like Read and Watson were also known to alter breechloading firearms to muzzleloading arms to make them more universally usable. While it cannot be officially determined at this time that this is the work of southern or Confederate gunsmiths, the overall appearance and workmanship certainly suggests the alteration was done by North Carolina or East Tennessee gunsmiths and the Confederacy was known for intentionally altering breechloading arms to muzzleloaders. Very good, attic and untouched with a thickly oxidized brown patina over all of the metal parts. Markings on the lower rear of the lock remain clear, with the pellet primer patent information milled away when the lock was altered. Mechanically functional, fair bore is heavily oxidized, matching the condition of the exterior metal parts. Stock fine, with some wear and showing some scattered bumps, dings and mars along with a couple of minor surface cracks where the wood is thin around the barrel and at the tail of the lock. $4,000 - 6,000

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Three Civil War Era Rifled Artillery Projectiles 1) 3.4” Dahlgren Shell for rifled boat howitzer. Measures 3.4” by 7.625”. No fuse, some shot still in casing. Dug or battlefield pick up condition.

2) 3” Hotchkiss Shell. Measures 2.9”x7”. Fuse holder in place, rusty and crusty interior, no sabot. Dug or battlefield pick up condition.

3) 3” Dyer Bolt. Measures 2.47”x7.25”.

Lead cup sabot in place. Fine, fired condition. Dahlgren and Hotchkiss both in dug relic condition, Dyer in very nice condition with smooth metal that is lightly oxidized.

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Two Canister Rounds - Hotchkiss and Krupp 1) 3” Hotchkiss Canister Round.

Measures 2.9”x8”, Unfired. Civil War era.

2) 75mm Krupp Canister Round.

Measures 75mm x 206mm with wood sabot and brass band at center. Unfired.

Post Civil War. Both good to very good.

Moderately oxidized cases, intact and display well. $2,000 - 3,000

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19th Century Fullstock Percussion Carbine About .50 caliber. 17.25” two stage barrel length. SN: NSN. Percussion carbine with neo-classical cast notch and small blade sights. Browned metal finish with what appears to be floral scroll relief designs to octagonal section of barrel. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm. Stock has an exaggerated cheek piece with relief carved floral scroll tendrils to left side of butt, upper tang, and behind thimble. Item features a percussion lock that is signed “I.C. SCHULTZE” or “T.C. SCHULTZE”. Cheekpiece has an octagonal brass fixture that is engraved with a simple crown and fortress design with a 1670 date, and initials “G.W.” Item also features a sliding wood patchbox covering with a clamshell carving to top. Action is currently non-functional because mainspring needs reattached, mainspring is included in patchbox. Fair. Bore is dark.

Finish has a dark grey mottled appearance with tape around barrel and tape residue toward muzzle. Wood stock has scratches and mars scattered overall. $800 - 1,200

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Colt Model 1855 “Root” Revolving Half-Stock Sporting Rifle .44 caliber. 27” round barrel with under lug. SN: 3004. Blued finish, color casehardened hammer, German sliver mountings, figured walnut stock with crescent butt with checkered wrist, half-length forend. Single action, five shot percussion rifle with fluted cylinder. Top strap marked “COLT’S PT. / 1856” and “ADDRESS COL. COLT / HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.” Cylinder flute marked “PATENTED SEPT 10th 1856”. Matching serial numbers on frame, triggerguard, barrel and rear of cylinder. Adjustable long range leaf rear sight, dovetailed German silver blade front sight. German silver forend cap and escutcheons around the forend wedge. Scroll triggerguard. Wood cleaning rod with brass ball tip and threaded brass end for cleaning implements. These half-stock sporting rifles were produced circa 1857-1864 and were only moderately successful with production only reaching about 1,500 pieces. Fine. Retains much of the blued finish on the frame and cylinder, with the barrel mostly toning to plum. Markings remain crisp and clear, metal with lightly scattered oxidation. Mechanically functional, fine bore with crisp rifling. Stock with much of the original finish and crisp checkering at the wrist, showing some scattered light surface scuffs and minor mars, with a handful of minor dings and mars. $10,000 - 15,000

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.46” caliber. 5” barrel length. SN: NSN. Single shot turn off style pistol with top mounted cock and frizzen. Metal parts show a pewter finish overall. Pistol features a cannon barrel with no sights and a one piece walnut grip. Base of trigger guard shows a floral pattern and the buttplate features a sterling silver grotesque mask with Birmingham lion passant touch mark and illegible silversmith’s mark.

Silver escutcheon at back of grip shows “{a tower aflame}”. All sides of the combined lock plate and breechblock are engraved with the right side signed “HENSHAW/STRAND” and the other “LONDON”.

Beneath chamber are the following proof marks: “2”, “{crown over GP}”, “{crown over F}”, and “{crown over V}”. Item is missing upper jaw and jaw screw. Action is frozen. Good. Bore is dark with rust throughout.

Overall finish shows handling wear with some scratches and mars. Left side of barrel shows a large discolored patch near turn lug as well as some scratches. Action is frozen though frizzen functions. Item missing upper jaw and jaw screw.

.42 caliber. 3.375” octagon to round barrel with cannon muzzle. SN: NSN. Bright finish, German silver mountings, hardwood stock. Single action, single shot flintlock pocket pistol that measures 7” in overall length. Unmarked rounded flint lock with unbridled rounded pan and rounded swan neck cock. Frizzen face grooved. Barrel with traces of engraved decorations and traces of gold gilt embellishments. German silver grotesque mask butt cap, tiggerguard and side plate all with chased decorations. Stock with raised carved floral motif aprons around the tang, entry for ramrod and periphery of triggerguard. Although without markings of any sort, the pistol is likely of French origin circa mid-18th century. Includes a wood ramrod.

A lovely little flintlock pocket pistol. Good. Metal with a grayish patina with scattered surface oxidation.

Mechanically functional, good bore with oxidation and pitting. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars.

Sterling Silver Mounted English Turn-Off Flintlock Pistol By Henshaw

Continental Flintlock Pocket Pistol

$800 - 1,200

$800 - 1,200

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Pair of Mid-18th Century Flintlock French Gentleman’s Over Coat Pistols by Laborde with Accompanying Dirk .60 caliber. 8” octagon to round barrels. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, hard wood stocks. Flat pointed lock plates marked “Laborde/A Paris” under the faceted, unbridled pans. Frizzens with faceted faces and curled toes. Faceted swan neck cocks are lightly engraved with simple foliate scrolls with the tails of the locks engraved en-suite. Barrels decorated with gold inlaid floral, flowing vine and topiary motifs. Wrists with inlaid silver wire in flowing shell and foliate motifs. Brass side plates, butt caps and triggerguard engraved with flowing foliate themes, trigger guards with topiary urn finials. Stocks with raised carved foliate aprons around the tangs, bulbous aprons at the tails of the locks, foliate decorations at the entry pipes and incised lines along the lower edge of the grips and forends. Pistols include brass tipped wooden tulip head ramrods. Le Jeune Laborde worked as a gunsmith in Paris circa 1745-1760 (Stockel).

Pistols are accompanied by an apparently later period long-bladed dirk or dagger that measures 18.5” in overall length with a 14” diamond shaped spear point blade that has a 5” fuller running from the hilt towards the tip. The blade is marked on both sides in the fuller but the markings are not legible. Hilt with 3.75” brass guard and square brass pommel cap. Dirk with brass scabbard with two suspension rings. Pistols very good with medium gray metal patina that shows scattered oxidation and scattered surface roughness with some minor pitting. Barrels retain most of their gold gilt decorations. Both pistols mechanically functional with one having a cracked frizzen spring. Bores both heavily oxidized and very dirty with pitting. Stocks with some wear, retaining relatively crisp carvings and most of the silver wire in the backstops. The pistol with the cracked frizzen spring also has a 2” repaired crack in the forend tip. Both stocks with some scattered bumps, dings and minor mars. Dirk about good with some scattered surface rust and oxidation on the blade and some cracks in the wood grip. $4,000 - 6,000

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1849 German Federal Naval Pistol .60 caliber. 9.25” barrel length. SN: NSN. Bright finish, brass furniture, beech stock. Single shot smoothbore percussion pistol with captive ramrod produced for the German Federal Navy circa 1849.

Lock marked with the “{Double-Headed Eagle}” of the German Federation over “SUHL/S&C/{ANCHOR}”.

Breech stamped with the “{Double-Headed Eagle}/{ANCHOR}”. German proof and inspection marks on left angled breech and in wood behind tang. Produced in very limited numbers by Spangenberg & Consorten.

The firm was composed of Spangen, Sauer & Sturm, C. G. Haenel and V. C. Schilling. Students of the history of gun making will note the predecessors to today’s Sturm-Ruger and Sig-Sauer among these makers. Sources vary regarding the total number of pistol produced, but at least one places production around 100. A very scarce mid-19th century Naval Pistol from the very short-lived German Federation period. Very good. Metal lightly freckled with brownish surface oxidation over gray gun metal. Markings clear and crisp, brass with a dull golden patina. Mechanically functional, smooth bore fair, dark and heavily oxidized. Stock crisp with sharp edges and line and scattered minor surface dings, scuffs and mars. $1,500 - 2,000

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Exceptionally Rare Edwin Budding Type 2A Percussion Pepperbox .30 caliber. 3.25” barrel cluster. SN: NSN. Gunmetal (bronze / brass) barrels and frame, two-piece wood grips. Manually rotated, 5-shot, percussion in-line ignition pepperbox with fluted barrels, operated with a spring loaded “trigger” cocking mechanism that is released to fire by pushing the trigger out of the notch that secures it when cocked. Top of frame engraved in two lines “BUDDING / MAKER”, surrounded by a floral wreath motif. According to research published by American Society of Arms Collectors member Matthew Schneiderman in the ASAC Bulletin #104, pages 55-64, the Budding Pepperbox is considered “the world’s earliest percussion pepperbox”, “the world’s earliest percussion revolver”, “the earliest percussion pistol with in-line nipples”, “the earliest copper cap pistol with an enclosed action” and “one of the world’s earliest percussion under hammer (under striker) firearms.” Mr. Schneiderman’s research suggests that the striker concept is based upon British gun maker James Cook’s May 30, 1824 patent #4960. Further research reveals that Edwin Beard Budding (1795-1846) was a talented and skilled craftsman who is variously described as an “inventor, machinist, engineer and manager.” He spent most of his life in the field of inventing and is most noted for inventing the lawnmower. It is further revealed that Budding only spent a small part of his career in the invention and manufacture of firearms, circa 1825-1830. It is completely unknown how many of these rare percussion pepperboxes were produced, but estimates range from as low as 50 to Schneiderman’s more realistic “several hundred”. An uncommon opportunity to own a rare gun that no doubt influenced nearly every gun maker to follow. Very good. Pistol has been cleaned long ago with no visible proofs or markings on the barrels, and with the Budding marking on top slightly weak. Metal now has a rich, smooth butterscotch patina that is truly attractive. Mechanism operates correctly and barrels crisply index into position when manually rotated. Cocking trigger and striker mechanism operate correctly as well. Wood grips good to very good with numerous small dings and impact marks and some minor gapping where they meet the frame. $4,000 - 6,000

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Allen & Thurber Dragoon Pepperbox in Case .35 caliber. 6” barrel cluster with flat ribs. SN: 60. Blued finish, varnished walnut grips. Double action, 6-shot, bar hammer pepperbox. Matching numbers on barrel cluster, in triggerguard, on frame under grips and inside both grips. Top of bar hammer marked “ALLEN’S PATENT”, one barrel rib marked “PATENTED 1837” and “CAST STEEL”. Side of hammer engraved “J.C. BOLEN, N.Y.”. Frame engraved with loose foliate scrolls, recoil shield with light engraving and acid etched flowing floral patterns.

Gun is accompanied by what appears to be a correct style retailer casing with a maroon baize lining and compartmentalized to hold the gun and accessories. Included are a copper plunger style flask, a dual cavity iron mold that casts both a round and a conical projectile, two japanned cap tins embossed “ELEY BROS / LONDON”, a cleaning rod and some loose percussion caps and lead balls. A yellow advertising label for the J.C. Bolen company is attached to the inner lid of the case, depicting a similar pepperbox. Fine. Retains much of the blued finish which has flaked and faded, mixing with a plum patina. Markings and engraving remain crisp and clear. Mechanically functional, very good bores, grips very good with much of the varnish and showing scattered bumps, dings and mars. Case about good with a full length crack in the lid, moderate wear inside and out and some minor damage to the dividers. Accessories all good to very good. $3,000 - 5,000

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T. Lhoist Patent Belgian Model 1853 Percussion Revolver 9mm caliber. 6.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 5. Blued barrel and cylinder, iron frame, German silver backstrap and triggerguard. 6-shot single action percussion revovler.

Right side of barrel web marked in a three-line cartouche “T. LHOIST / BREVETE / A CHERATTE”. Other markings include the number “5” on the right barrel web, the typical Liege proof house “E/LG/*” proof in an oval on the cylinder and “{CROWN}/U” Liege controller marks on the cylinder and left side of the barrel web. An interesting single action percussion revolver with a very Colt style front end design including the ubiquitous Colt wedge to secure the barrel to the cylinder arbor pin, with the lower web of the barrel cut for a loading lever mechanism that was never installed, but was presumably an option from the gun maker. This gives the revolver the profile of an oversized Baby Dragoon or Wells Fargo pocket revolver. The rear half of the gun is typically European in profile with the frame more reminiscent of the “transition” revolvers of the 1840s than the more advanced guns of the 1850s. The frame, backstrap and triggerguard are neatly engraved with flowing foliate scrolls that simple and elegant at the same time. A very attractive example of an investing European patent revolver from the 1850s. T.J. Lhoist was a Liege based gun maker who worked circa 1851-1873 and received an 1853 Belgian patent for a revolver design (Stockel), which this is an example of. Fine. The barrel retains most of the blued finish with the cylinder showing less with much of that loss due to flaking which has given the cylinder a streaky appearance. The balance of the exposed metal has a moderately oxidized brown patina. Frame with a soft gray appearance and possibly originally color casehardened. German silver backstrap and triggerguard with a dull, yellowish-gray patina. Markings remain clear, mechanically functional, very good bore with scattered oxidation and some pitting. Grips with most of their varnish and showing some typical scattered light handling marks and minor mars. $2,000 - 3,000

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Leonard’s Patent Pepperbox by Robbins & Lawrence .31 caliber. 3.125” ribbed barrel cluster. SN: 1467. Blued and color casehardened finish, varnished walnut grips. 5-shot, ring cocking with separate trigger, breechloading percussion pepperbox with rotating internal hammer. Barrels tip down for capping and unscrews for loading. Bottom barrel rib marked “LEONARD’S PATENT”, upper right rib marked “ROBBINS & LAWRENCE” and upper left rib marked “WINDSOR, VT”. Matching serial numbers on rear face of barrel clusters and on left grip frame under grip, inside right grip and barely legible on butt. Frame and breeches of barrels lightly engraved with simple foliate patterns. Robbins & Lawerence produced roughly 9,000 Leonard’s Patent pepperboxes between 1851 and 1854 in two major variations and two calibers. In addition to the ring cocking single action version, a double action version was produced, and the guns were available in both .28 and .31 caliber.

Good. Retains no finish with a mottled and oxidized brown over gray appearance and clear markings. Mechanically functional, but ring trigger needs some effort to reset as the triggerspring is weak. Barrels are frozen and do not unscrew to load, they do tip down for loading. Grips good with some varnish and moderate bumps and dings. $600 - 900

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.31 caliber. 4” octagonal barrel. SN: 2540. Manufactured circa 1848. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and backstrap, one-piece walnut gip. Bracketed two-line barrel address reads “ADDRESS SAML COLT’s / NEW-YORK CITY”. Lower left side of frame with small two-line “COLT’S / PATENT” mark. Matching serial numbers throughout with the exception of the replaced wedge and the grip, both of which are unnumbered. Five-shot round cylinder with round stop slots, traces of the Texas Ranger and Indian Fight roll scene, partial “COLT’S / PATENT” mark and with the serial number.

Good. Metal moderately oxidized with a mottled brown and gray patina. Metal with scattered surface oxidation and some pitting and scattered roughness. Markings remain mostly legible with the exception of the cylinder scene and markings. Brass with traces of silver. Mechanically functional, good bore with strong rifling and scattered pitting. Grip fair to good, well worn, with numerous bumps, dings and mars, as well as substantial chipped loss at the leading and trailing edges.

.31 caliber. 5” octagonal barrel. SN: 151175. Manufactured circa 1859. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and backstrap, one-piece varnished smooth walnut grip. Single action five-shot percussion revolver. Matching serial numbers throughout including the wedge and grip.

Bracketed two-line barrel address, stagecoach hold up scene roll engraved on cylinder. Revolver is cased in a compartmentalized Colt factory casing with a brown velveteen lining and pillow. Case includes a small copper eagle flask, a brass dual cavity “COLT’S / PATENT” marked mold, a japanned tin of caps with a partial paper Eley Brothers label, and a key for the case. Fine. Retains much of the blued finish which is thinning and shows high edge wear and some flaked loss. Frame with some traces of case color and a dull mottled gray appearance. Markings mostly clear and sharp, with much of the cylinder scene remaining.

Metal with some scattered light surface oxidation and some freckled patches of minor roughness.

Triggerguard and backstrap with some nice silver remaining. Mechanically functional, very good bore.

Fine grips with much of their varnish and some lightly scattered bumps and dings. Case very good with moderate surface wear, some replaced patches in the lining, and some scattered bumps, dings and mars.

Accessories about good to very good, flask appears to be a reproduction.

Colt Model 1848 Baby Dragoon

Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with Case

$1,000 - 2,000

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Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver .31 caliber. 4” octagonal barrel. SN: 231147. Manufactured circa 1863. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and backstrap, varnished one-piece walnut grip. One-line New York barrel address, two-line Colt’s Patent frame mark. Matching numbers throughout including the wedge and the grip. Very good. Retains some nice blue on the barrel with flaked loss and wear, showing scattered surface oxidation and some scattered roughness.

Markings clear, cylinder scene mostly visible. Mechanically functional, good bore with oxidation and some pitting. Grip with most of the varnish, some high edge wear and scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,000 - 1,500

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Engraved Colt London Dragoon Revolver .44 caliber. 7.5” barrel. SN: 54. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and grip frame, walnut one-piece grip. Matching serial numbers on all parts, including the wedge and arbor, but no number is visible in the cut out of the grip. Serial numbers of the correct, small “English” type. Top flat of barrel roll marked in a single line “{ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW-YORK CITY}” with the lower left side of the frame engraved in a single line “COLT’S PATENT” within a ribbon. The revolver is engraved with about 60% coverage in typical English style found on these revolvers, featuring somewhat loose foliate Arabesque scrolls and foliate themes, with the scrolls not nearly as tight as the later “bank note” style engraving that became predominant during the second half of the 19th century.

The frame shows nearly 100% coverage with flowing Arabesque scrolls on the sides, foliate motifs on the recoil shield and the somewhat traditional Sea Serpent motif along the top edge of the hammer, with eyes at the hammer nose. The brass components are engraved with geometric boarders, with the traditional shell motif at the top of the backstop and foliate themes with the boarders. The octagonal portions of the barrel and the barrel web feature more foliate scrolls with a flowing vine motif along the bottom edge of the loading lever. Both the barrel web and the cylinder are marked with London commercial proof marks.

None of the Texas Ranger & Indian scene remains visible on the cylinder, but the serial number remains intact. While it is estimated that as much as 25% of the London Dragoon production was engraved, the limited production of only about 700 guns assembled in London from Hartford produced parts means that they are still quite rare revolvers. Of further interest is the fact that nearly half of those engraved guns, 73 to be precise, were returned to the United States from London in September of 1861 for sale via Joseph C. Grubb and company of New York, during the early months of the American Civil War. This means that any engraved London Dragoon revolver has the a roughly 50-50 chance of being a Civil War period sold and utilized handgun. It can generally be assumed that the extremely high condition examples were likely London guns that were the ones that never left England, while those that have seen substantial use may well have been Civil War used guns. The gun is accompanied by a letter from The Museum of Historical Arms of Miami Beach, FL which was run by William and Marvin Hoffman, dated July 26, 1867, discussing the sale of this gun to the family of the consignor. Good. Revolver shows substantial use and likely an old light cleaning, leaving no finish on the gun and moderately oxidized and freckled gray patina over most of the metal. Markings remain clear and legible with most of the engraving strong as well, although some areas show softness and weak lines. Cylinder retains none of the scene. Brass with some traces of silver plating. Mechanically functional, good bore with strong rifling and moderate pitting along its length. Grip with moderate wear, numerous bumps and dings and some chipped loss along the lower leading and trailing edges. $4,000 - 6,000

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Cased Pair of Engraved Colt Root Model 7 Revolvers with Ivory Grips .31 caliber. 3.5” barrels. SN: 11961 & 11298. Both items manufactured circa 1867. Blued finish, engraved, smooth ivory grips. Tops of barrels roll marked in two lines, “ADDRESS COL COLT / NEW-YORK U.S.A.” Cylinders roll engraved with the classic Colt “stagecoach hold up” scene and are marked “COLT’S PATENT/ (serial number)”. 5-shot, single action percussion revolvers that are engraved over roughly 75% of their surfaces. The engraving appears to be Colt factory work and is very likey that of master Colt engraver Carl A. “Cuno” Helfricht. Helfricht was born in 1851 and emigrated to the US in 1860 from Thuringia (Germany) with his parents and three sisters. Helfricht’s father eventually found work in the “Stocking Department” of the Colt Patent Firearms Company and sometime between late 1869 and early 1870 Cuno was working there as well under his father’s supervision. Cuno showed an interest and aptitude for engraving and was accepted to the famous Berlin Medal & Die Cutting Institute to study the techniques. Helfricht traveled to Germany in the summer of 1870 for his training and returned to the US in the fall of the following year. Almost immediately he was back working at Colt, this time as an engraver.

His skills were quite good and by August of 1875 he was the head engraver for the company. Helfricht’s work is distinctive on Colt firearms in that he combined multiple engraving styles and techniques on single guns. He would employ Arabesque foliate scrolls with punch-dot backgrounds and at the same time use geometric lines, starbursts, figural panels and a variety of boarders that ran from intertwined lines to egg and dart patterns. The combination of diverse styles on the same firearm can give the guns a somewhat schizophrenic appearance, but the quality of Helfricht’s work more than overcame any dichotomy of style.

These revolvers are engraved in Helfricht’s typical frenetic style. The frames behind the recoil shields are cut with his flowing Arabesque foliate scrolls with punch-dot background shading. The recoil shields are cut with a star motif foliate pattern and the lower and upper edges of the frame are cut with a variety of boarders, including simple flowing feathery patterns, intertwined lines and egg and dark marks. The rear of the barrels are cut with an open basket-weave pattern that is interspersed with dots and the upper rear of the gripstraps are cut with Cuno’s somewhat trademark geometric starburst motif. Although the rear of the frame is executed with some relatively complicated work, the balance of the gun is engraved in what is best called an “economical” style that make the coverage appear greater than it is, while minimizing the amount of time and work that went into the work. The revolvers are also mounted with a pair of period smooth ivory grips. It is unclear if these are factory grips or were added by a retailer. Both grips show wonderful age and have clearly been with the guns for a very long time. The grip on gun #11961, has the

name “Feliciano Poza” written in a bold period hand in in on the interior in the grip strap cut out. While no person of that name appears in the US Census records, a handful of men with that name were alive in Mexico during a period when the guns might have been in use. The most likely candidate is found in the records of Mexican Masonic history. Brother Feliciano Poza was elected the Junior Grand Expert of the Grand Lodge of the Federal District of Mexico on 15 June 1883. To be a Master Mason elevated to such an esteemed position suggests that this particular Feliciano Poza was not only a worthy brother but likely a successful and prosperous businessman and a respected member of his community. Further research in Mexican archives could prove fruitful.

The revolvers are contained in a 19th century compartmentalized English oak casing. The casing was relined in maroon velvet, likely during the first half of the 20th century. The casing includes a variety of accessories and accoutrements including a “C&JW Hawksley” marked small bag shaped powder flask, a blued iron .31 caliber dual-cavity “COLT’S / PATENT” marked .31 caliber bullet mold and a pewter oiler that is unmarked. The casing also includes an original Colt L-shaped screwdriver and cone wrench, but it is sized for a Colt Navy revolver. A London-style Colt cleaning rod is in the case, with the wood knob flattened on one side to allow it fit in the case, flush against the side. Four high quality, empty reproduction cartridge packets are included in the case for display purposes. The other items in the casing, the two cap tins, and the small steel container of tools are incorrect or later period items that were added to the casing. The casing was likely assembled at some point in the early 20th century, or at least was re-worked and re-lined at that time, as the set was discovered in London in the 1960s. The original Bible hinged remain in place and are still sturdy. The original lock in place and a key is in the casing, but it does not fit the lock correctly.

A really lovely set of apparently factory engraved Root Model 7 Revolvers from the end of the percussion era in a lovely casing the display wonderfully. Very good. Both revolvers retain some strong traces of blue, primarily in protected areas, with scattered light surface oxidation and some light pitting. Engraving remains mostly crisp and clear, cylinder scenes less sharp and clear. Markings remain clear. Roots are notorious for mechanical issues and both of these revolvers function, although they feel slightly different and likely both have some old interior repairs. Despite this, they both seem to index and time correctly. Ivory grips the expected wear and age cracking with gun #11298 showing some repairs and a very old patch to the bottom of the grip. Casing shows moderate exterior wear with less wear on the interior of the casing. Accessories all rate between very good and near fine. $8,000 - 12,000

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.36 caliber. 4.5” barrel length. SN: 9386. Manufactured circa 1862. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass backstrap and triggerguard, one-piece walnut grip. Single action, five shot percussion revolver with semi-fluted cylinder. Matching visible serial numbers with the exception of the cylinder and wedge which are unnumbered. Weak one-line New York barrel address, two-line Colt’s Patent frame mark, “36 CAL” mark on rear web of triggerguard, one line patent information in cylinder flute. Good. Retains no finish with a mottled grayish patina showing scattered surface oxidation and some pitting. Markings partly legible, barrel marking weak. Mechanically functional, fair bore is moderately pitted with visible rifling.

All nipples in cylinder are modern replacements, as is the wedge screw. Grip worn and sanded with some chipped loss at the leading and trailing edge and small repair at the lower rear of the left side of the grip.

.36 caliber. 6.5” octagonal barrel. SN: 22287. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and back strap, varnished one-piece walnut grip. Matching full serial number on barrel, frame, triggerguard, cylinder arbor and wedge. Rear face of cylinder with partial number “287”. Loading lever not numbered. Top flat of barrel marked in a single line “MANHATTAN FIRE ARMS CO. NEWARK, NJ”. Single action revolver with five-shot round percussion cylinder with roll engraved military and naval panel scenes.

Half-round German silver front sight blade. Revolver is accompanied by a contemporary compartmentalized wood casing with a maroon lining that includes an original blued iron Manhattan-marked dual cavity .36 caliber mold, an incorrect pattern mid-sized copper eagle motif flask, a tin of UMC percussion caps a reproduction packet of Manhattan “cartridges”, some round lead balls and a key of the case.

$1,000 - 2,000

Very good. Retains some nice thinning blue on the barrel with streaks of bright blue here and there and ares of thinned and worn loss having a grayish-blue patina. Frame with some nice vivid color, with dulling and fading around the edges. Markings clear, cylinder scene mostly visible. Mechanically functional, good bore with strong rifling and moderate pitting. Grip with most of the varnish, showing some lightly scattered bumps and dings. Case very good. Accessories good to very good.

Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver

Manhattan Navy Series III Percussion Revolver

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U.S. Springfield Model 1866 Shortened Composite Rifle with Remington Lock .50-70 caliber. 32.6” barrel length. SN: NSN. Trapdoor action rifle with blued metal finish and two position musket rear sight. Item has two barrel bands with sling swivels mounted to upper band and triggerguard. Lockplate is dated “1865”, marked “REMINGTON’S/ILION, N.Y.”, and has a “{Army Eagle over U.S.}” to center of lock. Trapdoor breech dated “1866” over “{Springfield Eagle head}”. “U” proof marks to barrel bands. Top of buttplate marked “U.S.” with number “19” on top of stock near plate. Cleaning rod is not threaded and Trapdoor has no arch. Possible cartouche to left side of stock. Stock is smooth around edges of lock plate and shows single weak markings indicating it has been sanded. Hole through both sides of stock beneath rear sight. Blued metal finish shows pitting to breech area of barrel that has been reblued. Item has been sanded and refinished. Good as refinished. Bore is dark with patina throughout and some oxidation. blued metal finish shows wear to edges and weakness on triggerguard, barrel bands, and buttplate. Wood furniture shows light handling wear and some mars. $600 - 900

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1st Type U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Carbine .45-70 GOVT. 22” round barrel. SN: 39646. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock. Lock with early three line marking that reads “U.S./ SPRINGFIELD/1873” with “{Spread-Winged Eagle}”. Breech block marked “MODEL/1873/(Eagle Head}/{Crossed Arrows}/1873”. No barrel proofs as is correct. Reverse wrist with well-worn script “ESA” in an oval cartouche with a crisp “{Circle-P}” firing proof behind the triggerguard. Short comb, long wrist stock with solid buttplate and no implement hole in butt. Narrow receiver, three-click tumbler, high arch breech with spring loaded steel firing pin, smooth trigger, two-piece triggerguard, 1873 pattern rear sight with slotless screw, graduated to 12 on the ladder, fixed musket profile front sight with blade dovetailed into base. Thin sling bar and ring with a later production barrel band with stacking swivel having been installed. This carbine falls in the very upper end of the desirable “Custer range” of serial numbers, although most of the guns in this range only fit in the category by date of production, rather than by actual issue to the 7th Cavalry except as replacement guns in the aftermath of The Little Bighorn. While this gun does not appear in the four volume set of US military serial numbers complied by the Springfield Research Service, several guns close to this one do, including #39615 and #39674, both surveyed on January 29, 1878 at Fort Keogh and #39792, also surveyed at Fort Keogh on April 1 of the same year. Fort Keogh was located at the mouth of the Tongue River on the south bank of the Yellowstone River and was established in August of 1876 after the Little Bighorn massacre. For the next few years it served as a base of operations against the hostiles in the region. This carbine was likely part of the group of guns issued to troops operating in this region in the aftermath of the Little Bighorn. This is a nice, honest example of an early, 1st type 1873 carbine with a minimum of later replacement parts and no indications of having undergone the 1877 upgrades and which somehow escaped the restocking program. A scarce gun that likely spent a significant amount of time in the pursuit of pacifying the Native Americans. Very good. Carbine shows moderate wear with some traces of finish mixed with a lightly oxidized plum patina and some scattered surface roughness and minor pitting. Breech block with a mottled brown and gray appearance and minute traces of color. Markings remain clear with the exception of the ESA cartouche, which show moderate snap ring wear from the carbine sling. Mechanically functional, very good bore is partly bright with scattered oxidation and some pitting. Wood with moderate wear, showing bumps, dings and mars, a thumb-sized chip on the obverse forend forward of the receiver. $4,000 - 6,000

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Early Production U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Carbine .45-70 GOVT. 22” round barrel. SN: 17260. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock. Lock with early three line marking that reads “U.S./SPRINGFIELD/1873” with “{Spread-Winged Eagle}”. Breech block marked “MODEL/1873/(Eagle Head}/{Crossed Arrows}/1873”. No barrel proofs, as is correct. Reverse wrist with script “ESA” in an oval cartouche with a crisp “{Circle-P}” firing proof behind the triggerguard. The number “15” is stamped in the belly of the stock forward of the triggerguard. Short comb, long wrist stock. Narrow receiver, two-click tumbler, high arch breech with spring loaded steel firing pin, smooth trigger, twopiece triggerguard, 1873 pattern rear sight with slotless screw, graduated to 12 on the ladder, fixed musket profile front sight with blade dovetailed into base. Sling bar appears to be the thicker, later production variation and a later barrel band with stacking swivel has been installed. Butt stock retrofitted with implement compartment and a buttplate with a keyhole cut out and sliding brass door like a Winchester. This modification is believed to have been made by Hartley & Graham when the guns were resold as surplus. At that time, Hartley & Graham also refurbished and refinished the guns and replaced small parts that were worn or damaged. This carbine falls in the desirable “Custer range” of serial numbers. While this gun does not appear in the four volume set of US military serial numbers complied by the Springfield Research Service, several guns close to this one do, including #17093 which was in possession of the 2nd Cavalry on July 12, 1879, #17301 which was in possession of F troop of the 5th Cavalry on April 29, 1879. Carbines #17030 and #17508 were both turned in on September 5, 1876 by White Robe and Yellow Bear respectively. Those two guns were almost certainly captured from Custer’s forces at the Little Big Horn. This is a really lovely condition, early production Model 1873 Carbine that was period refurbished but retains the important and almost always missing salient feature of a long wrist stock. Very good as period refurbished. Breech block with much of the vibrant applied case coloring, barrel with some thinning blue. Markings on breech block slightly weak from polishing before refinishing. Marks in wood remain fairly crisp and legible. Mechanically functional, very good bore is mostly bright with crisp rifling and some moderate oxidation and frosting in the last few inches near the muzzle. Stock with some scattered bumps, dings and mars. $5,000 - 8,000

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U.S. Springfield Model 1877 Trapdoor with Bayonet .45-70 GOVT. 32” barrel length. SN: 93712. Single shot breech loading rifle with long range sliding leaf rear sight and low arched trapdoor. Blued metal finish with case hardening to breech. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and two barrel bands. Features a three click tumbler, sling swivels to upper barrel band and front of triggerguard, as well as a smooth trigger. Markings include “Model/1873/U.S.” to trapdoor breech, “U.S.” to heel of buttplate, and a circle “P” proof behind lower tang. Lock is marked “U.S./SPRINGFIELD” and preceded by a patriotic war eagle. Includes a pattern 1873 bayonet. Very good. Bore is frosty. Finish is good overall, with some thinning to muzzle and light scratching overall. Wood stock has scratching and mars scattered overall. $800 - 1,200

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Springfield Armory Conversion of a Model 1865 Spencer Cavalry Carbine to Model 1871 Infantry Rifle .50 rimfire. 32.5” barrel secured by two spring retained barrel bands. SN: 13809. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock and forend. Top of receiver marked in four lines “SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE/PAT’D MARCH 6, 1860/MANUFD AT PROV. RI/BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO.” and “MODEL 1865” at the front of the receiver top, perpendicular to the other markings. Weak script “ESA” in an oval cartouche at rear of saddle bar. Springfield Arsenal Conversion of a Burnside Rifle Company contract Model 1865 Spencer Carbine to Model 1871 Army Rifle with arsenal added rifle length barrel numbered 13809 to match the receiver, an 1868 pattern ladder rear sight and a musket style combination front sight and bayonet lug. Retains original carbine sling bar and ring, Stabler magazine cut-off, correct magazine follower tube with grooved base, sling swivel in toe of stock and arsenal added swivel on upper band. An incorrect cleaning rod is included. Only 1,108 of these carbine were altered to rifles at Springfield circa 1871. Good. Retains no finish with a dull grayish patina showing scattered surface oxidation, discoloration and some light pitting. Markings mostly legible, with wear. Mechanically functional, good bore with moderate oxidation, some pitting and good rifling. Rear sight ladder missing, base intact. Stock lightly sanded with moderate wear, bumps, dings, impact marks and some mars and the expected tight crack in the butt along the magazine tube. $1,500 - 3,000

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Springfield Spencer Model 1871 Rifle .50 rimfire. 32.5” barrel secured by two spring retained barrel bands. SN: 26405. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock and forend. Top of receiver marked in four lines “SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE/ PAT’D MARCH 6, 1860/MANUFD AT PROV. RI/BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO.” and “MODEL 1865” at the front of the receiver top, perpendicular to the other markings. Fairly clear script “ESA” in an oval cartouche at rear of saddle bar. Springfield Arsenal Conversion of a Burnside Rifle Company contract Model 1865 Spencer Carbine to Model 1871 Army Rifle with arsenal added rifle length barrel numbered “26405” to match the receiver, an 1868 pattern ladder rear sight and a musket style combination front sight and socket bayonet lug. Retains original carbine sling bar and ring, Stabler magazine cut-off, correct magazine follower tube with grooved base, sling swivel in toe of stock and arsenal added swivel on upper band, along with the correct cleaning rod. Only 1,108 of these carbine were altered to rifles at Springfield circa 1871. Fine. Retains most of the arsenal applied blue on the barrel with some nice faded and dulled case coloring on the receiver. Markings clear and legible.

Mechanically functional, fine bore. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars.

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U.S. Springfield Model 1884 with Bayonet .45-70 Govt. 32.625 barrel length. SN: 448004. Single shot breechloading rifle with Buffington rear sight and stacked blade front sight. Blued metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip, forearm with two barrel bands and a forend cap. Item features sling swivels to front barrel band and to two piece triggerguard. Item also features a low arched trapdoor and a serrated trigger. Markings include “U.S./MODEL/1884” to trapdoor, and “U.S./SPRINGFIELD” with a patriotic eagle to lockplate. Heelplate is marked “U.S.”, and Buffington sight features an “R” rifle marking. Wood stock has an illegible boxed cartouche that appears to have had box crudely re-cut. Includes a refinished M1873 socket bayonet marked “U.S”. Very good. Bore is bright with some residue to rifling. Finish to barrel has thinned to a streaky light brown patina. Lockplate shows weak markings, possibly indicating it was replaced or buffed at some point. Wood stock has been lightly sanded and has obscured inspector markings. $400 - 600

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U.S. Springfield Model 1888 .45-70 caliber. 32.65” barrel length. SN: 547033. Trapdoor single-shot rifle with Buffington rear sight and front blade. Blued metal finish with walnut full length furniture.

Item is equipped with low arch breech block, three click tumbler, one piece triggerguard, combined cleaning rod/bayonet, and serrated trigger. Right lock plate is marked “U.S./SPRINGFIELD” flanked by “{US Amry Eagle}”. Top of action marked “US/MODEL/1884”. Left side of stock above trigger guard has signature of Samuel W. Porter in boxed “SWP/1892” cartouche. Proof marks to barrel include “V/P/{eagle head}/P” in addition to “A” on top. Right side of stock shows numbers “9/59” while top has “2/9/2” with “9” having exaggerated size. Top of buttplate marked “US/{signature}/59”. Item comes with sling swivels and cleaning rod/bayonet but no cleaning kit. Good. Metal parts have taken on a brown patina overall with barrel retaining much of its blue fading to brown patina at muzzle and bayonet lug. Wood finish shows handling wear and mars overall with some scratches and gouges. Action is functional but Buffington sight moves loosely. $800 - 1,000

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Peabody Breechloading Rifle with Bayonet .43 Spanish. 33” round barrel secured by two rounded, spring retained barrel bands. SN: NSN. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut stock and forend.

Standard five-line markings on reverse of receiver, weak cartouche at wrist. Retains original long range rear sight, combination musket front sight and bayonet lug, sling swivels and cleaning rod. A correct socket bayonet is included as well. Many of these rifles were made up for sale to the French during the Franco-Prussian War often using carbine frames like this one, with the sling bar channel filled with a flat plate. Top of breech and receiver marked with “{CROWN}/V” Prussian proofs, suggesting capture by the Germans during the war. Fine. Retains most of the blued finish with some thinning and light wear. Frame with much of the dulling case hardened mottling. Clear markings in metal, weaker in wood. Mechanically functional, fine bore. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. Bayonet very good to fine. $1,200 - 1,800 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** Modified Hopkins & Allen Model No. 722 in Beaded Sioux Holster with Cartridge Belt .22 rimfire. 2.5” round barrel length. SN: NSN. Blued and color casehardened finish, walnut stock. Top of barrel marked “No. 722”. Hopkins & Allen #722 single shot breechloading Boys Rifle modified to pistol during the period of use. These single shot, solid frame guns were produced circa 1903-1915. Blade front sight dovetailed into the barrel at the muzzle, butt shortened to modified pistol grip, forend removed.

“Pistol” is is accompanied by a beautiful Sioux beaded rawhide holster that dates to the late-19th or early 20th century. The holster is attached to a narrow 1.25” wide leather belt roughly 41” in length with a brass buckle that has 42 leather loops for .22 caliber cartridges. The belt additionally has a late 19th to early 20th century heavy German silver watch chain attached to it. A really lovely set from the turn of the century reservation period. Good as modified. Gun with no finish and a moderately oxidized gray and brown patina with moderate surface roughness and some pitting. Marking on barrel is clear. Action appears functional but should not be fired without inspection by a qualified gun smith. Bore heavily pitted with minute traces of rifling. Stock modified to an ersatz pistol grip and secured by pins with heavy wear and chipped wood loss. $1,000 - 2,000

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7.25” overall length with all blades out and extended, 3.75” with blades closed. This combination knife and tool appears to be of Spanish or Italian origin, likely the first quarter of the 19th century and is a crude predecessor to the ubiquitous “Swiss Army Knife” concept. The knife includes the following blades and tools on one side: a 1.75” sheep’s foot style blade that is chipped at the end, a 1.75” pen knife style blade with extension reminiscent of a fleam, a 1.25” semi-hawkbill blade, a 1.5” set of tweezers, a 1.5” narrow screwdriver blade that is .16” wide at the tip, a 1.5” awl or punch, a crude 1.5” blade with hash marks suggesting it was used as a rudimentary ruler and a 1.5” narrow blade with a profile reminiscent of a filleting knife. The opposing side has the following: 1.5” saw, a 1.375” flat point blade that is more like a screwdriver with a pair of holes in it, a 1.5” narrow blade with a tiny, tapered tip, a 1.25” blade that narrows to a pin punch, what appears to be a bottle opener, a 1” seax profile blade that narrows to a punch, a 1.75” single edged semi-clip point blade that has been crosshatched to be used as a file and a narrow 1.25” spear point blade. Knife has bone scales, brass mounts and has the initials PT on one side and JB on the other side. About good. Metal heavily oxidized with some pitting. Blades all about good with some chipping and damage and some sharpening. Bone scales good with age and wear.

8.25” clip point etched Bowie blade with 4.5” false edge, 12.625” in overall length. Semi-coffin shaped hilt with bone grip, German silver pommel cap and 2.25” German silver oval guard. Blade 1.125” at widest point and marked in four lines on the reverse ricasso “W. WILKENSON & CO” in an arc over “20/ NORFOLK RD/SHEFFIELD”. Reverse of blade fully acid etched with American patriotic motifs and slogans with a “{Spread-Winged Eagle}” at the center over a ribbon reading “E PLURIBUS UNUM” with the phrase “AMERICAN BOWIE KNIFE” below that. The five line motto closest to the blade reads “Americans/ask for nothing but what is/right/& submit to nothing that is/wrong” and the seven line motto near the hilt reads “The United States/The Land of the Free/and the/Home of the Brave /Protected by/Her Noble & Brave/ Volunteers”. The obverse ricasso has the old collection number “170” in red paint. The consignor’s notes indicate that the knife is from the collection of noted antique arms and militaria dealer Robert Ables. The knife is accompanied by its original German silver mounted leather scabbard with gold gilt embossed decorations on the front and the frog button missing from the throat. This knife is illustrated in American Knives, The First History and Collector’s Guide by Harold Peterson published by Scribner’s and Sons New York, 1958. Page 42 Figure 49. Very good. Blade lightly cleaned with ricasso markings somewhat weak, etching remains nearly all complete, clear and fully legible. Blade with a pewter patina and scattered freckled oxidation and discoloration. Tip of knife remains needle sharp. Blade with some light scuffing marks on the surface. German silver guard loose. Grip, hilt and blade tight. Scabbard with moderate wear, scuffed finish loss and moderate loss of the gold gilt. Drag attached with old scotch tape.

Early 19th Century 16-Bladed Folding Pocket Knife and Combination Tool

$2,000 - 4,000

Rare Wilkinson Etched Panel Sheffield Bowie Knife from Robert Abel’s Collection

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Extremely Rare Guardless American Bowie Knife 10” singled-edged spear point “butcher” blade with short 1.5” false edge, 16” overall length, 6” hilt with reeded bone handle and silver pillow pommel engraved 1838 on the obverse and with the script initials BM on the reverse. Hilt is very much in the form of an 1820s-1840s period sword, with a small notch in the bottom of the pommel cap and bone grip where a traditional knuckle bow could pass through to attach to the tang. Silver ferrule at front of grip, prior to hilt junction. Flat blade is unmarked and 1.325” wide at widest point. Knife is accompanied by an embossed leather scabbard that is seamed up the rear, with an attached leather frog and belt loop, with a German silver drag. The scabbard is decorated with 14 old brass tacks. The scabbard fits perfectly, but the styling suggests that it is a later period of use replacement, which would not be uncommon. This pattern of large “butcher knife” adapted for carry and use in fighting and surviving in the early period of western expansion is the direct predecessor of the form of knife that would be called the “Bowie”. The period when these knives were popular and saw heavy use was in the years immediately before and after the famous Jim Bowie sandbar fight, which made the “Bowie Knife” legendary. Very good. Blade with some light age staining and surface oxidation, showing some scuffs and sharpening marks. Bone grip with a pleasing cream patina, silver mounts deeply tarnished. Blade to hilt junction solid, pommel cap with some minor wiggle. Sheath very good with some wear and surface mars. Tacks deeply patinaed. $3,000 - 5,000

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Half-Horse, Half-Alligator Bowie Knife by Henry C. Booth & Co. 9” double-edged spear point blade, 13.5” in overall length with 4.5” coffin handle hilt. Blade marked at ricasso on obverse: “HENRY .C. BOOTH & Co/NORFOLK WORKS/SHEFFIELD”. Hilt with 2.375” German silver plates cast in the form of the mythical American “Half-Horse Half-Alligator” a reference to part of the mythos of the early days of western expansion in the United States by frontiersmen like Mike Fink, whose stories are as much legend and lore as truth. 2.75” German silver cross guard cast in the form of a Texas Longhorn, again invoking the mythos of western expansion in America. Blade measures 1.3125” at the widest point and has a prominent median ridge. Grip scales consist of the German silver Half-Horse, Half-Alligator plates that terminate as the pommel cap, mother of pearl scales secured by pins between the rear portion of the grip and the cross guard. The knife is accompanied by its German silver scabbard which is lightly engraved with foliate themes and is missing the belt hook or loop from the throat.

The firm of of Henry C Booth (1821-1882) worked as a cutler in Sheffield, England circa 1852-1879.

Period advertisements from his firm noted that he produced and traded in “table knives and forks, spear point, butchers’, Bowie and dagger knifes, etc, for home and export.” The Half-Horse, Half-Alligator form has always been one of the most collectible and iconic of American-market Bowie Knives produced during the 19th century. Good. Blade shows moderate amounts of scattered surface oxidation and discoloration, with some scattered roughness, giving it a mottled pewter and dark gray appearance. Edges with numerous small chips and nicks. Marking on ricasso clear and legible. Hilt and German silver mounts with a nicely aged silvery patina with a slight yellowish cast, mother of pearl scales with a small diagonal chip missing from the reverse rear edge. Scabbard solid with numerous bumps, dings and mars, missing belt hook or loop with some old solder where the part used to be at the throat. $6,000 - 8,000

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Diminutive Dirk by W. Thornhill of London 4.325” double edged spear point blade, 7.5” in overall length with 3” German silver hilt with case foliate decorations and 2.625” cross guard with ball finial quillons. Reverse ricasso marked in three lines “V {CROWN} R/W. THORNHILL & CO/LONDON”. Blade .7” wide at ricasso with a prominent median ridge along the length of the blade. Knife may have been shortened slightly from original blade length during the period of use. Hilt decorated with cast images of birds and foliage. Dirk accompanied by its original scabbard with cast German silver mounts that are decorated en-suite. Leather body with decorative open work letters that are difficult to decipher, but may be the name or initials of the original owner. A small ring is attached to the throat to provide a suspension point for the scabbard. The bird imagery may be a loosely veiled reference to the “soiled doves” of the second half of the 19th century who plied their trade in the hotels and saloons of the American West. The consignor’s notes indicated that he thought this was a “prostitute’s dagger”. The Thornhill families were multi-generational cutlers in London dating back to the 1730s. The firm operated under the W. Thornhill & Co. moniker from circa 1875 to 1905 when the firm went out of business, although the business name remained in use through about 1912. Good. Blade with some oxidation and discoloration and indication of cleaning. Markings remain legible, as do the cast decorations in the hilt. Scabbard with moderate wear and some leather loss, possibly shortened with a repair near the tip which has been reattached.

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Bowie Style Side Knife with Brass Pin Studded Ivory Grip 5.75” singled edged straight back blade with 2” false edge, 9.75” in overall length with a 4” hilt featuring an oval ivory grip decorated with brass pins. Cast German silver ferrule with leaf motif decorations, semishaped 2.125” cross guard with forward and rearward swept quillons. Approximately 3” of the blade is blued with gilt etched foliate decorations. Accompanied by a leather sheath with German silver throat with frog stud and an old replacement lead drag. Very good. Blade with some original polish and retaining much of the blued and gilt decoration with some thinning and fading and some lightly scattered oxidation and age discoloration. Ferrule and guar with a dull pewter patina, grip very good with some minor age drying cracks in the ivory a warm, cream color that is staring to tone slightly darker in some areas. Scabbard about good, with the throat reattached, leather showing moderate wear and drag replaced by a crude old piece that appears to be lead. $2,000 - 4,000

$1,000 - 2,000

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5” single-edges semi-clip point blade, 9” in overall length with 4” antler hilt and brass ferrule with rudimentary oval brass guard. Flat blade 1.125” at widest point is marked near the spine on the reverse “WILL & FINCK / S.F. CAL”. Knife appears to have been shortened from a longer original blade length. Knife is accompanied by an associated sheath and belt of more recent vintage, as the scabbard appears to be assembled with a combination of stitching and 20th century rivets, suggesting the leather may be of that era. 1.75” wide leather belt with brass roller buckle is roughly 36” in length and heavily decorated with silver plated brass tacks, scabbard similarly decorated. Good. Knife with moderate wear and shortened as noted with a non-factory tip. Metal with scattered surface oxidation and discoloration and some surface roughness. Hilt with some nice age and wear. Brass with dings and dents. Belt and scabbard rig about good with moderate wear and most of the plating worn from the rivets.

13” clipped blade length. 19.75” overall with hilt. Large early bowie knife formerly owned by renowned collector Robert Abels. Hilt is cast heavy brass with a separate piece brass oval crossguard. Grip features a cast serpent design wrapped around grip, as well as a skull motif pommel. Blade has a heavy mottled brown-grey color due to pitting, with light to moderate bites on blade overall. Brass guard and hilt have scratches and mars, with discoloration overall.

Will & Finck-marked Hunting Knife with Tacked Belt and Sheath

Rare Large Bowie Knife Formerly Owned by Robert Abels

$1,500 - 2,500

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.44 caliber. 8” barrel length. SN: 187095. Manufactured circa 1870. Retains no finish, replaced grips made of horn. Standard one-line New York barrel address. Visible numbers match except for cylinder which is numbered 388. Wedge replaced as is loading lever and hammer screw. Good. Metal with a moderately oxidized brownish-gray patina, showing some minor surface roughness and light pitting. Barrel mark clear, cylinder scene about 50% visible, mechanically functional, fair bore is moderately pitted.

Replaced grips with moderate wear.

.44 caliber. 7.5” barrel length. SN: 35067. Manufactured circa 1862. Single action percussion revolver with notch hammer rear sight and what appears to be an altered German silver blade front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to frame, hammer, and lever. One piece plain walnut grips. Item features stock cutaways and a brass triggerguard. Markings include cylinder numbered “2255”, as well as “SEPT 10TH 1850” and an “L” sub inspector mark. The same marking appears on the top of the backstrap while the trigger guard is marked “S”. Wedge is unmarked, all serial numbers are matching otherwise.

Good. Bore is somewhat dark. Finish has mostly worn away and has developed a deep brown patina overall.

There are also scattered areas of pitting and scratching, with some irregular mars on the breech and more extensive corrosion on the underside of the hammer and in the hammer recess. Cylinder notches are heavily worn. Additionally, the chambers and percussion nipples, one of which has been partly sheared off, have oxidation. Finally, the walnut grip is slightly loose. A corner near the base has chipped off and shows signs that this grip has possibly been refinished.

Colt Model 1860 Army

Colt Model 1860 Army

$1,200 - 1,800

$1,000 - 1,500

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Colt Model 1860 Army .44 caliber. 8” barrel length. SN: 14304. Manufactured circa 1861. Single action percussion revolver with hammer notch and brass blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardened frame, lever, and hammer. One piece walnut grips. Pistol has a brass trigger guard and 6 shot cylinder. All serial numbers match. The barrel is marked “-ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-” and the frame is marked “COLTS/PATENT.” The cylinder is marked “COLTS PATENT NO 14304/PAT. SEPT 10TH 1850”. Inspector markings adorn various components including two “H” markings on the rebated portion of the cylinder and a “T” on the nonrebated portion. Further “H” marks appear just behind the trigger guard, on the top of the backstrap, and on the left side of the barrel near the breech. The revolver’s four screw type frame shows cuts for attaching a shoulder stock. Letter provided from Colt Industries’ Firearms Division indicates they were unable to locate records for this pistol. Letter is dated to 1980. Good. The bore is dark and oxidized. Finish has mostly worn away overall. Patches of brown patina adorn the right side of the barrel near the muzzle along with a flat brown patch near the breach. There is light surface oxidation on the head of the ramrod, on the underside of the hammer, and in the hammer recess. The cylinder has a light brown patina while the chambers are dark. Cylinder notches are almost worn flat. The one piece walnut grips show wear marks mostly to the left side.

Cylinder lockup has some slight wiggle to it. Timing seems ok. Action is functional. $1,000 - 1,500

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Double Action 12mm Lefaucheux Revolver by LePage 12mm. 6.25” barrel length. SN: 126393. Blued and color casehardened finish, floral motif molded hard rubber grips. Six shot, double action only, saw handle pinfire revolver with round cylinder. Engraved LePage Freres barrel address, Lefaucheux patent marking on left side of barrel at frame, Liege proof marks. Cylinder engraved with flowing foliate motifs, casehardened frame engraved en-suite. Lanyard ring in butt. Fine. Retains some flaked blue on the barrel with the balance toning towards plum, cylinder with most of the blue, frame, hammer and triggerguard with much of the vibrant case color, with some muting. Crisp markings and engraving. Mechanism appears to be double action only without a cocking notch. Action functional, but trigger return spring does not work, requiring the trigger to be manually reset. Very good bore with strong rifling and some scattered oxidation. Loading gate and ejector intact and functional. Grips with some light handling marks and crisp foliate decorations. $1,500 - 2,000

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Allen & Wheelock 2nd Model Lip Fire Army Revolver with Holster .44 Lip Fire. 7.5” octagon to round barrel. SN: 73. Blued finish with two-piece varnished walnut grips.

Center hammer, single action, 6-shot cartridge revolver with ratcheting ejector rod. Matching serial number “73” throughout, including the face of the cylinder, inside the frame under the grips, on the cylinder arbor pin and inside both grips. Left barrel flat weakly marked in two lines: “ALLEN & WHEELOCK WORCHESTER, MA / ALLEN’S PAT’S SEP. 7 NOV. 9, 1858”. Narrow grip profile, 2nd model type loading gate hinged at bottom rather than top. Flayderman’s places production estimate at about 250 of these early self-contained cartridge revolvers circa 1860. As the design violated the Rollin White patent for the bored through cylinder the production of these guns was ended after legal action brought by Smith & Wesson. The design was resurrected as the Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Percussion Army Revolver, which did not violate the patent. A scarce and desirable early American cartridge revolver from one of the more innovative handgun makers in America during the mid-19th century. Revolver is accompanied by an associated period military flap holster that was not designed for this gun, but which has molded to fit it over the years. Good. Retains no finish, having been cleaned to bright, leaving the markings on the barrel somewhat light. Metal with a dull gray patina, scattered surface oxidation and discoloration and some pinpricking. Mechanically functional, good bore with strong rifling and scattered pitting. Grips with moderate wear, retaining some varnish and showing scattered handling marks. Holster fair, well worn with old repaired stitching and missing the original belt loop with a replaced piece of leather in that location. $2,500 - 5,000

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Colt 1861 Navy Richards-Mason Conversion .38 Colt. 7.5” barrel length. SN: 3951. Manufactured circa 1861. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated backstrap and triggerguard, varnished walnut grips. Single action, 6-shot revolver with round cylinder and Mason patent ejector rod system. Traces of one-line barrel address, no cylinder scene, two-date in two-line patent marking on lower left frame. Matching serial numbers on barrel, frame, triggerguard, butt and loading gate. Rear face of cylinder numbered 2, no visible number on side of cylinder. Only about 2,200 Model 1861 Navy revolvers were altered via the Richards Mason system, some as .38 RF and some as .38 CF (.38 Colt). Of those, roughly 1,000 were US Navy contract revolvers sent back to be altered with the balance either produced from unfinished Model 1861 Navy parts and actually built as cartridge revolvers or previously purchased guns sent back to the factory for alteration. As this gun is outside the accepted range of numbers applied to the unfinished parts built as Richards Mason revolvers (nominally #100-#3300) it appears that this is one of the previously purchased guns returned to Colt for modification. The gun clearly shows a factory refinish and the lack of cylinder scene and weak barrel markings are consistent with a gun rebuilt and refinished at the factory, rather than one of the ones made up from unfinished parts. Fine. Retains much of the Colt factory refinish with substantial thinning blue on the barrel and cylinder and strong case color with some vibrance on the frame. Most of the silver plating remains in place. Markings weak as noted above.

Mechanically functional, fine bore, grips very good with most of the varnish and some scattered bumps, dings and impact marks. $5,000 - 8,000

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.38 rimfire. 4.5” barrel length. SN: 651. Manufactured circa 1861. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass backstrap and triggerguard, one-piece varnished walnut grip. Single action revolver with five shot semi-fluted cylinder. Matching numbers throughout with the exception of the unmarked wedge and the loading gate which is numbered “616” (or 919). One-line New York barrel address, two-line “COLT’S PATENT” frame marking, .36 CAL marking on left rear of triggerguard web. A very nice example of a Colt cartridge “conversion” revolver produced from previously unused parts and built as a cartridge revolver. Very good. Retains some of the blued finish, primarily in the protected areas with the balance of the gun showing a dull bluish-gray patina. Markings remain clear and crisp. Mechanically functional, very good bore. Grip with most of the varnish, remaining crisp with scattered bumps and dings.

.38 rimfire. 4.5” barrel length. SN: 3046. Manufactured circa 1861. Blued and color casehardened finish, silver plated brass triggerguard and backstrap, varnished one-piece walnut grip. Matching serial numbers throughout, including the grip, with the exception of the wedge which is correctly unnumbered. One-line New York barrel address, two-line “COLT’S/PATENT” frame marking, “.36 CAL” marking on left rear of triggerguard web, standard stagecoach hold up cylinder scene with “COLT’S PATENT” marking and serial number. Richards-Mason type ejector housing on right side of barrel. A scarce and fine example of an early Colt cartridge revolver. Fine. Retains much of the blued finish with thinning and fading and some additional loss due to wear. Frame with some nice patches of vivid case color, the balance dulling and toning towards gray. Brass with some traces of silver. A couple of grip screws with some slot wear. All markings clear and crisp, mechanically functional, fine bore. Fine grip with most of the varnish and some light handling marks.

Colt 1862 Police Richards-Mason Conversion

$1,500 - 3,000

Colt Pocket Navy with Ejector Conversion

$2,000 - 4,000

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.38 Colt. 3.5” barrel without ejector. SN: 65725. Manufactured circa 1888. Nickel finish, fire blued small parts, checkered Rampant Colt hard rubber grips. Standard two-line barrel address, three-date in three-line patent marking on lower left of frame. Left side of barrel acid etched “COLT D.A. 38”. Matching numbers, grips numbered “725” in pencil, matching the gun. Fine. Retains most of the nickel finish with some minor flaked loss and some scattered light oxidized surface freckling. The largest areas of loss and freckling are on the front and back straps. Small parts with much of their bright fire blue, etched panel nearly all intact with minor loss. Mechanically functional, fine bore, fine grips with crisp checkering and some light handling marks.

.38-40. 5.5” barrel length. SN: 33934. Manufactured circa 1896. Blued finish, fire blued small parts, checkered Rampant Colt logo hard rubber grips. Standard one-line barrel address, left side of barrel roll marked “.38 W.C.F”. Rampant Colt logo on lower left rear of frame, above grip. Barrel marked “V 44” under cylinder pin head. Matching assembly number “71” on left of frame under grip and on loading gate, matching last 3 digits of the serial number, “934”, on rear face of cylinder and in pencil in left grip. Number in right grip illegible. Lanyard ring in butt. The Colt Model 1878 was the first entry by Colt into the large frame, large caliber double action revolver market and despite modest success did not ever achieve the market penetration of the more popular Single Action Army revolver. Very good. Retains much of the thinning blue with moderate wear and loss. Most prominent areas of loss are the ejector housing and cylinder, with the brightest blue in protected areas. All markings remain clear and crisp, mechanically functional, fine bore. Grips fine, with crisp checkering and light wear.

Colt 1877 Lightning “Sheriff’s Model” Revolver

$2,000 - 3,000

Colt 1878 Frontier Revolver

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** Colt 1878 Frontier Revolver .44-40. 7.5” barrel length. SN: 12440. Manufactured circa 1884. Nickel finish, fire blued small parts, checkered Rampant Colt logo hard rubber grips. Standard one-line barrel address, left side of barrel acid etched “COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER”. Barrel marked “44” under cylinder pin head. Lanyard ring in butt. The Colt Model 1878 was the first entry by Colt into the large frame, large caliber double action revolver market and despite modest success did not ever achieve the market penetration of the more popular Single Action Army revolver. Some 18,819 Model 1878 revolvers were produced by Colt in .44-40 of which 3,007 were nickel with 7.5” barrels which was the most third most popular variant within that caliber. Very Fine. Retains nearly all of the nickel which has a slightly dull, milky tone, showing some thinning, high edge wear and some areas of flaking, primarily on the frame around the cylinder and at the muzzle. Etched panel remains almost entirely intact and is fully legible as are all markings. Fire blue remains vibrant on back of hammer, trigger and most of the screws. Mechanically functional, fine bore, grips very good and fairly crisp and pencil numbers with the last three digits of the serial number. Assembly numbers match on the frame under the left grip, on the rear face of the cylinder and on the loading gate. $4,000 - 6,000

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Merwin, Hulbert & Co. 1st Model Frontier Army Revolver .44 M&H. 7” barrel length. SN: 12708. Blued finish, ivory grips. Single action, six-shot open top revolver with round, scooped flute cylinder, single screw over trigger indicating a standard production 1st model, rather than an early production “1st-1st” with two screws. Top of barrel with one-line Merwin, Hulbert & Co address and patent date, left side of barrel with one-line Hopkins & Allen address. Matching assembly number 2328 on face of cylinder, cylinder arbor, rear web of barrel and on left frame under grip.

Smooth left grip numbered “670” on interior, right grip with raised carved Mexican “{Eagle & Snake}” motif and appears to be weakly numbered “28” on interior, possibly matching the gun. Right grip fits better than left, which is undersized. Lanyard ring in butt. Very few Merwin, Hulbert & Co revolvers were produced with factory blue finishes, with the estimate placing blued guns at only about 5% of total production, the balance being nickel. A very nice, scarce and early production Frontier Army. Very good. Retains some nice original blue which is thinning and fading, with most of the bright finish remaining in the protected areas of the barrel and lug recess, cylinder flutes and around the recoil shield of the frame. Markings remain clear, mechanically functional with good suction. Very good bore is mostly bright with strong rifling and scattered oxidation. Grips good with shrinkage and some minor age cracks. Carved grip with cracked repairs on the interior. Carved grip may be original to the gun, the left smooth grip is a replacement but shows similar age and is of the period, although slightly undersized. $2,500 - 5,000

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.41RF Short. 3” octagonal barrels. SN: 831. Barrels cleaned to bright, brass frame, two-piece varnished rosewood bird’s head grips. No visible markings. Single action, spur trigger two-shot pistol with manually rotated barrel cluster which includes manually activated 1.75” spear point dirk that extends from the central portion of the barrel cluster. Only about 2,000 of these unique concealment knife pistols were produced by Frank Wesson circa 1868 to 1880. A scarce and interesting part of firearms curiosa that brings to mind the days of the saloon gambler working his way from town to town in the American West during the 1870s and 1880s. Good. No finish remaining with barrels cleaned to a pewter gray color and no visible markings. Brass frame with an attractive butterscotch patina. Mechanically functional, fair bores with visible rifling and moderate pitting. Grips with moderate wear, traces of varnish and scattered signs and mars.

.41RF Short. 3” barrels. SN: 150. Nickel finish, blued small parts, checkered hard rubber grips. Single action, over and under two shot derringer with extractor. Two line barrel address reads “E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION, N.Y./ELLIOT’S PATENT DEC. 12th 1865”. The barrel address places production circa 18701888, when between 12,000 and 18,000 of these guns were produced. A lovely example of one of the most recognizable pocket pistols from the era of gamblers and saloon girls in the old west. Fine. Retains most of the nickel finish with some minor flaking and wear and some freckles of surface oxidation. Blued small parts with traces of finish toning to plum. Clear markings, mechanically functional, very good bores.

Grips very good with some fading towards brown and nice checkering.

Wesson Knife Pistol

Remington Model 95 “Double Derringer”

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Remington Rider Magazine Pistol .32RF Extra Short. 3” barrel with tubular magazine. SN: NSN. Nickel finish, fire blued small parts, smooth walnut grips. Standard two-line barrel address.

Typical Remington factory engraving with frame fully covered with tight foliate scrolls and barrel with geometric boarders and wavy lines. A really wonderful example of one of the less commonly encountered of the Remington derringer type pistols with only about 15,000 produced circa 1871-1888. Very fine.

Retains nearly all of the nickel with only some minute flaking and high edge wear, markings and engraving crisp and sharp. Small parts with most of their fire blue with some fading and edge wear. Mechanically functional, fine bore. Fine grips with some very light handling marks. $1,000 - 2,000

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Colt Single Action Revolver and Holster with Butch Cassidy Associations (With Documents) .44” Long Colt caliber. 4.75” barrel length. SN: 125186. Single action loading gate revolver with topstrap groove and front blade sights.

The weapon was probably completed with a blued metal finish and walnut grips. Metal finish is gray patina overall with pitting and wastage indicating revolver was buffed at some point. Two line Colt factory marking to the barrel is weak and reads “COLT’S PT F. (illegible)/HARTFORD CT(illegible)”. There is a faint 1871 patent date marking visible to left frame. Action is nonfunctional. Item comes in a homemade leather flapless belt holster with laced edges. Holster features extensive tack markings to the exterior side. Item comes with an article describing the robbery of Castle Gate, Utah by Butch Cassidy and “Elzy” Lay in 1897. The robbers managed to escape with $7,000 in gold from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company’s payroll. In 1975, the McCulloch Oil Company acquired the town and demolished it to establish a regional coal processing center. A pair of Colt Single Action Army revolvers were uncovered in the rubble of the building, one of which visually resembles the model in this lot. Fair. Bore and chambers are dark with rust throughout. Metal finish is in the white with clear signs of polishing. Extensive piting particularly to grip and topstraps. Wood grips have a large chip to left side near butt in addition to mars overall. Action is nonfunctional with a weak hammer spring and loose cylinder lockup in addition to timing faults. Holster shows abrasions and cracking to interior lining with two holes in the back side: one below the belt loops and the other in the middle loop. Six tacks have broken free of the exterior design and all show oxidation around edges. $2,000 - 4,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Second Model Winchester 1873 Rifle .38-40 WCF. 24” round barrel length. SN: 70662. Second model lever action rifle with adjustable semi buckhorn and dovetail blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardening to hammer and lever. Item also has a brass crescent buttplate. Two-piece wood stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with an iron forend cap. Item features a dust cover with screwed on rail, and a small band to magazine tube. Markings include two-line manufacturer address and patent dates, along with caliber designation to top of barrel. Upper tang is marked with model name, and elevator is marked with caliber designation on bottom. Manufactured in 1881. Good. Bore is dark. Finish is mostly thinned to all iron parts and has a mottled grey-brown patina, with scratching and pitting scattered overall. Brass buttplate has some discoloration and dings. Wood stock shows some light scratching and mars to both butt and forearm. Action is functional. $800 - 1,200

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Second Model Winchester 1873 Rifle .44-40. 24.25” round barrel length. SN: 39972. Second model lever action rifle with adjustable semi buckhorn and dovetail blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardening to lever, trigger, and buttplate. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with iron forend cap. Item features a plain dust cover with rail screwed to frame, and a trapdoor crescent buttplate. Markings include two-line Winchester address marks, “KING’S IMPROVEMENT”, and patent dates to top of barrel. Upper tang is marked “MODEL 1873”. Manufactured in 1879. Good. Bore is frosty and has pitting to rifling. Item retains a thin film of original bluing to barrel, and cloudy remnants to front of frame. There is scattered light pitting, scratching, and surface oxidation to frame. Case hardened finish is weak and has faint spots of surface oxidation, but is still visible. Wood stock retains original oiled finish with mars and scratches scattered overall. There is a 1” crack behind left side of upper tang. $1,000 - 1,500

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Third Model Winchester 1873 Rifle .32-20 WCF. 24.25” round barrel length. SN: 407763B. Third model lever action rifle with a plain integral dust cover, and adjustable semi buckhorn and dovetail blade sights.

Blued metal finish with case hardening to hammer, lever, and buttplate. Two-piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with iron forend cap. Item features a tube magazine, lever lock, and crescent buttplate without trapdoor. Markings include two-line Winchester address marks, “KING’S IMPROVEMENT”, and patent dates to top of barrel. Brass elevator is marked “32 CAL.” to bottom. Manufactured in 1892. Very good to fine. Bore is lightly frosted with some pitting visible toward muzzle. Finish is an attractive thinned blue-plum color, with scratching to both sides of frame. Case hardened finish is still visible. Wood stock is in great condition and does not appear sanded. $1,500 - 2,500 72

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Third Model Winchester 1873 Rifle .32-20. round barrel with 24” length. SN: 267116. Manufactured circa 1888. Blued finish, smooth straight grip walnut stock with crescent buttplate. Standard Winchester barrel and tang markings, caliber mark on bottom of brass cartridge lifter. Elevation adjustable rear sight, folding globe front sight with ivory bead. A lovely 1873 rifle with a scarce round barrel in a very nice state of preservation. Fine. Retains some nice blue, with most of the loss of the high polish finish due to flaking, leaving much of the gun with a lovely plum tone. Metal with some scattered surface oxidation. Markings are clear, mechanically functional, fine bore is mostly bright with strong rifling and some frosting.

Stock with scattered handling marks and dings, but retaining much of its finish. $2,500 - 3,500

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** Winchester Model 1892 Rifle .38-40 WCF. 24” round barrel. SN: 719002. Manufactured circa 1913. Blued finish, smooth walnut stock with crescent butt. Standard Winchester barrel and tang markings, elevation adjustable rear sight, dovetailed front sight blade. Very good to fine. Retains much of the blued finish with moderate thinning, flaking and wear with the exposed metal taking on a nicely oxidized plum patina. Clear markings, mechanically functional, fine bore is mostly bright with moderate frosting. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars, but retaining much of the finish. $1,000 - 1,500

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* Pedersoli Sharps 1874 Quigley .45-70 caliber. 34” barrel length. SN: SH29518. Falling-block action rifle patterned after the Sharps Model 1874 used by Matthew Quigley in the film “Quigley Down Under.”

Blued metal finish applied to octagonal barrel, breechblock, and triggers with remaining components case hardened. Front sight and end cap of forearm are in the white.

The wood furniture is walnut with checkering to forearm and wrist. Item is drilled and tapped for a tang sight but none is present. Folding ladder rear sight graduated to 800 yards with dovetailed front blade. Rifle is equipped with double set triggers. Lock plate marked “SHARPS’ PAT/OCT. 5TH 1852”. Underside of barrel marked “PEDERSOLI/ MADE IN ITALY” with top stamped “Taylor’s & Co., Inc. Winchester, VA”. Item comes with owner’s manual. Very good. Bore is bright but in need of cleaning. Blued metal finish to barrel very strong but shows spotted discolorations toward muzzle and left side. Case hardened finish is strong with some residue around hammer. Saddle ring on left shows small spots of oxidation. Wood finish is excellent with very strong checkering and a pair of small marks to right side of stock with scratches under grip. $800 - 1,200 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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* Pedersoli Springfield Trapdoor Long Range Rifle .45-70 caliber. 32” barrel length. SN: TD02043. Single-shot trapdoor Springfield pattern rifle based upon the Springfield Model 1873 rifle and outfitted with tang mounted USA 430 diopter Creedmoor rear and USA 455 tunnel front sight. The rifle is outfitted with a full length walnut stock with endcap, and a blued metal finish to all meal parts except for the case-hardened breechblock and buttplate. Item has no buckhorn sights but does include a grip extension to stock with checkering, a steel ramrod, and sling swivels. Breechblock is the high arch design and trigger is non set type. Receiver and barrel have Italian black powder proof marks in addition to, “PEDERSOLI CAL. 45-70/ MADE IN ITALY CAT. 9402”. Lock plate has imitation “{U.S. Army Eagle}” with “U.S/Springfield”. Item comes in its original box with inserts for front tunnel sight sans one currently installed, spare screw, instructional pamphlet, videotape about the manufacturer Davide Pedersoli, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association pamphlet, a sticker reading “Black Powder/No. 1” with Pedersoli’s mark, and a Cabela’s instruction manual for muzzle loaders. Appears new in box. Blued metal finish is perfect with some residue present in knurling to hammer and right edge of receiver. Case-hardened finish to buttplate shows small spots of discoloration as does edge of breechblock near hinge. Wood stock has a light scratch to right side near buttplate and two small chips near breechblock. $800 - 1,200

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System Aydt Single Shot Schuetzen Rifle by Haenel 8.15x46R caliber. 32” barrel length. SN: 4827. Single shot, octagonal barreled, falling block rifle with adjustable tang mounted diopter and partially hooded front post sights. Rifle includes double set triggers and dovetail rail on barrel. Blued metal finish to barrel with case hardened finish to other Rifle features engravings on all sides of receiver. These include “{Cherub figure holding a scepter and branch in a floral scene}” on right side and a floral pattern on the left. Further engravings appear on tang and lever. Grip features checkering while other stock surfaces remain smooth. Additional markings include “HAENEL ORIGINAL AYDT” in gold lettering on top of receiver.

Breechblock marked on left side “ORIGINAL SYST-A(illegible)/4774” and shows further proof marks on right. Left side of barrel shows Imperial German Eagle with Nitro proof marks. Good. Bore is bright with dust throughout. Blued finish worn near edges of the barrel with some patches of rust. while case hardened finish on receiver is an overall brown patina. Rear sight is a dark brown patina with rust around eyepiece. Windage adjustment knob partially stripped. Thumb shelf has multiple chips and a large crack runs through the left side of the grip. Further chips and gouges appear on forestock. These have been filled in, indicating refinishing. Buttplate has patches of rust particularly toward bottom. Foregrip has large gouges on right side. Serial number not visible on barrel. $800 - 1,200

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** Buchel Meister Schuetzen

8.15x46r. 31.75” barrel length. SN: 923. System Aydt pattern Schuetzen rifle displaying silver medallion within engraved receiver. Barrel is octagonal with flutes starting from 1.25” distant from muzzle and spanning 18.5”. The sights include a tang mounted aperture sight in addition to open notch rear sight fixed to top of barrel. Front sight is missing. A blued metal finish is applied to the barrel and notch sights and case hardened finish to aperture sight mount. Barrel is manufactured of “PRIMA WITTENER STAHL” and is signed “W. EBLEN”, “CANNSTATT”. Additional markings include: German proof marks to the breech block, “BUCHEL D.R.G.M.” to lever grip, “D.R.G.M.” to release lever, and “BUCHEL/MEISTER/D.R.G.M.” to tang behind breech block. Receiver shows floral engravings on both sides with silver medallions depicting a hunter to the left side and huntress to the right.

Additional engravings adorn breech, breechblock, and tang. Wood stock displays extensive checkering in addition to classical Schuetzen stock with exaggerated cheek piece. Thumb rest shows button of indeterminate purpose but is marked “D.R.G.M.” Good. Bore is frosty with some residue. Blued finish strong with some spotted oxidation to breech and near muzzle. Buttplate and triggerguard show a brown patina. Wood stock shows some handling wear and multiple indentations to right side. $700 - 1,200

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** Haenel Aydt Schuetzen 8.15x46mmR caliber. 31.5” barrel length. SN: 21867. Aydt action rifle with octagonal barrel and double set triggers. Rifle features an adjustable rear aperture sight with protected front post. A blued metal finish covers metal components. Wood furniture patterned in schuetzen style with checkering to wrist and a thumb rest. Top of receiver is signed “HAENEL-ORIGINAL-AYDT”. Right side of receiver and breechblock show “{Crown over B}” and “{Crown over U}” German proof marks. Breechblock left marked “ORIGINAL/SYST. AYDT/21867”. Lever is numbered and matches serial number on breechblock.

Left side of barrel marked “8,15x46 NORM.” Top is signed “C.G. HAENEL, SUHL”. Item provided with paperwork describing handloading for the rifle and sight adjustment tool. Dovetail rail to top of barrel has three lines with numerically marked from 1 to 3. Screws have radial engravings. Bore is bright but shows lead residue throughout. Blued metal finish is gray overall with some oxidation to buttplate. Wood furniture shows some handling wear and dings near buttplate. Some oxidation to eye cup. $600 - 900

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** Engraved Martini Schuetzen 8.15x46mmR caliber. 30.5” barrel length. SN: NSN. Martini action rifle with tang mounted aperture rear sight and extensive engraving and scrollwork.

Pewter metal finish to receiver and components with blued barrel, buttplate, and sling swivels. Wood stock and forearm with floral scroll surrounding checkering over forearm and stippling to thumb shelf. Buttplate shows floral scroll to upper and lower surfaces. Receiver and lever display floral scrollwork. Receiver sides feature a scene with a male hunter and cherub figure to right and female figure holding up a struck target. All screw heads show radial engraving except for forestock retaining screw. Barrel is marked “{illegible}-STAHL-KRUPP-ESSEN”. No other markings or signature. Left side of stock has forest scene of two deer carved into it with floral edges around wrist. A floral pattern surrounds the checkering to the right side. Item is missing wedge pin. Good. Bore is bright with some residue. Blued metal finish to barrel shows some edge wear and scratches but is strong overall.

Buttplate has patched oxidation. Rear sight shows oxidation to eye cup. Cocking lever has brown patina. Wood furniture shows small chip to edge of thumb shelf but smooth overall. Large chip to right side of tang. $800 - 1,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** Martini Schuetzen Rifle 8.15x46mmR caliber. 30” barrel length. SN: 1108. Martini-action rifle with schuetzen pattern stock and octagonal profile barrel. Rifle features tang mounted aperture sight and front post with protectors. Metal finish is blued with case hardening to receiver and rear sight mount. Stock is wood with brass plates on stock pin holes. Rifle has dovetail rails at top of barrel and texturing along top surface of barrel. Thumb shelf displays extensive stippling but remainder of stock smooth. Serial number marked beneath barrel at front of receiver. Side opposite shows “82”. Good. Bore is frosty with some residue. Metal finish is brown patina with oxidation on buttplate and some remaining blue to barrel. Fore end of receiver beneath handguard shows pitting with patina around the pits. Wood furniture shows handling wear with crack to wrist near receiver, and a surface crack to right side of stock below cheek piece. Foregrip has cracks and chips along right side near breech. Rear sight has overall brown patina. $700 - 1,000

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** Finely Engraved German Schuetzen, signed “G. Meiner & Sohn” About 7.8mm. 29.75” octagonal barrel length. SN: 726. Martini-style breechloading schuetzen with falling block serpentine lever and post front sight with ear protectors. Blued metal finish to barrel with an attractive case hardened frame and lever. Walnut stock has fine carved floral scroll reliefs with stippled background to both sides of straight grip, and an exaggerated cheek piece with high comb. Forearm has a carved motif of a Labrador or breed of retriever with glass bead eyes to forend. Forearm also has neo-classical carved designs following retriever motif, and a small section of checkering in front of frame. Both sides of buttstock feature highly detailed relief floral and scroll carvings with stippled background to both sides. There are also relief carved radii with floral designs to both sides of buttstock and forearm. Left of frame is highly engraved with a stag and doe scene, surrounded by two floral scroll vignettes and a checkered frame background. Right of frame has an eagle with rabbit scene, surrounded by floral scroll vignettes and a checkered background. Top of frame, lever, tangs, and small parts all have neo classical style floral engravings, rosettes, and checkered backgrounds.

Barrel markings include “M. A. GMEINER & SOHN” and “HOFBUCHSENMACHER. ALTENBERG.” both to top of barrel. Under forearm is barrel dimension marks and serial number. Item features double set triggers and a removable triggerguard released by turning lever latch when action is open. Also featured are sling swivels to bottom of mid-barrel area and to edge of toe. Very good. Bore is bright, with a spot of oxidation or residue to middle of barrel rifling. Finish is strong overall with some thinning and spots of surface oxidation to barrel. Wood stock has light scratching scattered overall. $1,000 - 1,500

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** System Aydt Schuetzen, Signed “A. Freiberger Augsburg” 8.15x46mmR. 32.5” fluted octagonal barrel length. SN: NSN. German schuetzen with Aydt System falling block action. Blued finish to barrel with case hardening to highly engraved frame, lever, and buttplate. Frame has elaborately intricate German scroll engravings surrounding a woman (possibly Diana the Huntress) with crossbow to left side, and German scroll surrounding a man with crossbow to obverse side. Top of frame, lever, buttplate, and small parts feature a combination of neo classical scroll and floral engravings. Two piece walnut stock is beautifully carved and has a straight grip. Carvings to stock include an exaggerated cheek piece and high comb with elaborate relief carvings of floral tendrils to left side of butt, extended checkering with tendrils to obverse side off butt. Forearm has a highly carved forend motif of what appears to be a Labrador or another breed of retriever, with glass bead eyes. Radii to both sides of frame shows relief floral carvings. Item features an Aydt System falling block action with detachable triggerguard and sling swivels. Item also features double set triggers and a European style serpentine triggerguard. Sights include a large “D.R.G.M.” marked diopter aperture rear sight with lens, and a post front sight with ear protectors. Markings include name and location of builder “A FREIBERGER AUGSBURG” to matted top strap of barrel, and “SYSTEM AYDT” in gold accenting to top of frame. Item is without rear sight. Very good. Bore is bright with some light powder residue toward muzzle. Finish is strong overall, with some minor light scratches and a few pin prick spots of oxidation under lip of barrel matting. Wood stock has a few heavy scratches to forearm, and light scratching scattered to buttstock. Item is missing rear sight. $1,000 - 1,500 76

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** German Schuetzen, Signed “Heinr. Fischer, Offenbach A.M.” .22 caliber. 28.5” fluted octagonal barrel length. SN: NSN. Falling block action schuetzen with a large aperture rear sight and thin stamped metal crosshairs front sight with ear protectors. Blued metal finish overall. Carved walnut stock has checkering with scroll tendrils to straight grip, as well as an exaggerated cheek piece and high comb. Frame has simple floral scroll engravings to center on both sides. Other markings include “HEINR. FISCHER” and “OFFENBACH A.M.” horizontally to top of barrel, and “KRUPP STAHL” marked vertically to top of barrel in front of breech. There are two imperial German proofs to right side of frame. Item features double set triggers, with sling swivels to bottom of mid-barrel area and edge of toe.

Also featured is a European-style serpentine lever and a removable triggerguard assembly released by turning lever latch when action is open. Very good. Bore is frosty but clean. Finish is strong overall, with some light thinned areas to rear of frame on left side. Wood stock has some losses and light scratching to buttstock. $600 - 800

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** Zimmerstutzen Parlor Rifle 4mm. 27.75 octagonal barrel length. SN: NSN. Parlor rifle with a Stiegele loading system at front of barrel, along with adjustable aperture rear sights and ramped post front sight with ear protectors. Blued metal finish to barrel with case hardened finish to tangs, triggerguard, and buttplate. Walnut stock has a straight grip with an exaggerated cheek piece, thumb rest, and high comb. Forearm is plain and has a schnabel forend. Buttstock has light checkering to both sides. Item features double set triggers and a European serpentine style triggerguard. Muzzle has what appears to be a choke. Item has no manufacturer marks but is most likely of German or Alpine origin. Very good. Bore is bright. Finish is good overall, with some patches of finish loss to barrel, light losses to raised edges. Checkering is weak to stock, and there appears to be two jagged cracks to cheekpiece possibly from age. $600 - 800

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** Martini Schuetzen Rifle .35” caliber. 30.5” barrel length. SN: 5787. Engraved schuetzen rifle with full length handguard and Martini style action. Barrel, lever, breechblock, and buttplate are casehardened while remaining metal components are blued. Wood furniture displays checkering to grips surrounded by floral pattern.

Receiver shows floral scrollwork overall that extends to tang and breech of barrel. Rifle features both adjustable rear notch and tang mounted aperture sights. Front blade sight features protectors to both sides and a dovetail mounting. Top of barrel signed “B. STAHL, SUHL” in inlaid silver. Rifle features wooden ramrod beneath barrel in musket style stock with engraved endcap. Screws sow radial engraving except for mounting screw to unengraved forward portion of receiver. Very Good. Bore is frosty with patina forming in grooves along lands. Casehardened finish strong with some patina formed around lever and triggers. Blued finish to barrel worn at edges of dovetail with patina forming toward muzzle. Wood finish is very good with scratch near first wedge pin and indentations to forestock. $700 - 1,000

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Colt Single Action Artillery Revolver .45 Colt. 5.5” barrel length. SN: 54110. Blued and color casehardened finish, smooth walnut one-piece grip. Nearly illegible single line barrel address appears to be the correct style for 1880s-1890s US military contract single action revolvers, three-date in three-line patent mark on lower left of frame, followed by “U.S.” Matching full serial number “54110” on frame, triggerguard and butt, partially “4110” on barrel, cylinder numbers “2126”. Barrel and frame with the block “D.F.C.” inspection mark of David F. Clark, barrel with small “P” proof.

Weak “D.F.C.” on cylinder as well, along with small “P” proof on edge and rear face of cylinder. No inspection on backstop, which was correct for this period.

No visible inspections or cartouches on the grip and no visible serial number in the backstop cut out. Correct black powder frame and bullseye ejector rod head. Loading gate assembly numbered “2257”. The standard variant of the Colt “Artillery” Single Action Army is an all mixed numbers gun, sometimes encountered with one or two matching parts. The next most common variant is the all matching gun with a mismatched barrel, suggesting Springfield Arsenal alteration where the barrels were removed, shortened and reinstalled without regard to matching the barrels to the guns. The least common variation is an all matching numbers gun. This may have been one of those guns that later had the cylinder replaced in the field, although it is strange that the cylinder is also DFC inspected despite being a mismatched part. This gun, #54110 was not located in the Springfield Research Service serial number groups, however a very small number of guns were located that were within a few hundred numbers of this one. The closest was $54135, 25 numbers away, which was an “artillery model” issued to the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, the famed “Rough Riders” on June 20, 1898. Another gun issued to the 1st US near this one was #54621. The next closest gun was #54192, which was recorded in the possession of L troop of the 7th Cavalry in March of 1888 when it was still a 7.5” gun. Further research into the serial number of the gun could prove fruitful and might be able to confirm the tenuous relationship to Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Good. Metal a moderately oxidized pewter gray color with scattered light pitting and some minor traces of blue in protected areas around the triggerguard and in the cylinder flutes. Hammer with some minute traces of faded case colored mottling. Barrel markings weak, other markings mostly clear and legible. Mechanically functional, but action does not provide four distinct “clicks” when the hammer is cocked, as clicks 2 and 3 happen almost simultaneously. however, the action appears to operate correctly with correct timing, indexing and lock up, although it is sometimes difficult to get the hammer to lock correctly into the half cock notch. Bore about good, oxidized with some pitting and strong rifling. Grip worn, sanded and with some filler in the bottom.

Sharp edges chipped and rounded, with scattered bumps, dings and mars and no traces of any cartouches or inspection marks. $3,000 - 5,000

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Folk Art Carved Spanish Modelo 1857/59 Percussion Rifle .577 caliber. 32.25” barrel secured by two screw clamping barrel bands. SN: 1496. Blued finish with a hardwood stock. Lock marker marked “YBARZABAL/EIBAR” below the bolster and with the serial number “1496” at the tail of the lock. Stock is carved in an attractive folk-art style with loose checkering at the wrist, a scalloped boarder around the lock and feathery and flowery motifs over the balance of the gun. The Spanish Carabina Rayada Modelo 1857/59 was the last of the standard issue percussion rifles for the Spanish military and the guns saw use not only with the Spanish military but also with the Spanish colonial troops in their colonies and possessions. Some of the rifles were also imported by the Confederacy for use during the American Civil War. As the percussion muzzleloading rifles became obsolete, more and more of these older guns were relegated to colonial use in locations like Cuba. The gun was more than likely a Spanish American War trophy, brought back to the US by an American soldier.

Whether the carving was done locally in Cuba or after the fact in the US is difficult to know. The rifle’s barrel has been shortened about .5”, the rear sight is missing and the lower swivel has been replaced. An interesting and attractive example of a scarce Spanish military rifle. Fabrica Ybarzabal was the final iteration of the long-time Eibar based gun making Ybarzabal family business and operated under that name from about 1850-1891. Good. Metal retains no finish with a moderately oxidized patina and scattered pinpricking and peppering, particularly on the lock. Metal with some areas of roughness and scattered pitting as well. Markings remain legible, mechanically functional, fair bore with moderate oxidation, pitting and strong rifling. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $800 - 1,200

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U.S. Model 1896 Krag Rifle .30-40 Krag. 30” barrel length. SN: 96423. Manufactured circa 1898. Blued finish, walnut stock. Standard receiver markings, small “headless” knurled cocking knob, 1896 pattern rear sight, sling and stacking swivels. Weak outline of cartouche on reverse wrist, weak “{Circle-P}” behind triggerguard. Includes a correct pattern knife bayonet dated “1901” without a scabbard and a reproduction leather sling. A solid Spanish American War period Krag Rifle. Very good. Retains some traces of blue on the barrel, with a mostly smooth plum patina and much of what appears to be applied blue on the receiver. Markings clear in metal, weak in wood. Mechanically functional, good bore is dark and oxidized with strong rifling and some light pitting. Stock lightly sanded with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $800 - 1,200

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** U.S. Model 1898 Krag Rifle Dated 1903 with Bayonet & Scabbard .30-40 Krag. 30” barrel length. SN: 442399. Blued finish, walnut stock. Receiver marked in two lines “U.S./MODEL 1898 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 442399”. Reverse wrist with crisp boxed “JSA/1903” Joseph S. Adams cartouche and fine “{Circle-P}” proof behind triggerguard. Equipped with 1902 pattern adjustable rear sight, pinned blade front sight, bayonet under upper barrel band, sling swivels in toe of stock and on lower barrel band, stacking swivel on upper barrel band. Includes a US Model 1898 Krag knife bayonet dated “1900” with blued steel scabbard. Fine. Retains much of the thinning blue on the barrel with some very nice bright fire blue on the extractor. Receiver with a dull mottled bluish-gray color. Markings crisp and clear, mechanically functional, very good bore is mostly bright with some lightly scattered oxidation, frosting in the grooves and fine rifling. Stock fine with some light handling marks and crisp markings. Bayonet very good with speckled oxidation, scabbard with much of the blue. $1,000 - 1,800

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** U.S. Springfield Model 1898 Krag .30-40 Krag. 30” barrel length. SN: 224185. Bolt action rifle with adjustable folding tangent and pinned blade sights. Blued metal finish to barrel and parts, with case hardening to receiver. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and a forearm with double barrel bands and single hand grooves to both sides. Item features a 5-shot magazine and a bayonet lug to front band, as well as a trapdoor buttplate without cleaning rod. There are also sling swivels to front band, middle band, and edge of toe. Markings include serial number, model, and manufacturer marks to left of receiver. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and has cartouches that are not visible. Includes brown stamped leather sling with brass clasps. Good. Bore is bright and shows residue/abrasions to rifling. Item has thin bluing left to barrel, and weak case hardening that mostly appears grey and is with pitting. Wood stock appears to have been sanded. Leather sling has white residue overall, most likely mildew or fat leaching from material. Buttplate has surface oxidation. Front section of forearm possibly replaced at some point, finish does not match up with rest of stock. $400 - 600

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** U.S. Springfield Model 1896 Krag Carbine Variant .30-40 Krag. 22” barrel length. SN: 31809. U.S. Model 1896 Krag carbine variant, sometimes referred to as the “Model 1895” by collectors. Blued metal finish to barrel, with case hardening to frame and receiver. Walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band/sight protector and single hand grooves to both sides. Item features a type-1896 adjustable folding notch sight and stacked blade front sight. Also featured is a saddle bar and ring to left side, with a small thumb safety and notch in extractor to help keep squared top bolt open. Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning rod. Markings include “U.S./1896 SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 31809” to left of receiver. Wood stock is marked with a boxed “JSA/1897” cartouche that is partially obscured, and a weak circle “P” proof to grip. Rear sight is unmarked. Known serial numbers for variant models is approximately 25000 to 35000 according to Flayderman’s. Very good. Bore is bright with some possible pitting toward throat. Finish has thinned to most of barrel toward muzzle and there is small clusters of deep pit marks/oxidation. Receiver shows weak case hardening. Lower portion of stock possibly sanded at some point, with some light scratches and mars to forend and handguard. Saddle bar anchor has some mars and oxidation. $1,000 - 1,200

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Extremely Rare & Possibly Unique Japanese 1873 Marine All Ranks Sword 16.5” nagasa (blade length). 26” overall with tsuka and saya (hilt and scabbard). Single-edged wakizashi length blade with Naval Type 3 style guard featuring five petal cherry blossoms among leaves. Blade is stabilized by a copper habaki (collar) and displays a curved tanto tip. Guard features a ray skin wrap with brass wire binding, mekugi (peg) with brass five petal cherry blossom caps, and a Phrygian helmet style pommel cap with five petal cherry blossom headed screw to retain it. Scabbard is polished iron with roped suspension mount reinforcing bands and two rings. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Good. Blade shows dark discolorations along edge and spine with numerous bites to strong of blade. Right side shows scratches to blade and abrasions to habaki. Guard is loose with brass tarnish and some scratches. Some mars to pommel cap. Rayskin wrap is worn partly sooth and has a crack near endcap. Scabbard is a mottled brown patina overall with chips to throat of wood internal liner. Seam to back of scabbard shows some exposed brazing. $1,000 - 2,000

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Japanese Shonin Grade 1873 Civil & Diplomatic Dress Sword 24” blade length. 32.25” overall with scabbard and hilt. Double edged dress sword with embossed pattern to blade and brass washed copper hilt components. Blade is chrome plated with a spear point tip and a width of .53” at ricasso. Item features a clamshell guard and knucklebow with bird’s head quillon. Both sides of knuckle bow and front of guard show prominent oval design. The grip is brass wire wrapped wood. Pommel features cast fern design while remaining guard components are leaflike. Upper edges of clamshell guard are cochlear in shape. Scabbard is lacquered wood with brass washed copper fittings showing a leaf pattern overall. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Good. Plating to blade has flecked off in places allowing for oxidation to form. Brass hilt components show some wear exposing layers beneath. Brass wire to grip has frayed slightly at middle right side. Some abrasions to scabbard have exposed wood core along both sides near chape. Some brass tarnish to chape and on hilt. Guard components are loose and shift in place. $1,500 - 3,000

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Rare Japanese 1874 Imperial Family Sonin Level Dress Sword 27” triangular spear tipped blade. About .75” at ricasso, with a 6” hilt. 36” overall with scabbard. Gilded brass hilt has a clamshell guard with a plain grip and bird’s head motif quillon. Guard, knuckleguard, and pommel feature cast neo-classical floral scroll designs. Wood scabbard is wrapped with black leather and features gilded brass locket and chape with cast floral scroll and palm leaf designs. Scabbard has a tight fit and does not fully sheath blade. This item was carried for dress purposes by Sonin level members of the Imperial family. Item is dated to Meiji 7, or 1874. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Blade has mottled grey discoloration overall, with some light surface oxidation to tip. Scabbard and brass furnishings are in good condition with only slight discoloration to common handled areas. $1,000 - 2,000

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A Very Rare Japanese Shonin Level Imperial Court Sword Model of 1874 26” fluted triangular blade that is .65” wide at the ricasso. 31.5” overall length. Gilded brass hilt has what appears to be a bird’s head quillon and single clamshell guard.

Guard, knuckleguard, pommel, and sides of grip feature neo-classical cast relief floral scroll designs. Scabbard is made of wood wrapped with black leather. Scabbard also has gilded brass locket with banded floral scroll, along with cherry blossom and palm leaf cast to suspension lug. Chape has banded floral scroll and palm leaves as well.

According to consignor this item was carried by a Meiji-era Imperial Japanese family of Shonin (highest) level rank, considering the fine details on sides of hilt. Item is dated to Meiji 7, or 1874. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Blade has small clusters of moderate to heavy surface oxidation scattered overall. Ricassos shows small section of heavy surface oxidation. Hilt has some light scratching/handle wear. Leather has a few light scratches and mars. Gilded brass has lost some luster in small spots. $1,500 - 3,000

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Fine Japanese Model 1883 Imperial Naval Officer’s Sword 28.5” nagasa (blade length). 39” overall with saya and tsuka (scabbard and hilt). Kyu-gunto pattern sword with Shinogi style blade and Eleven Leaf solid brass guard with hinged plate and five petal cherry blossoms. Blade is 1.2” wide at ricasso and displays further cherry blossom designs to backstrap, kashira (pommel cap), and on fuchi (guard spacer). Blade is stabilized by a brass washed copper habaki (collar) and displays a notare (wave) hamon line. Item features a white ray skin grip wrap secured by brass bands. Hilt secured with a single wooden mekugi (peg). Scabbard is leather wrapped wood with brass fittings, two securing rings, and cherry blossom design to chape and locket. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Good. Small bites to blade with two larger bites near hilt and tip. Blade shows pinpoint oxidation and discolorations forming along its length with some mottled discoloration particularly to blade and near Habaki. Guard and backstrap are slightly loose but grip remains firmly in place. Blade is unsigned and shows former Mekugi pin holes filled in with brass. Overall brass furniture shows some tarnish with handling wear to guard. Leather wrap to scabbard shows cracks along seam and sides with some abrasions. Few areas have ground through to wood core. Large area worn down on back of scabbard near throat and shows exposed split between upper fittings. $800 - 1,200

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Rare & Unique Custom Ordered Japanese 1886 Court Civil & Diplomatic Sword 31” slightly curved spear point blade with 11” false edge. Item is .82” wide at ricasso with an 18.75” fuller to both sides. 38.125” in overall length. Blade features an attractive edge pattern to true and false edges. Gilded brass hilt shows elaborate cast dragon motifs to guard, knuckle guard quillon, and to both sides of pommel. Guard is also signed to obverse side of cast dragon guard. Hilt grip is skeletonized and wrapped with twisted wire. Grip also has fixed dragon medallions to both sides, with floral relief designs cast to knuckle guard and hilt sideplates. Scabbard is bright steel with two fancy gilded brass suspension rings similar to U.S. Naval fittings, cast to look like knotted rope and engraved with banded floral designs. Drag of scabbard is cast to look like a sea creature or some type, and also features banded floral engravings.

According to consignor this item originally belonged to Kichisaburo Nomura. Nomura, was a famed admiral for the Japanese Imperial Navy, and later Japanese ambassador to the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He apparently had many high ranking friends in the U.S. military who may have gifted him this unique and custom Meiji-era item. Item dated to Meiji 19, or 1886. Included with item is the biography Sailor Diplomant by Peter Mauch, on Kichisaburo Nomura. Item is also slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Very good. Blade is in great condition and shows very few imperfections aside from light handle marks from inserting and taking sword out of scabbard.

Scabbard shows some scattered light sprinkled pit marks and a minor dent to mid section, but is in overall great condition. Hilt sideplate opposite of knuckle guard is slightly loose and has room to wiggle. Tip of blade has a tiny black marking. Leather throat guard is present and in good condition.

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Japanese 1886 Company Grade Type 19 Sword with Gold Damascened Scabbard 29.5” blade length. 36.25” overall with scabbard and hilt. Single-edged slightly curved sword with spear point tip and damscened scabbard. Guard is brass with cherry blossom design cast into right side. Leather wrapped grip is bound in brass wire and decorated with a stippled brass washed copper backstrap showing cherry blossom motif to both ears. A final cherry blossom appears on the pommel surrounded by leaves. Blade features an 11” false edge and a 19” stopped fuller. The blade is .83” wide at ricasso and shows the initials “F . R” inlaid in gold into the fuller on the right side. All metal scabbard displays a rough textured black lacquer finish with gold damascened “{dragon}” pattern toward throat. Scabbard features two suspension rings with similar rough lacquer finish and gold accents. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Fine.

Blade shows spotted discolorations along both sides with signs of oxidation toward strong of blade. Brass wash worn to backstrap revealing copper along edges and on cherry blossom designs. Guard has some brass tarnish with small indentations to outside of knuckle bow, a single small chip to inside of knuckle bow and outer edge of guard. Leather washer hardened and shows crazing along edges. Small shiny spot in lacquer finish to scabbard below dragon design. Interior of scabbard rough and oxidized. $1,000 - 2,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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Japanese Imperial Army Major General’s Model 1886 Type 19 Sword 32.5” overall length. 33.5” overall with tsuka and saya (hilt and scabbard). Single edged sword with folding brass clamshell guard and tortoise shell grip wrap. Blade has a fuller running from copper habaki (collar) almost to tip for 24.5” length overall. Blade lacks a traditional hamon line. Guard features a cherry blossom motif to quillons and knuckle bow. Pommel cap and guard display a sunburst pattern surrounded by stippling. Guard has a single silver star installed at edge of sunburst. Dragonfly design surrounded by stippling and geometric borders. Folding side of guard is undecorated and features a spring loaded catch to lock it in the folded or extended position. Saya is sanded and lacquered ray skin surrounding a wood core. Chape and locket are brass washed copper. Locket lug displays a sunburst pattern while chape shows four cherry blossoms over ferns. Locket features a simple spring catch to lock sword into scabbard when not in use. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Very fine. Blade has a single bite near middle. Shallow pits toward spine of blade with some pinpoint oxidized spots. Four larger discolored spots to blade. Guard shows some tarnish and oxidation around sunburst and star. Wire wrap to grip has been shifted out of place. Discolored spot to knuckle bow. Chip to wood throat of scabbard over locking tab leaves tab loose and prevents it from locking firmly into recess in hilt. Lock catch for folding guard fails to lock it in open position. Locket outer finish heavily worn and tarnished. Lacquered rayskin shows few discolored spots. Chape has wear to finish at edges and tarnish to cherry blossom leaf on rear. $1,000 - 2,000

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Japanese 1886 Shonin Level Civil and Diplomatic Sword 24” blade length. 32.25” overall with hilt and scabbard. Double edged sword with brass clamshell guard and embossed pattern to chrome plated blade. Blade has a spear point tip and measures .375” in width at ricasso. A fern design covers the blade for 10.75” from hilt. Guard and knuckle bow feature a “{fern design with entwining branches}” that further repeats on pommel. Quillon shaped like a bird’s head. Grip is wrapped in tortoise shell and brass wire. Scabbard features a stippled design to chape and locket with “{four pointed petal}” flower to locket lug. Chape shows four similar flowers arranged among further floral designs. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Very good. Spots of oxidation to blade where chrome plating has broken free. Further wrinkles to finish show areas where plating has loosened. Guard components are loose but pommel remains firmly in place. Brass guard shows tarnish and light wear. Some indentations to beak of quillon bird. Lacquer finish to scabbard shows cracks along its entire length with some flecks having fallen off. Brass fittings show some tarnish. $1,000 - 2,000 84

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Fine Imperial Japanese 1883 Naval Officer’s Flag Rank Sword 25.75” slightly curved single-edged katana-style blade with an attractive edge pattern. Blade is .95” wide at the ricasso, with 23.75” narrow fuller along the spine. 31.5” in overall length. Hilt is brass with shark skin grip and 10-section twisted wire wrapping. Guard, spine, and pommel features cast cherry blossom designs, and knuckleguard is engraved with a simple cherry blossom. Hilt features a small folding guard that secures blade in scabbard. Scabbard is wrapped with textured leather, possibly fish skin, and has naval-style brass fittings. Brass fittings feature suspension rings, with two cherry blossoms to each fixture on right side, and single cherry blossoms on left side of fittings. Chape also features two cherry blossoms to right side and a single cherry blossom to left side. According to consignor this item belonged to an Admiral, and is dated to Meiji 16, or 1883. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Blade is in good condition, with a few small clusters of pitting scattered to both sides, and slight mottled grey discoloration along spine and edge pattern due to sprinkled pitting. Brass fittings have some light discoloration due to age and wear in common handled areas.

Locket is loose and can slide off with ease when sword is unsheathed. Scabbard also has some light dents and scattered losses to leather. $800 - 1,500

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Extremely Rare Meiji-era Japanese Imperial General Grade Court Sword 24” double edged spear point blade with prominent median ridge and 2” flat ricasso. Blade is .56” wide at ricasso. Overall length item is 29.75”. Item has a gilded brass hilt with a tortoise shell grip and 9 section twisted wire wrapping. Hilt features a sunburst motif to guard on right side, with a stippled folding guard to obverse side secured by a push button notch. Hilt also features sunburst motifs to quillon and pommel cap. Pommel also shows cast dragonfly designs to both sides. Knuckleguard and crossguard show cast cherry blossom and floral designs. Guard with sunburst also features two rank stars, indicating this item may have been carried for dress occasions by a Lieutenant General during the Meiji-era. Wood interior scabbard is wrapped with fine brown leather and features a brass locket with sunburst hanger lug, chape with banded cherry blossom and floral engravings. Item dated to Meiji 19, or 1886. Item is slated to be featured in the upcoming book Swords of the Emperor: A Guide to Imperial Japanese Swords 1873-1945, by renowned collector John E. Plimpton (expected to be released sometime early 2022). Very good. Blade has a few clusters of mottled grey pit marks scattered overall, along with some light scratches likely from scabbard. Brass finish to hilt, chappe, and locket all have small amounts of discoloration and light wear.

Leather of scabbard has a few small losses and scratches, but is in good condition overall. $1,000 - 2,000

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Japanese Wakizashi, Attributed to Masahiro 19.5” nagasa (blade length). 26” overall with tsuka and saya (hilt and scabbard). Curved chisel tip with visible flat hamon line on shobu zukuri style blade with two-character signed nakago (tang). Item is most likely signed by a swordsmith named Masahiro, and is in an Aikuchi-style koshirae. Asymmetrical hi/bohi spans 4.5” past habaki (blade sleeve) on right side of blade and 5.3125” left. Item has brass washed copper habaki and seppa (spacer) with copper fuchi. Fuchi (ferrule) features scale pattern while a rice pattern adorns habaki. Kashira (pommel cap) and saya (scabbard) are of brass with scrollwork overall. Saya has a wooden core with fetal flecked lacquer coating and brass fittings enclosing it. The name “Masahiro” has been attributed to and signed by many Japanese swordsmiths over several centuries. Item is without mekugi. Very good. Blade has small bites along edge and scratches overall with some patches of dark discolorations on both flats and near tip. Brass on habaki has worn through to copper beneath in patches on both sides in addition to scratches. Fuchi pattern has been partly worn down with handling wear. Rayskin wrap is discolored with dark mottled patches near mekugi pin hole as well as a 1.2” long cut to the wood core. Wrap seam exposed on left side shows wood core. Brass fittings tarnished overall while brass band on sama has grown loose and shifts in place. Lacquer coat on saya has been worn through in several places and has some residue and wear marks. $1,000 - 1,500

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WWII-era Japanese Kai-Gunto Katana 26” nagasa (blade length). 36.5” overall with tsuka and saya (handle and scabbard). Shinogi zukuri-type blade attributed to the Showa-era according to ephemera document, in what appears to be WWII-era kai-gunto mounts. Tsuka is wrapped with traditional same and ito, with brass cherry blossom furnishings to both saya and tsuka.

Item has an attractive hamon. Saya is black painted wood sheathed in a brown leather covering. Item has a single brass ashi (hanger) with a dark brown tassel. Item is signed traditionally to left side of tang, and with painted markings on right side of tang. Included with item is various ephemera including: Japanese paper and coin currency, a photo showing possible family of original blade carrier, a Japanese kiseru pipe, fountain pen, and what appears to be a wood die marker. All items are encased in a 6” x 3.25” stainless steel case with three kanji character marks to lid, and what appears to be a bullet hole to corner of lid. Also included in case is a folded piece of paper with tang translations written in black crayon. Item is without mekugi peg. Good. Blade has one small bite to tip, and sprinkled pit marks along hamon. Blade also has some light scratches scattered overall. Wood scabbard has two duct tape repairs to prevent further splitting. Leather scabbard covering has scratches, losses, and discoloration overall, and also appears to be missing part of a leather hanger. Tsuka has discoloration, and same has some cracking toward kashira (buttcap) which also has damage, possibly from being dropped at some point. $2,000 - 3,000

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Indo-Persian Bhuj 7” blade length. 24” overall with hilt. Recurve blade with unsharpened false edge and ridge extending 3.25” from tip to etched and inlaid floral design on blade. Scrollwork brass hilt with wood core and elephant head guard. Floral pattern extends from base of elephant head for the entire length of the pommel. Good. Small bites in blade. Blade shows forge marks and a gray patina in addition to mottled darkened spots along the flats of the blade and brown patina on the right edge near the guard. Scratches on the blade and patina over the etched design. Blade sits firmly in guard, but lower portion of hilt has lots its pin and can shift and move around the wood core. Floral pattern on blade shows a copper or brasslike color that has been worn away and tarnished. $600 - 1,000

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18” diameter Dhal shield with a waxed cord grip handle. Front of shield features four rosette anchors securing grip on backside. Front also shows relief engravings of what appears to be a scene with various villagers surrounded by elaborate floral designs. Fair. Item has surface oxidation overall to both sides.

8.125” exterior blade length, 7.25” interior blade length. 15.75” overall with hilt and sheath. Scissor katar splits by operating spring grip. Exterior blades show etched rice stalk design extending 4.25 inches over blades. Geometric designs adorn the guard and cruciform shapes along the arm guards. Interior blade is plain without designs. Sheath is wood wrapped with red felt. Good. Interior blade edges show few mars while interior blade tip has broken off and edges show small dull areas. Exterior blades show gray patina over etching and mottled discolorations over blades. Interior blade covered in residue that covers the hollow in external blades. Blade hollows show rust. Handle has a brown patina with some pitting and rust.

Sheath is dark and has embedded grime. Felt lining has torn free on tip and shows wear and a gouge.

Indo-Persian Dhal Shield

$600 - 1,000

Indo-Persian Katar with Scabbard

$800 - 1,000

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Antique Broadsword 30.5” double edged blade with a median ridge and 11” crossguard. 2.75” at ricasso and about 39.5” overall with hilt. Hilt has a thick wood grip wrapped with primitive cloth secured by nails and a large round oblong pommel that appears to be made of iron. Crossguard has large curled quillons. Blade, pommel, and crossguard all feature elaborate floral scroll relief engravings similar to Indo-Persian style. Item is of indeterminate age, possibly 17th or 18th century. Blade has mottled grey discoloration due to light pitting overall. Cloth to hilt is barely attached and is only secured by one nail. Wood grip under cloth is in good condition.

Pommel shows weak markings due to wear. $1,000 - 2,000

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Indo-Persian Jambiya Dagger with Bone Handle 12.25” blade length. 20.75” overall with sheath and hilt. Curved double edge steel blade with central rib. Inlaid pattern near the hilt extends 1.25 inches into the blade. Inverse angle bone hilt. Sheath of two piece wood construction with nonferrous metal band around upper portion followed by textile covering and blue cord through loop. Possible maker’s mark to ricasso.

Good. Blade shows some surface scratches and forge marks along with some dark patches near the edge. Some small bites on both edges of the blade. Crack in the forward portion of the grip. Sheath has completely separated. Textile liner worn off. Metal wrap has separated from the sheath and shows cracks and some areas peeled away. Loop cord worn and split. $800 - 1,000

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Turkish Kilij 27.5” blade length. 32.75” overall with hilt. Single edged curved Damascus steel blade with bone handle. Blade features reinforced back and and a fuller spanning 27.75” along its length. Gold inlaid letters adorn the fuller and spine of the blade along with Arabesque geometric patterns. Cartouches on both sides of blade near grip. Iron crossguard shows further gold patterns overall. Brass grip straps around bone grip scales held in place with a single brass fastener near pommel. Very good. Tip has broken off of blade while edge shows some small bites near guard and dulled areas. Some dark discolorations near edge and tip on both sides. Grime and further discolorations between blade and guard. Guard shows a dark patina at the edges. Gold writing has worn away from the cartouches on both sides and along fuller. Additional wear has obscured designs on the guard. Crack in both grip scales near pommel. Scales do not conform evenly with grip straps. $1,500 - 3,000 88

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Indonesian Co-Jang 24” blade length. 30.5” overall with hilt. Single edged wootz steel blade with a machete-type tip. Item has a 17” off-center ridge and 15.5” off-center quill fuller. Blade also has an 8” false edge with a 7” ridge, and ridged cutaways above guard. Hilt appears to be made from horn and has a checkered grip with scroll relief carvings below checkering. Guard appears to be made of a nonferrous metal. Fair to good. Blade has mottled discoloration due to scattered pitting, scratching, and some darkened areas. Some small bites to length of blade. Metal guard has darkened and is discolored. Horn grip has handling wear. $800 - 1,000

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19th Century Caucasian Kindjal with Scabbard 13.25” blade length. 19” overall with hilt and scabbard. Double edged blade with double Damascus twist fullers and central ridge to both sides. Blade also has gold inlaid motif to one side of blade. Hilt appears to be made of bone, with scroll engraved metal grip plate to mid section. Hilt also has two rivets with floral engravings and floral shaped escutcheons. Wood scabbard is wrapped with black leather and has a brass chape, as well as a carry ring toward throat. Fair to good. Blade has mottled grey discoloration to side of blade with inlay, and some light discoloration to obverse side. Bone grips show yellowing and light specks of black-brown residue toward top of hilt. Hilt also appears to be missing a metal grip plate. Leather scabbard has small losses to backside. $1,000 - 1,500

13” deeply fluted triangular bodkin point blade, including socket, 99.5” in overall length including bamboo shaft and grounding iron. Blade marked in two lines: “No. 1.1.P / CO 1 {Broad Arrow}/1/5 G1915”. Grounding iron mark “17/L”, suggesting the lance was used by the 17th Lancers.

Traditional lance accouterments include a 10” wrapped white buff leather grip with 10” strap in the center of the lance, a white buff leather blade cover and a red and white swallow tail pennant. Despite the anachronistic nature of these weapons in the age of the machine gun, heavy artillery, poison gas and airplanes, the British cavalry held onto their traditional combat tactics until the very end of the war, including traditional cavalry advances in support of armor at Cambrai and the charge of the Jodhpur Lancers on September 23, 1918 at Haifa. The 17th Lancers participated in the battle of Cambrai. A great addition to any Great War cavalry display. ***Due to excessive length this item may only be picked up in person or 3rd party shipping must be arranged. Cowan’s will not ship this item.*** Very good. Metal with a dull pewter patina and some wear, likely cleaned long ago. Haft with some wear and minor surface loss, along with dings and mars. Buff leather accoutrements very good, pennant very good as well with some wear and staining. Pennant may be a more recent addition. $1,000 - 1,500

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** Winchester-Enfield U.S. Model 1917 .30-06 caliber. 26” barrel length. SN: 288908. Arsenal rebuilt bolt action rifle with adjustable folding rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Matte blued metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with single hand grooves to both sides. Stock also has double barrel bands and handguards. Item features a bayonet lug to front barrel band, and sling swivels to both barrel bands and edge of toe. Markings include “U.S./MODEL OF 1917/WINCHESTER/288908” to front of receiver, with two Springfield eagle head proofs and a “{flaming bomb}” ordnance mark to left of receiver. Bolt handle has several markings to arm including flaming bomb, a “9”, and a “20” to bolt handle flat. Top of barrel is marked “W/{flaming bomb}/5-18” behind front sight. Small parts have either Winchester “W” or Eddystone “E” marks.

Forend of stock is marked with a “2” over top of an Eddystone “E” mark. There is a weak partial oval or box mark to right side of wrist. Item is without cleaning kit in trapdoor buttplate. Good as arsenal refinished. Bore is dark. Finish has thinning to barrel and receiver. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and shows no visible cartouche markings as a result. $1,000 - 1,200

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** Eddystone U.S. Model 1917 .30-06. 26” barrel length. SN: 1179802. Bolt action rifle with folding aperture sight adjustable for elevation and post blade front sight with ear protectors. Blued military finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip, full length riveted hand guards, and forearm with single hand groove to both sides. Item features double barrel bands, three sling swivels, a bayonet lug, and trapdoor buttplate without cleaning kit. Also featured is a non-matching downturned bolt handle, bolt lock safety, and a serrated trigger.

Markings include “U.S./MODEL OF 1917/EDDYSTONE/1179802” to front of breech, along with several Springfield Eagle head proofs and a Flaming Bomb Ordance mark to left side of breech. Barrel is marked “E/{flaming bomb}/8-18” behind front sight. Bolt has non-matching serial number “928/391” marked to handle. Good. Bore is bright with minimal pitting visible. More than half of original finish remains, with losses and scratching scattered overall. There is a chalky purple patina starting to develop toward muzzle.

Wood stock has scratching and mars overall to stock and handguards. There is a loss to wood on heel and small losses to toe. $800 - 1,200

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** Winchester-Enfield U.S. Model 1917 with Bayonet .30-06 caliber. 26” barrel length. SN: 48577. Arsenal refinished bolt action rifle with two position adjustable folding ghost ring rear sight and blade front sight, both with ear protectors. Parkerized black metal finish. Walnut stock with a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with single hand grooves to both sides. Item features sling swivels to forend bayonet lug, middle barrel band, and to edge of toe. Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning rod. Markings include “U.S./MODEL OF 1917/WINCHESTER/48577” to receiver, and “W/{flaming bomb}/10-17” to top of barrel behind front sight. Receiver also is marked with a flaming bomb below two Springfield eagle head marks, and a circled star mark following bomb. Item may have been arsenal rebuilt more than once, and features an “R” marked forend, Eddystone “E” marks to forend and small parts, with Winchester marked barrel and bolt handle. Stock shows a weak boxed “3-G.M.-K” inspector cartouche to left of stock. Trapdoor buttplate includes a rolled up receipt stub stating that this item was refinished and cleaned by the gun shop named on the receipt, with a 1983 date. Also included is a Remington M1917 bayonet with a 17” single edge blade and white accented markings to both ricassos. Good to very good as refinished. Bore is somewhat dark with pitting and residue to rifling. Finish is strong overall, with some thinned spots to receiver and barrel bands. Wood stock is in good condition with some small losses and scratching scattered overall. Wood stock is slightly overlapping buttplate. Bayonet has mottled grey appearance. $800 - 1,200 90

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** Winchester U.S. Model 1917 Enfield .30-06 caliber. 26” barrel length. SN: 507374. Arsenal refinished bolt action rifle with two position adjustable folding ghost ring rear sight and blade front sight, both with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish and walnut stock with a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with single hand grooves to both sides. Item features sling swivels to forend bayonet lug, middle barrel band, and to edge of toe. Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning rod. Markings include “U.S./MODEL OF 1917/WINCHESTER/507374” to receiver, and “W/{flaming bomb}/12-18” to top of barrel behind front sight. Receiver also is marked with a flaming bomb below two Springfield eagle head marks. Item may have been arsenal rebuilt twice and features both Eddystone “E” marks to forend and small parts, and a Winchester marked barrel. Stock shows a weak boxed Ogden Arsenal Elmer Keith “O.G.E.K.” inspector cartouche to left of stock, followed by a weak obscured cartouche. Circled “P” proof to bottom of grip. Good as arsenal refinished. Bore is frosty with pitting and residue to rifling. Finish has losses to front sight lug and receiver, with light scratches overall. Wood stock has somewhat heavy scratching and mars scattered overall. Buttplate has heavy dings and scratches with residue. $800 - 1,200

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** City of Toronto Marked Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine .30-30 WCF. 20” round barrel. SN: 689187. Manufactured circa 1913. Blued finish, smooth walnut stock with carbine butt. Standard Winchester barrel and tang markings.

Stock stamped “CITY OF TORONTO” on reverse. Saddle ring, folding leaf rear sight, pinned blade front sight. Guns in this serial number range marked to the City of Toronto have been reported to have been used by the Don Jail of that city, but it is speculated that since these guns were delivered in 1914 that they may have seen secondary service with Canadian police or security forces to free up more modern arms for the use of the Canadian troops on the Western Front. Normally these guns are rack numbered on the comb of the stock but this one has been aggressively sanded there, making the mark illegible. A neat rarity for the 1894 collector. Very good. Retains much of the blued finish on the barrel, magazine tube and receiver, with clear markings. Most of the loss due to wear and flaking, leaving a mostly dull gray patina with scattered oxidation and some freckling. Mechanically functional, very good bore with moderate oxidation and frosting but strong rifling. Stock heavily sanded at the comb to obliterate the rack number, with the balance showing scattered bumps, dings and mars. $700 - 1,000

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** BSA Enfield SMLE III Riot Gun Conversion .410” caliber. 25.2” barrel length. SN: 13411. Enfield No. 1 MK III rifle converted to single shot smoothbore shotgun and retaining standard Enfield rifle open notch sights graduated to 2000 yards. Item retains standard wood furniture and blued metal finish. Magazine well is filled in with wooden block supporting metal feed ramp. Buttplate is non-wrap around brass with cleaning kit port. Wood patch installed in stock to cover gap left by change in buttplate and marked with “S” initial. No cleaning kit present in buttplate, base of which is marked “SA/30(illegible)”. Bolt and stock endcap serial numbers match. Left side of stock has been stamped “D/T{upward arrow}E/(W)”.

Underside of grip shows multiple proof and arsenal markings including “S/56 SA”, “5/195”, “SA/74”, “S”, and “S/7”. Right side of receiver shows “{Crown proof mark}” over “B.S.A. Co/1915/SHT LE/III”. These marks are weak. Left side shows conversion markings “.410/RFI/1950”. Item equipped with sling swivels and serrated trigger. Good as converted. Bore is very bright and clean. Blued metal finish shows edgewear with more extensive wear to sling swivels and endcap. Buttplate is discolored and rough. Wood furniture shows mars overall with distinctly rough finish to buttstock. $800 - 1,200

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.45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 90171. WWI-era single action semi automatic pistol with fixed notch and half moon sights. Blued finish with checkered walnut double diamond grips. Item features a short hammer and short spur grip safety, as well as a stepped slide lock and military lanyard ring. Markings include “UNITED STATES PROPERTY” on left of frame, and a Major Walter G. Penfield circled “WGP” proof near trigger. Right frame is marked with serial number, as well as “E 7” above trigger. Left of slide is marked with two-line patent dates and two-line manufacturer address, followed by Colt’s rampant horse logo near hammer. There are “H” and “R” marks to frame under slide near magazine well. Top of barrel is marked with a “P” and an “H”. Item includes a removable 7-shot magazine with lanyard ring.

Manufactured in 1914. Good. Bore is dark and shows brown patina among rifling. Blued metal finish shows handling wear around mainspring housing, grip straps, grip safety, and trigger guard. Some mottled discolorations on left frame and slide. Weapon shows cycling wear on various components and reassembly scratches on the left frame. Slide finish has worn most heavily on right side. Checkered grips have finish wear and some scratches and mars. Magazine shows wear marks on friction surfaces, finish loss to baseplate, and rust on magazine spring.

.45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 2267829. Manufactured circa 1945. Parkerized finish, checkered plastic raised reinforcement ring Keyes Fiber grips numbered 9 on the interiors. Obverse of slide roll marked in a single line “COLT’S MFG CO. HARTFORD, CT. USA” and obverse frame marked “UNITED STATES PROPERTY” over serial number, and “M1911A1 US ARMY”. Partially visible “{Ordnance Wheel}” inspection at upper rear of right side of frame. Reverse of slide marked in two lines “GOVERNMENT/MODEL” followed by “COLT” and in two lines “AUTOMATIC/CALIBER .45” and with the “{Rampant Colt}” logo. Left of frame with block “G.H.D.” inspection behind trigger and “P” to the lower rear of the magazine release button. Blued barrel marked “COLT .45 AUTO” on the hood and with a small, illegible boxed inspection on the lower left side of the link lug. Arched mainspring housing, wide checkered hammer spur. Front of frame hand stippled, trigger replaced with a grooved, long adjustable trigger. Parkerizing has the correct greenish tone and markings remain very clear and crisp with the exception of the Ordnance Wheel, but no temper line is visible near the front of the slide. A solid, mostly original late WWII Colt 1911 that has had a couple of minor enhancements to make it a little better suited to use as a self defense pistol.

No magazine included. Very good. Retains most of the Parkerized finish with the some high edge wear and thinning as well as some scattered flecks of surface oxidation. Markings clear and crisp, mechanically functional, very good bore with some oxidation and frosting in the grooves. Grips with some light wear.

** Colt 1911 Dated to 1914

** Colt 1911A1

$1,000 - 1,500

$1,500 - 2,000

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** Extremely Early Parkerized Colt 1911A1 Dated to 1941 with Box and War Department Booklet .45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 735820. Manufactured circa 1941. Parkerized finish, blued small parts, checkered plastic hollow back Coltwood grips. Matching serial number on slide under firing pin stop. Right side of frame marked “UNITED STATES PROPERTY” over serial number and “M1911A1 US ARMY”. Left side of frame with “P” below magazine release and boxed “RS” inspection of US Ordnance Officer Robert Sears below takedown plunger. Left side of slide marked in two lines “PATENTED APR. 20, 1897. SEPT. 9, 1902/DEC. 19, 1950. FEB 14, 1911. AUG. 19, 1913” followed by the “{Rampant Colt}” logo and the two line marking “COLT’S PT. F.A. MFG. CO./ HARTFORD, CT. U.S.A.” Hood of Parkerized barrel marked “COLT 45 AUTO” and lower left side of link lug inspected with a boxed “C”. Top of slide with “P” inspection. Grips mold numbered “4” and “8”. Clear temper on slide 2” from muzzle. Colt standardized on the Parkerized finish at approximately serial number 735,000 transitioning from the brushed blue finish that had been in use up until that time. This makes this one the earliest Parkerized Colt Model 1911A1 pistols. Pistol is accompanied by a cardboard storage box pencil numbered to the gun with a correct Colt L-tool and an original FM 23-35 Field Manual for the M1911 and M1911A1 pistol. Also included are one full-blue pinned Colt marked magazine and a Parkerized S marked magazine. Very good. Pistol with some thinned finish remaining, the balance toning to a brownish patina. Barrel with some Parkerizing in the protected areas of the and recesses of the lugs, the balance a steel gray patina. Markings remain clear and fully legible. Correct inspection mark for this serial number range. Mechanically functional, very good bore with some oxidation, frosting and strong rifling. Gips good to very good with some wear to the checkering.

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.38 Special. 4” barrel length. SN: V511448. Smith & Wesson Victory revolver cut and trimmed so that the upper portion of the revolver is reversed so that it faces the person holding the revolver. Revolver retains no finish and is not functional. Markings remains mostly legible. An oddity appropriate for the desk top of an advanced gun collector with an odd sense of humor. This gun sold at auction in 2014 for $4,400 so, obviously a number of people felt the joke was funny enough to spend money on. Good. Retains no finish, not functional. Modified as noted.

9x19mm Parabellum. 4.9” barrel length. SN: 5024j. Double-action semi-automatic pistol with with notch and blade sights. Item features a dull blued metal finish overall with black Bakelite grips. Left side of slide marked “P.38” followed by “ac/42” with serial number near safety. Serial numbers match. Left frame marked with serial number followed by waffenamt mark “{Eagle/359}”. Same markings appear twice to right of slide surrounding an “{Eagle/swastika}”. “{Eagle/359}” marking also appears on back side of magazine in pistol, spare magazine in holster, as well as on left side of barrel under slide. Opposite side of barrel is marked with a backwards “C” under slide. Inside of grip panels shows two matching marks: The first, “{38/N within symbol}”, followed by “P/1529/5”. Holster is black leather and backside shows “gxy 1942” stamped into left side above “Eagle/WaA7086”, and “P38” stamped into upper right. Very good. Bore is frosty with some oxidation forming in lands. Blued metal finish light edgewear with spotted patina and discoloration to front of triggerguard. Grip panels sohw some areas of patched discoloration near slide. Spare magazine shows more extensive wear to blued finish. Holster has abrasions at edges and some crazing forming over locking strap.

Futher scratches overall with additional signs of crazing along lower body of holster.

Non Functional “Cut & Reversed” Oddity Revolver

Ex-Elliott Riggs Collection, The Collection of Larry Ness $1,500 - 3,000

** “ac-42 Code” Walther P.38 with Holster

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8mm Nambu. 4.6” barrel length. SN: 40813. Blued finish, strawed small parts, 25-groove wooden grip panels. Original series small triggerguard pistol produced by the Kokubunji Factory under Nagoya supervision in December 1937 with Showa date “12.12”. Matching numbers on all visible numbered pistol parts. Includes 1 nickel aluminum bottom magazine numbered “698”, not matching the pistol.

Fine. Retains most of the blued finish with clear markings. Mechanically functional, fine bore, grips with some light wear.

8mm Nambu. 4.6” barrel length. SN: 47772. Blued finish, strawed small parts, 24-groove wooden grip panels. First series large triggerguard pistol produced by the Toriimatsu Factory under Nagoya supervision in July 1944 with Showa date “19.7”. Matching numbers on all visibly numbered pistol parts. Includes a single aluminum base blued magazine numbered “772”, matching the pistol. Fine. Retains most of the blued finish with some light wear and some scratches on the frame around the safety. Clear markings, mechanically functional, fine bore.

$700 - 1,000

$700 - 1,000

** Japanese Type 14 Nambu Pistol

** Japanese Type 14 Nambu Pistol

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** Arisaka Type 99 Rifle with Matching Numbers by Tokyo Arsenal 7.7mm. 25.25” barrel length. SN: 44634. Blued finish, laminated hardwood stock. 23rd Series production. Matching serial numbers on receiver, bolt handle and bayonet lug. Firing pin unnumbered. Battlefield bring back “struck” Mum is fully visible, along with model designation kanji. Retains “anti-aircraft” rear sight, folding monopod, cleaning rod and both sling swivels. Very good. Retains much of the dull military blued finish with some wear and thinning. Shows some surface oxidation and scattered areas of minor roughness. Mechanically functional, very good bore. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $800 - 1,200

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** Arisaka Type 99 Rifle, Early with Matching Numbers and Chrysanthemum 7.7x58mm Arisaka. 26” barrel length. SN: 86477. Bolt action rifle with folding anti-aircraft sights and wire monopod. Rifle features a blued metal finish with two piece semipistol grip stock. This number matching rifle features leather shoulder sling and cleaning rod. Item does not have a dustcover. Receiver shows “{Nagoya Arsenal}” and “{First Series}” marks in addition to “{Chrysanthemum}”. Item displays chrome lined bore. Good. Bore is very bright with some residue near muzzle. Blued metal finish is strong overall with cycling wear and brown patina to buttplate. Bayonet lug and barrel band have rough finish with some patina at edges. Monopod shows brown patina overall. Cocking knob show some edge wear. Wood stock shows some handling wear and scratches with a small chip to top of stock. Additional discolorations and mars overall. Leather sling shows crazing and abrasions to surface. Edge of magazine follower is worn down and fails to catch bolt. $600 - 1,000

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** Arisaka Type 99 Last Ditch Rifle 7.7x58mm caliber. 26” barrel length. SN: 40422. Bolt-action, last ditch style, rifle with fixed aperture and partially hooded front post sights. Item displays blued metal finish with two piece semi-pistol grip stock. Bolt numbers do not match receiver. Item displays “{Nagoya Arsenal}”, “{Thirty-eighth Series}”, and “{Chrysanthemum}”. No type markings on receiver. Buttstock is stenciled with “9 83/46” on left side near wood buttplate. Item has sling swivels but no dustcover or cleaning rod. Good. Bore is frosty with some patina in grooves. Blued metal finish shows spotted patina overall with triggerguard and magazine floorplate having a brown patina. Bolt shows blued finish and patina only to bolt handle. Wood stock has rough overall finish with mars and scratches overall. Right side of stock shows split. There is a gap between base of bolt stop and stock. $300 - 500

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** Arisaka Type 44 Carbine 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka. 19” barrel length. SN: 22258. Bolt action rifle with adjustable rear leaf sight and folding bayonet. Item features blued metal finish with two piece wood stock. “{Koshikawa Arsenal}” and “B” proof mark on barrel. Serial numbers do not match. Two piece cleaning rod missing but sling swivels present. Good. Bore is frosty with dust throughout. Blued metal finish shows handling and cycling wear with weak areas on buttplate, triggerguard, and magazine plate. These areas show spotted patina and rust.

Bayonet lug, endcap, and bayonet are a brown patina. Two piece cleaning rod missing. Forward sling swivel bent. Two piece cleaning rod is missing. Forward sling swivel is bent. $600 - 1,000

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** Arisaka Type 38 Carbine 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka. 19” barrel length. SN: 27450. Bolt action carbine with tangent rear notch and partially hooded front blade sights. Carbine features a blued metal finish with two piece wood semi-pistol grip stock. Bolt components and bayonet lug numbers match receiver. Item is marked “{Nagoya Arsenal}” “{Fifth Series}”. Chrysanthemum has been ground off. Weapon lacks cleaning rod and dustcover. Item fitted with a type 99 style buttplate and cocking knob. Sling swivels mounted on left side. Good. Bore is bright with some residue near muzzle. Blued metal finish strong over receiver with cycling wear on bolt. Some patina on buttplate, bayonet lug, and barrel band. Some oxidation on front sight. Wood stock shows overall mars and handling wear. Deep marks on left side of butt near sling swivel. Two scratches near buttplate on right side. $300 - 500

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** Arisaka Type II Paratrooper Rifle by Nagoya Arsenal 7.7mm Arisaka. 25.25” barrel length. SN: 631. Blued finish, two-piece hardwood laminated stock. Matching numbered bayonet lug number “631”, matching mating number “378” on barrel, barrel mounting collar, receiver and takedown wedge. Mismatched bolt handle, extractor and firing pin all numbered “771”. Mum remains intact with model designation kanji. Retains “anti-aircraft” rear sight and both sling swivels, missing cleaning rod. Only about 20,000 of these scarce 2-piece take-down rifles bases upon the Type 99 were produced ca.1942-43 by the Japanese and they are desirable collector rifles today. Very good. Retains much of the dull military blued finish with visible markings. Mechanically functional, very good bore is mostly bright with strong rifling. Stock with numerous bumps, dings and mars. Missing cleaning rod and screw for front barrel band. $1,500 - 2,000 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** Mauser 44 K/98 with ZF41/1 Scope and Scope Case 8mm Mauser. 23.5” barrel length. SN: 23361f. WWII-era K.98 with a ZF41/1 scope side-mounted over rear tangent sight. Blued military finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with a single sling loop barrel band and bayonet lug forend. Item features an adjustable tangent rear sight and blade front sight. Markings include “{eagle/135}/byf/44” to top of breech. Left of breech is marked with a “{eagle/swastika}” followed by full serial number, and right of breech is marked with an “{eagle/135}”. Scope is marked “dym/+ {triangle}/Z.F.41/1” to center, with serial number “2262” to rear, and “29” scrawled to both scope ring mounts. Scope mount is marked “55025/f/duv/{eagle/214}” on left side. Barrel is marked with a “4” to right side in front of breech, and “{eagle/swastika}” to left side in front of breech. Small parts show a combination of partial serial numbers, eagle marks, and single digit codes overall. Item has all matching serial numbers except for on scope and mount. Stock is marked with “{eagle/WaA135}” marks to right side of buttstock and to bottom of wrist. There is also a “44” marked to sling cutaway on right of stock. Item is without cleaning rod and sling. Includes metal ZF41/1 scope carrying case marked “jvb” and “{eagle/WaA542}” to backside. Good. Bore is bright with a slight amount of residue to rifling toward muzzle. Finish has some losses overall, with light scratching to exposed barrel. Metal is developing a brown patina to bottom side. Bolt extractor has a deep red patina. Wood stock has light scratching and some mars, but is in good condition overall. Scope is blurred but crosshairs are still visible. Scope case has some losses to metal finish on corners, interior void of any extra lenses, but overall in good shape. $1,200 - 1,800

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** Soviet Captured Waffenwerke Brun K98 7.92x57mm caliber. 23.62” barrel length. SN: 781/Z. Bolt-action rifle with rear tangent notch and front blade sights. Rifle features a phosphate metal finish with laminated wood furniture. Stock is shellaced and shows serial number “781” stamped into left side of stock near buttplate. Serial numbers of remining components do not match.

Receiver marked “dot/1944” indicating Waffenwerke Brun manufacture. Additional markings include “Mod. 98” to right side of receiver, and “waffenampt” marks to receiver, magazine floor plate, triggerguard, forward barrel band. Right side of barrel shows “dot/13 within shield”. German proof marks to barrel and receiver. Soviet “X” marking to receiver beneath manufacturer code. Barrel marked with import markings: “R GUNS CARPENTERSVILLE IL GERMAN K98 8mm”. Carbine lacks front sight hood, cleaning rod missing, and securing screws from triggerguard. Magazine follower worn and fails to catch bolt. Good as arsenal refinished. Bore and magazine coated with cosmoline. Metal shows some scratches and mars that have been finished over. Some damage to phosphate finish around front sight and on receiver. Finish to extractor and bolt shows some cycling wear. Shellac finish worn off in spots and shows some dings and handling wear since refinished. Gouge to upper handguard. $500 - 800

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** U.S. Model 1903 Bolt Action Rifle by Remington .30-06 caliber. 24” barrel length. SN: 3361860. Parkerized finish, two-bolt walnut scant stock. Standard Remington receiver markings. “RA” marked barrel dated “2-42”, Remington bolt and collar. Rebuilt at Raritan Arsenal and stock marked “RA-P” as well as with “JF” inspection. Retains original 1903 pattern rear sight, front sight with hood, both sling swivels. Butt trap void of cleaning kit. Very good as refurbished with much of the applied finish. Markings clear in metal and slightly weaker in wood. Wood and metal with old oil and grease. Mechanically functional, very good bore. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $800 - 1,200 96

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** Lend-Lease Remington Model 1903 with New Zealand Marks .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 3001804. WWII-era Lend Lease Remington 1903 with folding notch sight adjustable for elevation and raised blade front sight. Blued military finish. Walnut stock has a plain straight scant grip and forearm with single barrel band and hand grooves along both sides. Features a trapdoor buttplate along with sling swivels to butt, barrel band, and bayonet lug. Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning kit. Markings include “U.S./REMINGTON/MODEL 1903/3001804” to front of breech and “RA/{flaming bomb}/10-41” marked to top of barrel behind front sight. Wood stock has New Zealand Lend Lease Act marks “N{broad arrow}Z/6871” to right of buttstock.

Stock is also marked with crossed cannons ordnance mark and a boxed “RLB” inspector proof to left of stock, along with circle “P” mark to bottom of wrist. Bolt handle has two marks that appear to be partial keystone shapes. Good to very good. Bore is bright. Finish has some light scratching, light pitting, and a few small spots of surface oxidation scattered overall. Wood stock has scratches and mars scattered overall. Cartouche marks on stock are sharp, but boxed inspector proof appears as if border was re-cut. Border appears deeper than letter marks, and crude as if done with a pocket knife. Item also has weak roll-marked serial number with edges that are somewhat smooth.

Item does not appear to be refinished, but inspector mark and weak serial number roll-marked on breech raise some concern. $1,200 - 2,000

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** Enfield No. 5 Mk. I Jungle Carbine 7.7x56mmR caliber. 18.5” barrel length. SN: CC1583. Bolt-action carbine with conical flash hider and adjustable rear aperture sight. Armament displays a blued metal finish with wood furniture, and lightening cuts to receiver, barrel, bolt and bolt handle. Manufacturer code “M/47C” over a production date of 1945 indicating BSA Shirley manufacture. Same mark applied to front sight block and barrel band. “{Crown over BNP}” proof mark to barrel and receiver. Underside of buttstock marked with “{Arrow}/ M47A” followed by {crown}/4B”. Barrel marked “.303 2.222”/18.5 TOMS PERU”. Bolt and receiver match. Receiver left is marked “No.5MK.1”. Item is equipped with Mk I large aperture sight graduated to 800 yards with “B” marking, and sling swivels. Good. Bore is bright with strong rifling. Blued metal finish shows cycling wear and edge wear overall with finish to stock and left grip heavily worn. Wood furniture shows handling wear with some scratches and mars overall. Forward and upper handguard loose. Patina forming to sling swivels and recoil pad has hardened with abrasions. $600 - 800

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** U.S. Model 1903 Rifle by Rock Island Arsenal .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 312867. Manufactured circa 1918. Parkerized finish, two-bolt S-stock without grasping grooves. Standard RIA markings on receiver, barrel marked “SA 1-28”. Reverse wrist with weak, incorrect style “FJA” cartouche that appears to have been added, “{Circle-P}” proof behind triggerguard. 1903 pattern rear sight, hooded front sight, sling and stacking swivels. Rebuilt Model 1903 rifle for WWII service with a receiver made after the heat treatment change occurred at #285507 at RIA. Good as refurbished. Retains much of the applied Parkerized finish, markings in metal clear and legible, markings in the wood less clear. Mechanically functional, bore dark with strong rifling and moderate oxidation but might clean up. Stock with scattered bumps, ding and mars. $800 - 1,200 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** U.S. Model 1903-A3 Mann Accuracy Device by Remington .30 caliber. 22” heavy barrel length. SN: 3863858. This device was developed by ammunition expert Dr. F.W. Mann prior to WWII to test the characteristics of different ammunition types. This model was most likely manufactured/used post-war considering it is a Model 1903-A3. These special barrels were screwed into place, and then the collar of barrel was secured into V-block mounts to test accuracy, velocity, and firing pin indentation of Model 1903/1903-A3 rifles. Item is a bolt action rifle featuring a special heavy barrel manufactured by Remington. Blued metal finish to barrel and parkerized finish to receiver. Wood stocks on these devices were cut down to about the size of a pistol stock configuration, and feature a plain straight grip. Markings include “U.S./REMINGTON/MODEL 1903-A3/3863858” to receiver, and barrel is marked “HEC/1971/7553795/9805-0328” forward of collar in white accents. Bolt handle is etched “656” to top. Included with item is a tag that is marked “12-22-72/92 R.D.S/ FIRED”, obverse side is marked “#3863858/H.S. 1629/P.P. .061/P.I. .021/B.B.L. #328”. Consignor purchased this item from the CMP. Good. Bore is frosty. Finish to barrel has scratching and cloudy losses to finish scattered overall. Wood stock shows scratching and mars overall, with some losses to wood at rear of grip and a piece of wood on right side of forend that is starting to splinter. $1,500 - 2,500

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** National Postage Meter M1 Carbine

.30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1502686. M1 carbine with flip up aperture rear sights and blade front sight with ear protectors. Phosphate finish. Walnut stock with plain semi pistol grip and forearm with type-I barrel band. Stock also has an I-shaped oiler cutaway, as well as a two rivet hand guard and low wood. Item features an unmarked push button safety, flat top bolt, and “M” marked magazine release.

Markings include weak “U.S. CARBINE/CAL .30 M1” marks to front of breech, and “NATIONAL/POSTAGE METER/1502686” to rear of breech. Barrel is marked “I.B.M. CORP.” behind front sight. Wood stock is marked with a weak “NPM/FJA” cartouche, along with crossed cannons ordnance mark on right side. Left side of stock has a “.U.” cartouche, possibly Underwood rebuilt mark (circa 1951). Bottom of stock has circle “P” mark obscured by a riveted screw protruding from grip, above what appears to be a “-” mark.

Sling cutaway also appears to have a small blocked “TN” mark. Item small parts all have correct National Postage Meter markings. Item includes OD sling. Very good. Possibly arsenal rebuilt. Bore is bright. Finish is strong with some light scratching and losses only to sharp edges. As mentioned item has some weak marks to metal and wood stock. Stock also shows rough abrasions to wood overall. Item is without stock oiler. Buttplate has some slight wiggle to it. $1,200 - 1,800

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** National Postal Meter M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 4217852. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with “I.R.CO.” marked type-III aperture rear sights and blade front sights with ear protectors.

Black parkerized metal finish. Varnished walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval stock oiler cutaway, and flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has a typeIII bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a two rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt marked with serial number, rotary safety, and an “M” marked magazine safety for a 15-shot removable magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” to front of receiver, and “NATIONAL/POSTAL METER/4217852” to rear of receiver. Top of barrel is marked “NORWOOD/1-44/{flaming bomb}” behind front sight. Stock shows no inspector marks except for an inverted “7” and a circled “K” both marked to flat of stock oiler cutaway. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is good overall with some light scratching and losses to finish around receiver on raised edges. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and re-varnished in great condition.

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** Winchester M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1126198. Semi-automatic carbine with Type III aperture and front blade sight with protectors. Features a walnut low wood potbelly stock with oval cut oiler recess. Green Parkerized finish covers metal components. Type III barrel band with bayonet lug signed “SI”. Rotary safety mechanism mounted below long cut receiver. Weapon equipped with flat bolt and four rivet upper handguard. Stock is marked “5658259”. Receiver marked “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” rear marked “WINCHESTER” over serial number. Barrel shows Winchester “W” marking. No cartouche on stock. Item has no magazine. Good. Bore is very bright and clean. Parkerized finish shows cycling wear and wear to edges with additional scratches around barrel. Wood stock shows surface mars and scratches to left side. Buttplate is loose. $800 - 1,200

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** Refinished National Postal Meter M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 4082826. Refinished M1 carbine with type-III aperture sight. Stock has been sanded and shows weak markings while metal components have been reparkerized. Walnut low wood pattern potbelly stock has an oval oiler cutout. Receiver is marked “U.S. CARBINE CAL. 30 M1” and “NATIONAL POSTAL METER/4082826”. Triggerguard signed “LGKOO/1644”. Left side of stock marked “AAO” below receiver and “P” at base of semi-pistol grip. Barrel is marked “MARLIN” but is undated. Oiler cutout and bolt both marked “0199”. Flat top bolt with rotary safety and Type-III “J.M.Q.” barrel band with “EMO” bayonet lug. Item features a four rivet style upper handguard and comes with a Type-IV style magazine. Good as refinished. Bore is bright with some residue near muzzle. Left front sight protector is bent. Refinished parkerized metal parts show wear to edges and further erosion around barrel and top of bayonet lug. Wood stock shows few marks. Type IV style magazine is clean with very strong finish. $800 - 1,200

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** Refinished Inland M1 Carbine .30 Carbine caliber. 18” barrel length. SN: 6369021. Semi-automatic carbine with Type II aperture and partially hooded front blade sights. Weapon sports a two rivet handguard complimented by low wood replacement stock with receiver serial number cut into it and oval oiler opening. Rotary safety and bayonet lug equipped rifle shows the following markings: receiver is marked “U.S. CARBINE/CAL.30 M1” with “INLAND DIV” over serial number at the rear, tang is signed “SG”, barrel shows “INLAND MFG. DIV./ GENERAL MOTORS” with no date, “EM-Q” marked bayonet lug, Type III barrel band marked “MMQ”, and triggerguard marked “LGKK/1137”. Serial number is electropenned onto the bolt. Item lacks magazine. Good as refinished. Bore is bright. Finish is strong overall with wear to edges and cycling wear. Handguard has six scratches in its upper surface. Some other mars to stock and some residue on bottom of handguard. $1,000 - 1,300 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** National Postal Meter M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1493923. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with a type-III rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Blued finish to barrel with a blued and parkerized receiver. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with an oval shaped stock oiler cutaway, and a flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has a “MMQ” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with a single sling swivel and a two rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt, rotary safety, and an “M” push button magazine release for a 30-shot magazine.

Markings include obscured “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” marks to front of receiver, and “NATIONAL/POSTAL METER/1493923” to rear of receiver. Barrel is weakly marked “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS/2-44” to top behind front sight. Triggerguard is marked “LGK 00/1183” to bottom. Wood stock is marked “IO” and “1965031” to flat of stock oiler cutaway. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty.

Finish is good overall with some light scratching. Wood stock has been sanded and shows some scratching and mars. $800 - 1,200

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** I.B.M. Corporation M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 3655423. Arsenal rebuild M1 carbine with type-II aperture rear sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Phosphate matte black finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval stock oiler cutaway, and flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has an “AI” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and two rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt, rotary safety toggle, and push button magazine release with a removable 30-shot magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL.30 M1.” to front of receiver, and “I.B.M. CORP./3655423” to rear of receiver. Item has a triggerguard assembly with a reddish brown finish and is marked “LGK K/1151” to bottom. Barrel is marked with an inverted “P” over “S A 12-50” behind front sight. Stock is marked “1642354” to flat of oiler cutaway on left side. Stock does not have any visible inspector or arsenal marks due to sanding. Item is without stock oiler and OD sling. Very good as refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is good overall, with some losses on sharp edges and light scratching overall. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and shows no inspector markings as a result. $800 - 1,200

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** Quality Hardware M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1623563. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with “I.R.CO.” marked type-III aperture rear sights and blade front sights with ear protectors.

Parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval stock oiler cutaway, and flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has a type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a two rivet handguard. Item features a round top bolt, rotary safety, and an “M/WA” marked magazine release. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” to front of receiver, and “QUALITY HARDWARE CO.” to rear of receiver. Top of barrel is marked “UNDERWOOD/10-44/{flaming bomb}” behind front sight. Stock shows a boxed “BA/HAB” inspector mark, as well as “LW” marks to flat of stock oiler cutaway. Good to very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish has light scratching and some thinning to top of bolt, with a light film of surface oxidation developing. Wood stock is bare without a finish, shows light scratching and dust residue scattered overall. $800 - 1,200 100

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** Inland M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 5494114. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with “I.R.CO.” marked type-III rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Black parkerized metal finish and triggerguard that has a red hue. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval oiler cutaway and perch belly forearm with low wood. Stock also has a “AMCO” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a two rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt etched with serial number, as well as a rotary safety and “M” marked push button magazine release. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” to front of receiver and “INLAND DIV./5494114” to rear of receiver. Top of barrel is marked “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS/9-44” behind rear sight. Bottom of triggerguard is marked “L.G.K.T./1046”. Stock is marked “5494114” to flat of stock oiler cutaway. Item is without magazine and OD sling. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is strong overall with only some light scratching. Wood stock appears to have been sanded at some point and shows no visible inspector marks or arsenal rebuild marks. $600 - 1,000

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** National Postal Meter M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1546125. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with “I.R. CO.” type-III stamped aperture rear sight and front blade sight with ear protectors.

Phosphate metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval stock oiler cutaway, and perch belly forearm with low wood. Stock also has a “KI” marked typeIII bayonet lug barrel band with a single sling swivel and a two rivet handguard. Item features a round top bolt, rotary safety toggle, and a “M/WA” marked push button magazine release with a 15-shot removable magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL.30 M1.” to front of receiver, and “NATIONAL/POSTAL METER/1546125” to rear of receiver. Barrel is unmarked and stock shows no visible inspector’s marks. Item does not include stock oiler or OD sling. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty.

Finish is good overall, with some losses to sharp edges and scattered light scratches. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and does not feature any visible markings. $800 - 1,200

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** Inland M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 504661. Arsenal rebuilt M1A1 paratrooper carbine with type-II rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain pistol grip with a blued metal folding stock, and a flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has an “AMCO” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a four rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt and rotary safety, with an “M” marked push button magazine release for a 30-shot removable magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1” to front of receiver, and “INLAND DIV./504661” to rear of receiver. Barrel is marked “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS” over what appears to be “7-43” or “7-46” to top behind front sight. Triggerguard is marked “LGK ST/0690” to bottom. Stock appears to have been sanded and does not show any marks. Included is an OD sling and carrying case. Case is marked “SEMS/1942” to front and “U.S.” to flap. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is good, with small losses to barrel and light scratching overall. Some light surface oxidation to checkering of folding buttplate.

Wood stock appears to have been sanded and shows no markings except light scratching and some minor mars.

Case is in good condition. $1,500 - 2,000

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** Inland Division M1 Carbine .30 M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 6876434. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with type-II aperture rear sight and blade front sight with ear protectors.

Parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has an oval shaped oiler cutaway and flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has an “MMQ” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a 4-rivet handguard. Item features a rotary safety switch and a flat top bolt. Also featured is an “M” marked magazine release and a 30-round removable magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL.30 M1.” to front of receiver, and “INLAND DIV./6876434” to rear of receiver. Barrel is marked “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS/2-45” to top of barrel behind rear sight. Stock shows Augusta Arsenal “A.A.F.” rebuild marks to left of wrist, and “RSG” marked to flat of sling cutaway on left side. Item is without stock oiler and OD sling. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright. Finish is good overall, having thinning to sharp edges and some scattered light scratches. Wood stock appears to have been sanded. $800 - 1,200

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** National Postal Meter M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1951959. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with type-II adjustable aperture rear sight and blade front sight with ear protectors. Phosphate metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with oval oiler cutaway, and perch belly forearm with low wood. Stock also has an “SI” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band and a two rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt and rotary safety. Also featured is an “M” marked magazine release and a 30-shot removable magazine. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/CAL.30 M1.” to front of receiver, and “NATIONAL/POSTAL METER/1951959” to rear of receiver. Upper tang is marked “SG” and barrel has “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS/2-44” marks behind front sight. Wood stock has a weak “.U.” arsenal rebuild mark on left of buttstock. Right side of wrist appears to have had a boxed cartouche that has since been removed. Circle “P” proof is not visible. Item is without stock oiler and OD sling. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright. Finish is good overall with thinning only to sharp edges and some scattered light scratches. Wood stock has been sanded and stock markings are barely visible as a result. $800 - 1,200

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** IBM M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 3827447. Refinished semi-automatic carbine with semi-pistol grip walnut stock and parkerized metal finish. Item features a low wood potbelly stock and two rivet upper handguard.

Additional features include a Type II rear sight, “KI” marked Type-III barrel band with bayonet lug, an unsigned oiler bottle, and sling marked “{Circle W}” and “US”. Left side of stock marked “.U.” Triggerguard has “{ORDNANCE BOMB}” marking to bottom. Rotary safety mechanism and round bolt complete long two hole receiver. Forward receiver marked “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. 30 M1”, with rear signed “I.B.M. CORP.” over serial number. Arm comes with Type I magazine stamped “U”. The barrel features obscured flaming bomb mark, and illegibly obscured barrel markings. Very Good as refinished. Bore is very bright. Parkerized finish shows light wear and cycling wear with some additional erosion around barrel. Wood stock has some mars to left side. Chip beneath forward handguard.

Blued metal finish to magazine has edge wear and scratches. $1,000 - 1,300 102

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** Saginaw M1 Carbine with Bayonet .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 3469343. Arsenal rebuilt M1 carbine with type-III aperture sight and blade front sight with “EU” marked ear protectors. Phosphate metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip with an oval oiler cutaway and flat forearm with low wood. Stock also has an “SI” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel and a four rivet handguard. Item features a flat top bolt, rotary safety, and an “M” marked magazine release. Markings include “U.S. CARBINE/ CAL.30 M1.” to front of receiver, and “SAGINAW SG/3469343” to rear of receiver. Barrel is marked “SAGINAW SG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS” without a manufacture date behind front sight, and upper tang is marked “SG”. Wood stock has a weak circle “P” proof, and weak stock markings to left and right that are barely visible. Included is an M4 bayonet with “PWH” marked U.S. M8A1 scabbard made by the Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind. Scabbard is marked “G/G” or “6/6” with black paint, and illegible paint marks on backside. Item is without stock oiler, sling, and removable magazine. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright. Finish is good overall, with some losses to sharp edges and possible thinning to left side of barrel. Wood stock appears to have been sanded. Bayonet has some mottled discoloration, possible surface oxidation developing. Scabbard has some wear to nylon frog. $1,000 - 1,500

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** Winchester M1 Carbine .30 caliber M1. 18” barrel length. SN: 1228763. Semi automatic rifle with type-II aperture rear sight and “SI-B” marked front blade sight with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and flat forearm with low wood and a “MMQ” marked type-III bayonet lug barrel band with single sling swivel. Stock also has an oval shaped stock oiler cutaway and four rivet handguard. Item features a rotary safety, round top bolt, and an “M” marked push button magazine release with a 15-shot magazine. Markings include “WINCHESTER/1228763” to rear of receiver, and “U.S. CARBINE/CAL. .30 M1” marked to front of receiver. Wood stock is marked “H” to bottom of grip, but shows no other markings. Good. Bore is bright and clean. Finish has thinned to barrel and has scratching overall. Receiver area finish has taken a shiny green-brown patina. Wood stock has light scratches and a few losses overall. $800 - 1,200

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** U.S. Springfield Model M1 Garand Rifle .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 2291884. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “SA-6-52” marked barrel. No visible cartouches or inspection marks in the wood. CMP rebuilt rifle with November 1943 receiver by serial number and a June of 1952 barrel. Throat erosion measures 1, muzzle erosion measures 1.5. Good to very good. Retains most of the applied finish, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, fine bore is moderately frosted. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** U.S. Springfield M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5851470. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “SA-4-55” marked barrel. Mostly legible “CMP/DOD” cartouche in the wood on the reverse. CMP rebuilt rifle with a post-WWII receiver by serial number and an April of 1955 barrel. Throat erosion measures 1.5, muzzle erosion measures 2.5. Good to very good. Retains most of the applied finish, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, fine bore is lightly frosted. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800

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** U.S. Springfield M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5456545. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “SA-1-55” marked barrel. No visible cartouches or inspection marks in the wood. CMP rebuilt rifle with an April 1944 receiver by serial number and a January of 1955 barrel. Throat erosion measures 1.5, muzzle erosion measures 2.5. Includes a OD green web sling. Good to very good. Retains most of the applied finish, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, good bore is moderately frosted and oxidized. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800

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** U.S. Springfield M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 2752965. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “SA-1-52” marked barrel. No visible cartouches or inspection marks in the wood. CMP rebuilt rifle with an April 1944 receiver by serial number and a January of 1952 barrel. Throat erosion measures 1.5, muzzle erosion measures 2.5. Includes an OD Green web sling. Good. Retains some of the applied finish with thinning and wear, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, fine bore is moderately frosted. Stock sanded with scattered bumps, dings and mars and some repaired cracking behind the receiver. $1,200 - 1,800 104

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** Winchester M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 1244192. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Winchester receiver markings, “S-A-2-52” marked barrel. A mostly legible “CMP/DOD” cartouche is present in the wood on the reverse. CMP rebuilt rifle with a post-WWII Winchester receiver and a January of 1952 barrel. Throat erosion measures 2, muzzle erosion measures 3.5. Retains a war time “battle bar” rear sight. Good to very good. Retains most of the applied finish, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, good bore is moderately frosted and oxidized. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800

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** U.S. Springfield CMP M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 270411. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “10-83” marked barrel. No visible cartouches or inspection marks in the wood. CMP rebuilt rifle with an January 1941 receiver by serial number and a much later replacement barrel. Throat erosion measures 1, muzzle erosion measures 2.5. Includes an OD Green CMP case. Good. Retains some of the applied finish with significant thinning and wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, good bore is moderately frosted and oxidized. Stock with numerous bumps, dings and mars. $1,000 - 1,500

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** U.S. Springfield CMP M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5476088. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, “SA-1-55” marked barrel. A clear “DOD” cartouche is present in the wood. CMP rebuilt rifle with a post-WWII receiver by serial number and a January of 1951 barrel. Throat erosion measures 0, muzzle erosion measures 1.5.

Includes an OD Green CMP hard case. Good. Retains some of the applied finish with thinning and wear, with some wear. Markings in metal clear. Mechanically functional, good bore is moderately frosted and oxidized. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $1,200 - 1,800

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** CMP Refinished Winchester M1 Garand .30-06 caliber. 24” barrel length. SN: 2347545. Semi-automatic rifle with “CMP” cartouche to left side of stock. Parkerized metal finish with walnut semi-pistol grip stock. Rifle equipped with adjustable rear aperture and hooded front blade sights, triple sling swivels, and cleaning kit compartment in buttstock. No cleaning kit present. Receiver marked “U.S. RIFLE/CAL. .30 M1/WINCHESTER/2347545”. Bolt is marked “028287-123A/S-06{Diamond}”. Right side of barrel marked “SA D6535448 12 52 MD83”. Good as refinished.

Bore is dark with patina throughout. Finish flaking off gas tube and front sight mount. Finish to triggerguard and sling swivels shows extensive erosion but finish elsewhere is strong.

Wood stock has been sanded and has smooth finish and edges save for two small mars to right side. Rifle has a muzzle erosion reading of 2.5 with 3 to the throat. $1,200 - 1,500

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** CMP Winchester M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 2389837. Arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and blade front sight with ear protectors. Black parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine.

Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning kit. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL. .30 M1/WINCHESTER/2389837” to rear of receiver. Barrel is marked “S-A-9-51” to right side.

Stock has a very weak boxed CMP cartouche to left side foreword of wrist. Included is a tag from consignor that states the stock and barrel/action were both purchased as separate pieces from the CMP, item was assembled and finished by “DCE”. Very good as refinished. Bore is bright with some visible pitting. Finish is strong overall. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and refinished with a deep brown stain, and shows very weak cartouche, great condition overall. Item has a throat reading of about 3, and a muzzle reading of about 3.5 to 4. $1,200 - 1,800

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** CMP Harrington & Richardson M1 Garand in Box .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5640042. CMP arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Matte black and parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with single barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine. Trapdoor buttplate has tube for cleaning kit, but is missing cleaning kit itself. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL .30 M1/H & R ARMS CO./5640042” to rear of receiver, and barrel is marked “HRA 6535448 4-55 RS60” to right side. Wood stock has a small boxed CMP cartouche to left of wrist, and a circled P mark to grip.

Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright. Finish has some light scratches scattered to metal and grease build up around breech. Wood stock has wear to butt with some light scratching overall. Item has a throat erosion reading of about 0, and a muzzle reading of about .5 to 1. $1,200 - 1,800 106

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** CMP Harrington & Richardson M1 Garand in Box .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5641773. CMP arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and front blade sight with ear protectors. Matte black parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with single barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine. Trapdoor buttplate has tube for cleaning kit, but is missing cleaning kit itself. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL .30 M1/H & R ARMS CO./5641773” to rear of receiver, and barrel is marked “HRA 6535448 6 55 RS52 P M” to right side. Wood stock has a small boxed CMP cartouche to left of wrist, and a circled P mark to grip. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright. Finish is strong overall with only small light scratches or peppered pit marks scattered overall. Wood stock appears to have been sanded and refinished. Item has a throat reading of about 0, and a muzzle reading of about 1. $1,200 - 1,800

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** CMP Springfield Armory M1 Garand with Hardcase .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 1581531. CMP arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and blade front sight with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine.

Also featured is a USGI white plastic spacer in breech to prevent incorrect loading. Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning kit. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL .30 M1/ SPRINGFIELD/ARMORY/1581531” to rear of receiver. Barrel is marked “CBI .308 11010457 .093 1-10 02/14 4P” to right side. Stock has a boxed CMP cartouche to left side foreword of wrist. Includes CMP hardcase with OD sling and tools. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is good, with some thinned spots and light scratching to top of barrel. Wood stock has been sanded. Item has throat and muzzle readings both less than 0. $1,200 - 1,800

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** Reworked Springfield Armory M1 Garand .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 396829. Arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and blade front sight with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish.

Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine.

Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning kit. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL .30 M1/SPRINGFIELD/ARMORY/396829” to rear of receiver, and barrel is marked “CBI 653448 1-10 11/17 5J” to right side. Stock has a boxed “S.A./G.H.S” cartouche to left side foreword of wrist, followed by a crossed cannons ordnance cartouche. Circle P proof is sharply marked on grip. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is bright with some residue to rifling. Finish is good. There appears to be a reapplied finish brushed to spots on rear of receiver. Wood stock is in good condition with some light scratches and handling wear. Both throat and muzzle readings are less than zero. $1,200 - 1,800 F O R A D D I T I O N A L I M AG E S A N D L O T D E TA I L S V I S I T C OWA N S . C O M

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** CMP Springfield Armory M1 Garand with CMP Hardcase .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 1957680. Arsenal refinished M1 Garand with adjustable rear aperture sight and blade front sight with ear protectors. Parkerized metal finish.

Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with barrel band and handguard. Item features a bayonet lug, triple sling swivels, and an internal box magazine.

Trapdoor buttplate is without cleaning kit. Markings include “U.S. RIFLE/CAL .30 M1/SPRINGFIELD/ARMORY/{white accented}1957680” to rear of receiver. Stock has a boxed CMP cartouche to left side foreword of wrist. Includes CMP hardcase. Good as arsenal refinished. Bore is frosty and has moderate to heavy residue to rifling. Finish has thinned losses to barrel and receiver, with surface oxidation sprinkled to top of barrel and receiver. Wood stock has been arsenal sanded and refinished. Throat reading of about .5 to 1, and muzzle reading of about 2. $1,200 - 1,800

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** Springfield M1 Garand Rifle .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 5848872. Parkerized finish, walnut stock. Standard Springfield receiver markings, barrel dated “4-55”, DOD boxed “{Eagle & Stars}” cartouche on reverse of stock, strong {Circle-P} in pistol grip. Throat erosion measures 1, muzzle erosion measures 1.5. Very good. Retains most of the Parkerized finish with mostly clear markings and large traces of Cosmoline in the recesses of the gun. Mechanically functional, very good bore with strong rifling some frosting and some scattered oxidation. $1,000 - 1,200

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.45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 803625. CMP arsenal refinished 1911-A1 with notch and small ramp front sight. Parkerized metal finish with checkered brown plastic grips. Item features an arched mainspring housing, with extended spur grip safety, shortened hammer and trigger, and military lanyard ring to bottom of grip. Markings include Remington-Rand manufacturer address marks to left of slide, and a small “U” to top of slide. Right side of frame features weak United States property marks over serial number followed by “M1911A1 U.S. ARMY” also to right of frame. Item is marked “ANAD 4 76” above triggerguard cutaway on right side. Included is a CMP hardcase with original paperwork and accessories. Very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is minty. Finish is strong overall with some light scratching toward muzzle of slide. Grips are in good condition.

.45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 64021G70. Single action semi automatic pistol commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Michigan State Police. Blued and parkerized metal finish with gold accents to slide engravings. Item features fixed notch and blade sights, as well as a spur grip safety, grooved trigger, and arched mainspring housing. Markings include gold accented scrollwork engravings on right side with a banner that reads “Michigan State Police 1917-1977/60th Anniversary”. Left of slide features blued scrollwork engravings surrounding motifs of police vehicles including: mounted horse, motorcycle, car, and helicopter. Walnut grips feature gold Colt medallions to both sides. Wooden display case includes key and is marked with Michigan State Police logo on brass panel. Very good. Bore is bright but shows some firing wear marks. Blued finish is very strong with few mars. Barrel bushing and barrel show cycling wear marks.

Walnut grips have deep checkering and show little wear. Wood case is excellent with few mars.

** CMP Remington-Rand 1911-A1 with Original Hardcase, Accessories

$800 - 1,200

* Colt 1911 Government, Michigan State Police Commemorative

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** German Combination Drilling Gun 16 gauge 9mm German rifle cartridge Barrel marked 9. 72 Full and cylinder chokes to side by side barrels. 27” barrel length. 13.75” length of pull. 1.75” drop to comb.

3” drop to heel. SN: 8532. German “drilling” gun with side by side solid rib shotgun barrels over a rifled barrel. Blued metal finish to barrels and bright steel finish to locks and frame. Two piece walnut stock has checkering to semi pistol grip and forearm, as well as an exaggerated cheek piece and Schnabel forend. Item features double swan neck cock levers and double triggers. Also feaured is an ambidextrous toggle on tang to switch from shotgun to rifle barrels, with a folding notch sight that flips up when switched to rifle barrel, and silver bead blade front sight. Markings include various barrel dimensions and German proof marks to undersides of barrels, with “FLUSS” to left shotgun barrel, and “STAHL” to right shotgun barrel, which translates to “fluid steel.” Item has elaborate engravings to lock and frame including full Elk stag to left of frame, and full doe to right side of frame. Lockplates are engraved with a rabbit to left side and what appears to be a goose on right side. All subjects are surrounded by attractive German scroll engravings, and there is floral/border engravings to small parts overall. Also featured is a neo-classical style grip cap and serrated metal buttplate. Good to very good. Bores are all frosty with visible pitting and mars to shotgun bores, and residue to rifling of rifle bore. Finish has streaky thinning to barrels toward throat, and peppered pitting to muzzle end of barrels. Wood stock has light scratches and mars scattered overall. Buttplate has heavy wear. There appears to be a repair to edge of toe. Lever to te left of center. $800 - 1,200

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** Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 by Griffin & Howe .22 K Hornet caliber. 21” barrel length. SN: 109173. Bolt-action rifle outfitted with Griffin & Howe side mount with rings. No scope equipped and no rear sight installed. Item features a hooded front blade with matted ramp. Blued metal finish adorns metal components while bolt and extractor are jeweled. Walnut semi-pistol grip stock features grip checkering and a cheek rest to the left side. The buttplate has been outfitted with rubber Pachmayr model. A trigger shoe has been installed on the weapon along with sling swivels. Silver plate beneath stock shows the initials “W.A.S” while top of barrel is signed, “No 2033 GRIFFIN & HOWE INC NEW YORK”. Screw through base of semipistol grip is radially engraved. Excellent. Bore is very bright with wear to rifling. Blued metal finish is strong with few scratches at edges of scope rings and receiver. Stock has light handling wear but maintains strong checkering. Jeweling to bolt is clean. Screw in base of semi-pistol grip is not timed. Silver medallion with initials is discolored. $6,000 - 8,000

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* Parker Reproduction 12 Gauge DHE Grade Side by Side Shotgun 12 gauge. 26” barrels. SN: 12-639. Blued and color casehardened finish, straight-gripped checkered walnut stock with skeletonized buttplate and checkered beaver tail forend. Matted barrel rib marked “Parker Reproduction by WINCHESTER East Alton FL. U.S.A. Made in Japan”. Bottoms of barrel breeches both marked “OVERLOAD/PARKER REPRODUCTION/PROVED” and are also marked with the Winchester “WP” in an oval proof, the serial number and with the chokes. Watertable marked “DHE” and with the serial number. Bottom of frame marked “PARKER” and rear of triggerguard tang marked with serial number. Frame engraved with tight bank note style foliate scrolls with central panel scenes of bird dogs in the field. Forend release, triggerguard, action lever, standing breeches and buttplate all engraved en-suite. Single selectable trigger, tang mounted safety, automatic ejectors. 2.75” chambers, choked modified and improved cylinder, 14” length of pull, 1.375” drop at comb, 2.25” drop at heel. Fine. Retains most of the blued and case hardened finish, with some lightly freckled surface oxidation on the buttplate and showing some minor thinning and light handling loss. Mechanically functional, tight action, fine bright bores. Stock with some very light handling marks and lightly scattered dings and sharp checkering. $3,000 - 5,000

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* Parker Reproduction 20ga. by Winchester with Leather Travel Case, Accessories 20 gauge. 28” side by side barrel lengths. SN: 20-4276. Break action side by side shotgun with a solid matte rib and brass bead front sight. Blued metal finish with an attractive case hardened finish to frame. Walnut stock has a varnished finish with fancy bordered checkering to straight grip and forearm, as well as tear drop cheeks to both sides of buttstock and a skeletonized buttplate. Item features a single trigger, auto ejectors, and an ambidextrous safety toggle to upper tang. Frame markings include elaborate floral and scroll engravings surrounding scenes of a retriever dog on left side, hound dog on right side, and three pheasants to bottom. Small parts, triggerguard, and standing breeches also feature floral and scroll engravings. 2-3/4” and 3” chambers with full and improved modified chokes. 14” length of pull. 1.25” drop to comb.

2” drop to heel. Included is a brown leather travel case with a canvas and leather covering. Case includes a cleaning rod, chamber inserts, and locking keys. Very good to excellent. Bores are minty. Finish is strong overall and shows few visible imperfections. Wood stock is also in great condition.

The Collection of Larry Ness $3,000 - 5,000

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* Parker Reproduction DHE Shotgun by Winchester, Two Barrel Set with Leather Travel Case 12 gauge. 28” steel shot side by side barrel length. SN: 12-85. Break action side by side shotgun with a solid matte rib and brass bead front sight. Blued metal finish with an attractive case hardened finish to frame. Deluxe walnut stock has a varnished finish with fancy bordered checkering to straight grip and forearm, as well as tear drop cheeks to both sides of buttstock and a skeletonized buttplate. Item features a single trigger and an ambidextrous safety toggle to upper tang. Frame markings include elaborate floral and scroll engravings surrounding scenes of a retriever dog on left side, hound dog on right side, and three pheasants to bottom. Small parts, triggerguard, and standing breeches also feature floral and scroll engravings. Barrels also feature 2.25” wedge sections to top that are finely engraved with floral scroll. 2-3/4” chambers with full and improved cylinder chokes. 14.25” length of pull. 1.25” drop to comb. 2.25” drop to heel. Included is an additional side by side barrel configuration with 3” chamber lengths and improved cylinder and modified chokes. All items are cased in a brown leather travel case with red felt interior. Very good to excellent. Bores are minty on both barrel sets. Finish to both barrel sets and frame is strong overall and shows no visible scratches or imperfections. Stock is also in great condition and shows one small mar to comb, otherwise there are few visible imperfections.

The Collection of Larry Ness $5,000 - 7,000

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** Parker Upgraded 8 Gauge #6 Frame Waterfowler 8 gauge. 38” barrel length. SN: 156765. One of only 246 8 gauge Parker shotguns produced. This upgraded P grade shotgun was built on a #6 frame and features 38” barrels. The original twist steel barrels have been blued and retain the original rib legend. Extensively upgraded with almost full coverage engraving attributed to Walter Kolouch (W.K. on upper tang). Scroll engraving on the barrels at the breech terminating in gold barrel bands. Fences are covered in deep relief scroll engraving that continues to the top tang. Marsh scenes engraved on both sides of the receiver feature two large geese in flight on the left side and 2 large ducks on the right side. The trigger plate features a bearded waterfowler stringing decoys with his sleeping dog embellished in gold. The full length trigger guard is fully engraved with gold highlighted scroll and serial number. The straight English stock done in high contrast straight grain walnut, features 3 point checkering on the Deeley release forearm as well as the teardrop and lightly carved buttstock complete with checkered butt. 3-1/2” chamber, 14.5” length of pull, and weight of 12.5 lbs. Excellent condition as upgraded. All screws are timed and unmolested. Small blueing loss at muzzle on both barrels and small pits on underside of right barrel not visible (covered by forearm) Handling scratch on right rear side of stock.

Barrels are bright.

The Collection of Larry Ness $6,000 - 9,000

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* Parker BHE Del Grego Restoration 12 ga. 30” barrels on #2 frame. Chokes are improved modified and modified. SN: 151971. This Parker BHE has been expertly restored by renowned Parker restorer Larry DelGrego. Shipped from the factory on Sept. 15th 1910 in its current configuration with 14.25” length of pull. Splinter forearm with straight English walnut stock with deluxe checkering. The standard BHE engraving features a pair of pointers on the left side of the receiver and a pair of setters on the right side. The scroll engraving continues covering the fences and lever. The high contrast straight grain walnut stock sports a blank gold oval and engraved lever on the forearm, and soft red Silvers style pad.

Comes with Parker letter. Very fine as restored. Retains 99%+ of restored blue. Wood to metal fit is excellent with the beginnings of a slight split at the rear of the tang. All screws are timed and unmolested. The barrels are bright and free from any dings or dimples. The lever sits to the right of center. Case colors are bright and complete coverage.

Mechanically functional, ejectors function. $4,000 - 6,000

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* Ithaca Lewis Grade #1 10 ga. Damascus 10 gauge. 32” barrel length. SN: 93554 This Ithaca Lewis features Damascus barrels with a solid rib. The receiver features double triggers and extractors. The walnut stock is checkered in 3 point checkering and pistol grip with grip cap. The original buttplate is present. Poor. The damascus barrels are pitted in multiple areas in the bore. The barrels have multiple small dimples and dents. The receiver is brown patina. The wood to metal fit is tight with no shrinkage or splits. The action locks tight on closing with a very slight wiggle with forearm removed. Original buttplate shows wear.

The Collection of Larry Ness $800 - 1,200

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** Ithaca Hammerless SxS Grade-5 12 Gauge 12 gauge. 30” barrel length. SN: 45700. 2-3/4” chambers. The barrels are fitted with a raised vent rib and white center bead missing the front sight bead. Case hardened NID action with cocking indicators. Engine turned barrel flats marked “BEST FLUID STEEL”. Standard 5E pattern engraving featuring gold inlaid games birds on either side of action. Single selective trigger incorporated in to the safety. The American walnut stock checkered in Fleur-de Lis pattern features pistol grip with grip cap and silver shield engraved with “GFE”. Soft Limb-saver pad. Beavertail forearm with engraved release lever. Manufactured in 1931 with photocopy of original invoice and letter from Walter Snyder, historian for Ithaca Collector Co. Fine. 70% case colors remain. Screws show wear. Action is tight and lever is well right of center. Bores are bright. Wood to metal fight is excellent. Front bead is missing. Overall a very clean and tight example.

The Collection of Larry Ness $3,000 - 5,000

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* Upgraded Winchester 21 by Pachmayr 12 gauge. 30” barrel length. SN: 24917. 2 3/4” chamber. Full chokes. From the Pachmyr Collection this upgraded Winchester Model 21 is profusely engraved by Master Engraver, Gino Cargnel. The dual beaded matte vent rib is inscribed with “PACHAMYR CUSTOM” in gold. The added sideplates feature deep relief scroll engraving with gold waterfowl scenes. The scroll engraving continues to the gold rimmed fences and 3 inches up the sides of each barrel. The barrels are engraved at the muzzle and rimmed with gold bands. The beautiful walnut English buttstock with fine line checkering features an unmarked gold oval and red pad. The full beavertail forearm has a fully engraved forearm latch. The triggerplate is engraved with a gold mallard in flight and is marked with the word “TRAP”. The full length trigger guard is engraved with unmarked gold shield. Single selective trigger and auto ejectors. Condition: This gun locks up tight with no movement in the action. the barrels are bright and straight. This upgraded Winchester shows as new with very few handling marks.

The Collection of Larry Ness $5,000 - 8,000

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* Winchester 21 Pachmayr Custom, 2-Barrel Set 12 gauge. SN: 18200. 2 Barrel set: 1st barrel marked “1 - 26” choked WS-1/Imp. Cyl”, and 2nd barrel marked “2, 32” Full/Full”. The 26” barrel is chambered in 2 3/4” and features a solid rib with double sight bead and is engraved at both ends of the barrel with gold highlights and gold bands. The #2 barrel is chambered for 3” waterfowl loads. This profusely engraved upgraded Model 21 has been fitted with added sideplates with gold and silver waterfowl scenes. The trigger plate features a gold and silver inlaid retriever with a duck in his mouth and the word “DUCK” in gold. The entire action, trigger guard and lever are all inlaid in gold wire scroll. The magnificent walnut stock features beavertail forearm with gold trimmed release, fleur-de-lis checkered pistol grip stock with a gold blank grip cap. This Pachmayr upgrade was engraved and signed by Master Engraver, Gino Cargnel. This fine example features jeweled water table single selective trigger and auto ejectors. This beautiful example presents as new and retains 99%+ of blued surfaces. the barrels are bright and straight with no dimples or defects. The wood shows only minimal handling marks.

The Collection of Larry Ness $7,000 - 9,000

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*A.H. Fox Upgraded Philadelphia with Travel Case 12 gauge. 30” barrel length. SN: 94496. Chokes are improved modified and improved cylinder. 14.125” length of pull. The barrels are bright and are without any dimples or ding. The barrels feature scroll engraving at the breeches terminating in gold bands. The matted rib sports dual white beads.

The French gray receiver has been engraved by Roger Ronnie, winner of the “Metalworking Craftsman of the Year Award” from the Joe Martin Foundation in 2004. The Receiver is engraved with intertwining foliate scroll and extremely fine stippled accenting. The bottom of the action features a gold inlaid woodcock. The high contrast English walnut stock done in a straight English pattern is checkered in an beautiful wrap around fleur-de-lis pattern on both the forearm and buttstock with additional checkering on both sides of the cheeks, finished with a Silvers style soft recoil pad. The German silver oval monogram plate is blank and not engraved. The upgraded Philadelphia firearm features traditional dual triggers and crisp ejectors. This firearm comes complete with a canvas and leather case. Very Fine as upgraded. Retains 99% of upgraded finish on barrels with the exception of a few handling marks the gun presents as new.

The Collection of Larry Ness $3,000 - 5,000

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** Famars (A&S) Poseidon 20-bore with Leather Case 20 gauge bore. 3” chamber. 30” solid rib barrel. Modified and improved modified choke. SN: K088. This beautifully balanced Poseidon features monoblock construction, a single selective trigger, and an automatic safety. The removable sidelock action trigger and trigger guard are fully engraved in deep relief ornamental pattern that continues from the extended tang to the engraved pistol grip cap. The coin finish round body receiver has complete coverage engraving from David Volpi. The engraving extends to the Boss style forearm. The Turkish walnut stock is oil finished and sports a checkered end grain to butt. Included is the handmade leather case finished in red interior and canvas, and leather protective case. Very Fine. With the exception of very light handling marks this fine shotgun appears as new showing no signs of wear. $15,000 - 20,000

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* Blaser R/8 Multi Caliber Rifle with Two Barrels, Hardcases, Accessories .30-06 and .308 Winchester calibers. 22.5” barrel lengths. SN: RR017537. Two box set containing multicaliber barrels for straight-pull bolt-action rifle with accessories. Item features a parkerized metal finish with walnut semi-pistol grip stock. Stock has black painted tip and pistol grip plate with checkering to grips. Boxed set contains: Allen key, flathead screwdriver, standard trigger unit, adjustable Atzl Match-Hunt-Trigger unit, Atzl compatible magazine insert for .243 Win., .308 Win., 6mm BR Norma, and 6 XC. Second Atzl compatible insert in .223 Rem., and .204 Ruger. Standard trigger unit comes with: two 6.5X65 RWS, 7X64, .270 Win., .30-06 inserts, .338 Lapua Magnum insert, receiver floorplate protector, two trigger pack protectors, empty box for “Blaser Dual-Brake”, muzzle thread protector, three bolts marked, “RB101460/Blaser DE”, “RB066490/Blaser DE”, and “Blaser DE/RB069174”, receiver with attached wood stocks, “LOUIS VUITTON” marked cotton sack, tube of “Blaser Special Grease”, tool for setting case locks, .308 Winchester barrel with attached Swarovski Z5 5-25x52mm scope installed, second scope of same model, both scopes have protectors installed, and .30-06 barrel. Stock has rubber buttplate with attached Shooterpads recoil pad, and sling swivel studs. First box is solid green in color and contains receiver unit, bolt, stock, and a spare trigger pack. Second box with leather lining outer lining contains additional parts. Excellent. Bores bright but in need of cleaning. Metal finish is excellent and shows some cycling wear to internal parts. Wood furniture shows scratches and handling wear. Forward handguard loose and needs tightened. Flecked paint residue to grip. Components in box in excellent condition and mechanically functional. Leather cases show some handling wear but in excellent condition overall with only a few discolorations to leather liner. $5,000 - 7,000

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Commemorative Colt Walker Model in Wood Display Case with Accessories .44” caliber. 9” barrel length. SN: 280. Single-action percussion revolver patterned after Colt Walker in wooden display case with modern Colt logo on lid. Hammer, arbor, frame, and ramrod are case-hardened with the triggerguard in brass and the remaining parts set in a dark blued finish. One piece grips are walnut with a tight fit. Cylinder is roll stamped with a scene depicting the Texas Rangers engaged in battle with mounted Native American warriors. Stamp contains the marking “MODEL U.S.M.P./COLT’S PATENT” with the artist signature “W.L. Ormsby Sr. NY”. Gold lettering to the cylinder, barrel, and left frame reads “A COM-Y No1”. Backstrap shows Samuel Colt’s signature in gold letters. Top of barrel is signed “ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW-YORK CITY” with right side stamped “US/1847”. Barrel serial number is 8006. Item comes in case with reproduction “ELEY BROS” percussion cap box, powder flask, conical bullet mold, and blued servicing tool. The latter three feature Samuel Colt’s signature. Wooden display case has powder blue felt lining and brass lock with key. As new in box. Bore is minty with some dust. Metal finish overall is excellent with faint scratches to wedge. Brass triggerguard has spotted discolorations. Small crack to left side of grip at top left of grip. Blued finish to bullet mold and multitool is perfect though jaws of tool show some use or remaining material from their manufacture. Powder flask has a few scratches near rim. Action of pistol is functional and locks tightly. $800 - 1,000

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76.5” height, 25.5” wide and 13.5” long. Interior of cabinet can hold 6 firearms on its back wall and 5 firearms on its row that slightly forward of the back wall. The top portion of the cabinet has four brass shotshells placed into the cabinet for decorative effects. Interior of glass cabinet can store a firearm ca 50” in height. Lower part of gun case with two doors with duck head profile carved into the wood. Key matches the keyhole, but door is still difficult to open due to a magnet. The same key that functions with drawer on bottom.

.45 LC. 4.75” barrel length. SN: 276060. Single action revolver with frame notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish with checkered hard rubber rampant colt grips. Item features a 3-screw smokeless powder frame and fluted 6-shot swing out cylinder. Markings include two line address marks to barrel and two line patent date marks to left of frame. Serial number is marked to bottom of frame, triggerguard, and buttstrap. Cylinder gate is marked “1747” to internal face. Manufactured in 1906. Good as refinished. Bore is frosty with visible pitting and some light powder residue. Finish appears to have been redone, and has dark blued finish to frame and barrel. Although refinished, there are still losses such as thinning to muzzle and to sides of frame most likely from holster wear. There is a cluster of light scratching to left of barrel.

Front of cylinder has losses to finish and shows drag lines. Grip straps have very little original finish left and are a mottled plum-grey color. Lockup has a slight wiggle to it, timing appears to be good.

Custom Duck Head Rifle Case

$600 - 900

** First Generation Colt Single Action Army

$800 - 1,200

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.45 Long Colt. 5.5” barrel length. SN: 1104SA. Single action revolver with topstrap notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardening to frame, and checkered black plastic grips with rampant Colt reliefs on both sides. Item features a fixed fluted 6-shot cylinder. Loading gate is marked “181”.

Manufactured in 1956. Good to very good. Bore is bright. Blued finish shows wear and light scratches to barrel, extractor cover and gripstraps. Rear of frame and topstrap show pit marks. Grip panels show few scratches and mars. Some mottled discolorations near finger rest and on either side of shield.

.44 Special. 5.5” barrel length. SN: SA63981. Second generation single action revolver with frame notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish with case hardened frame, and nickel plate cylinder. Grips are checkered black plastic with reliefs of rampant Colt and a patriotic eagle to both sides. Item features a fluted 6-shot cylinder. Manufactured in 1972. Includes paperwork including letters of authentication. Very good. Bore is bright. Finish is strong overall, with thinning only to small areas on cylinder. Small cluster or pit marks to right of hammer. Lockup has a slight wiggle to it.

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.22 Long Rifle caliber. 6” barrel length. SN: MT8858. Single-action hammerless target pistol outfitted with wooden “elephant ear” grips, Partridge front blade and Stevens adjustable rear notch sight. Blued metal finish is applied overall with checkering to grip panels. Standard colt factory markings to barrel and slide with left frame showing “{MATCH TARGET surrounding a bullseye}” followed by “THE WOODSMAN”. Markings to slide and barrel including “{Rearing horse}” are weak. Lacks slide stop and features heel magazine release. Comes with a single non original magazine marked “CAL .22/COLT”. Pistol comes in original box with Colt ad material stamped to interior and “MATCH TARGET” markings to side. Very good as refinished.

Bore is bright with some residue in need of cleaning near breech. Blued metal finish strong overall but shows shallow pitting beneath grip. Wood grips are worn with shallow checkering, tarnish and wear to cold medallions, and chip to each ear. Action functions but slide return is sluggish. Grease and powder residue within frame and slide must be cleaned. Right side of magazine shows spotted discolorations. Cardboard box has frayed corners and split to lid corner.

.22 Long Rifle caliber. 6” barrel length. SN: 162016-S. Single-action hammerless target pistol mounted with black plastic grips and adjustable rear notch sight. Blued metal finish is applied overall with checkering to grip panels. Standard colt factory markings to barrel and slide with left frame displaying Colt’s “{Rearing horse}” logo over “MATCH TARGET”. Weapon features a slide stop and heel magazine release. Comes with a single magazine in a cardboard box. Both are “COLT” marked. Excellent. Bore is very bright with some residue near chamber. Blued metal finish is excellent with faint wear to edges near muzzle and on grip. Few scratches on top of barrel and on left frame near grip panel. Grips have one small chip to edge of thumb rest. Finish to magazine worn beneath heel release and on feed lips. Cardboard box has abrasions to edges with some discoloration to surface. Splits to lid along right side.

** Early Second Generation Colt Single Action Army

* Colt Woodsman “Bullseye” Match Target Semi-Auto Pistol in Original Box

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* Colt Woodsman Third Series Match Target Pistol in Box

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.44 Special caliber. 3” barrel length. SN: SA40748. Single-action revolver in original box with case interchangeable cylinders and case hardened frame, shield, and loading gate. Revolver displays a blued metal finish to grip straps, cylinders, hammer, and barrel. Flanks of hammer are finished in the white.

Grips are two piece walnut with smooth finish. Serial numbers match including grip panels. Item displays standard Colt factory markings to frame reading “PAT. SEPT, 19, 1871/JULY 2, 72, JAN 19, 75” followed by “{Colt’s rearing horse logo}”. Box contains Colt’s instructional pamphlet, second cylinder chambered in .44-40 caliber, and thank you letter to buyer. Styrofoam liner stabilizes contents within cardboard exterior.

Excellent. Bore and cylinders are minty with intact bluing. Meal finish overall is excellent with few discolored spots on spare cylinder. Scratches on right side of frame in front of cylinder. Discoloration to case hardened finish near serial number at bottom of frame. Grip panels are clean with sharply defined edges.

.22 Long Rifle caliber. 5” barrel length. SN: SM16006. Single-action automatic pistol with ACE conversion slide. Item features blued metal finish with walnut grip panels displaying “{Colt Rearing Horse Logo}” in gold medallions. Both sides of slide show “ACE” logo in addition to standard Colt factory markings. Colt address marking and serial number appear on right frame. Serial number indicates probable 1978 year of manufacture. Comes in original box with Brownell’s tag affixed and styrofoam lining. Box contains Colt instructional manual, disassembly instructions for 1911 pattern pistols, and shooting safety pamphlet.

Excellent. Bore is minty. Finish shows slight wear to edges of magazine, within well and along left side of grip safety. Asymmetrical bend to feed lips of magazine., which has some residue on follower. Grips show sharp checkering with slight wear to gold paint on left side medallion.

* Sheriff’s Model Colt Single Action Army

* Colt Service Model Ace in Original Box

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* Colt Gold Cup National Match ACP .45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: 18550NM. Single-action semi-automatic pistol with checkered walnut grips decorated with gold colored Colt medallions. Pistol displays a blued metal finish overall with sides of hammer and trigger in the white. Pistol features fully adjustable Elliason rear target sight, spur hammer, adjustable trigger with single cutout, and solid barrel bushing. Barrel marked “COLT .45 AUTO. N.M.” Slide marked, “COLT’S PT. F.A. MFG. CO. HARTFORD, CONN. U.S.A.” to right side and “NATIONAL/*MATCH* COLT AUTOMATIC/CALIBER .45” to left slide followed by “{Colt rearing horse logo}”. Magazine marked “COLT/.45 AUTO” to floorplate. Item comes in cardboard box Excellent. Bore is very bright with oil throughout. Blued metal finish shows light cycling wear with some additional scratches to grip. Checkering shows some wear particularly to right side. Magazine and magazine well both show finish wear. Box has frayed edges to interior liner with some scratches and discolorations to exterior and to lid. Upper edges of box worn. $1,200 - 1,800

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* Navy Arms Winchester Model 1873 Short Rifle .357 Magnum/.38 Special. 20” round barrel with full magazine. SN: 00046ZW73G. Blued and color casehardened finish with deluxe figured hardwood stock with checkered wrist and forend and shotgun butt. Barrel marked “WINCHESTER Model 1873 - - Caliber 357 Mag - 38 Special SplONLY”. Winchester oval “WP” proof at barrel to frame junction. “NAVY ARMS” marked on top flat of barrel. 2nd Model style dust cover with screwed-in rail, fully adjustable tang mounted peep sight, elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight, Lyman style dovetailed front sight blade with brass bead. A lovely reproduction 1873 short rifle that would be a fantastic gun for Cowboy Action Shooting or other competition. Very fine. Showing little if any use with nearly all of the rich blue and case hardened colors remaining. Excellent bright bore, smooth action, nicely tuned trigger, fine wood with some lightly scattered handling marks. $1,500 - 2,000

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** U.S. Model 1903-A4 Sniper Rifle by Remington .30-06. 24” barrel length. SN: 3409797. U.S. Model 1903-A4 sniper rifle with an M73B1 scope on a Redfield mount. Parkerized metal arsenal re-finish to barrel and receiver. Walnut scant stock has a plain semi pistol grip and forearm with handguards. Features double barrel bands and a bayonet lug. Markings include “RA/{Flaming bomb ordnance mark}/2-43” to top of barrel, and “U.S./REMINGTON/MODEL 03-A3” to left of receiver. Stock has cartouche markings “RA” followed by an “FJA” Frank J. Atwood inspector mark, and a crossed cannons Springfield mark all to left of stock grip. Grip also has a circle “P” proof to grip. Includes a leather cover for scope lenses, and a Boyt Pattern-42 military issue leather sling. Good to very good as arsenal refinished. Bore is good with some slight residue toward throat. Finish has some light scratching to exposed barrel muzzle. Wood stock possibly sanded, but has some losses to right side of buttstock, and light scratching scattered overall. $1,500 - 3,000

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** Winchester Model 1892 Rifle .25-20 WCF. 24” octagonal barrel length. SN: 583912. Lever action rifle with adjustable notch and dovetail brass blade sights. Blued metal finish with possible case hardening to lever, hammer, and crescent buttplate. Two-piece oiled walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with steel forend cap. Item features a tube magazine and a small barrel band toward muzzle. Standard manufacturer markings. Manufactured in 1910. Good. Bore is frosty and has visible pit marks to rifling. Finish has thinned losses to sides of frame and to sharp edges of barrel. Metal has light scratches, dings, and sprinkled pit marks scattered overall to barrel and frame. Wood stock has a repair to left side of buttstock, with some scratches and mars scattered overall. $1,000 - 1,200 126

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Very Fine Winchester 3rd Model 1873 Rifle .32-20. 24” octagonal barrel. SN: 328837. Manufactured circa 1890. Blued finish, color casehardened hammer and lever, smooth straight grip stock with crescent butt.

Standard markings, elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight, German silver dovetailed blade front sight. A really lovely, high condition 1873 Rifle. Very Fine. Retains much of the blued finish with some thinning, fading and high edge wear. Case colors with some vivid color remaining, the balance dulled and toned to brownish-gray. Clear markings, mechanically functional, good bore is dark and needs to be cleaned with clear rifling. $4,000 - 6,000

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** Winchester Model 1886 Deluxe Lightweight Takedown Rifle .33 WCF. 24” tapered round barrel. SN: 126284. Manufactured 1902. Blued finish, color casehardened hammer and lever, checked pistol gripped figured walnut butt with added recoil pad and checkered forend. Receiver engraved with panel game scenes and tight foliate scrolls. Breech and forend cap engraved ensuite. Take down frame, halfmagazine, elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight, dovetailed front sight. A really lovely deluxe 1886 rifle. A Cody Firearms Records Office research email records request reveals that this rifle was received in the warehouse on September 26, 1902, shipped on September 29 of that year on order #152784, and then was sent back for repair and returned three times. The dates were February 21, 1903 (order #177130), November 9, 1906 (order #9806) and January 20, 1909 (order #21851). The email confirms that the rifle was manufactured in .33WCF with a round barrel, half-magazine, shotgun butt and a take down frame. Fine. Retains most of the blue on the barrel and receiver with some thinning and loss, crisp clear markings, crisp engraving. Mechanically functional, fine bore, stock with some light handling marks and added recoil pad. $12,000 - 18,000

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** Winchester Model 1892 Carbine .38-40 WCF. 20” round barrel length. SN: 258286. Lever action rifle with folding leaf rear sights adjustable for elevation and a pinned brass blade front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to lever and hammer. Two-piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a saddle ring to left of frame, and a barrel band to muzzle. Manufactured in 1904. Very good. Bore is minty. Finish is strong overall, with sprinkled losses on frame giving way to a plum patina. Both sides of frame and top of barrel near throat have minor light scratches. Wood stock has a few scratches and mars scattered overall. $800 - 1,200

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** Winchester 94 Carbine .32 W.S. 20” barrel length. SN: 970852. Pre-64 lever action rifle with adjustable notch and pinned brass blade sights. Blued metal finish. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item includes a barrel band to muzzle and a leather saddle ring. Markings include “MARBLE’S/GLADSTONE/MICH. U.S.A.” to top of rear sight. Manufactured in 1924. Good to very good. Bore is bright toward throat, dark toward muzzle with some residue to rifling. Finish has losses to raised edges on front of frame and bottom of frame. There is some light thinning to bottom of barrel, buttplate, and tube magazine as well. Frame shows some sprinkled pit marks to both sides, with small clusters of surface oxidation to right side of frame under leather saddle ring. Wood is in great condition with only minor mars overall. $1,200 - 1,500

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** Winchester 1894 .30 WCF caliber. 26” barrel length. SN: 456469. Lever action rifle with two position folding leaf adjustable notch rear sight and dovetail brass blade front sight. Blued metal finish with what appears to be a case hardened frame and crescent buttplate. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with steel forend cap. Markings include Winchester proof marks on barrel and receiver, with standard factory markings on barrel and tang. Item was manufactured in 1908. Good. Bore is frosty with some residue to rifling. Blued metal finish strong on barrel and magazine tube. There is very little case hardening that remains on both frame and buttplate. Wood stocks have some scratches and mars. $1,000 - 1,500

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* Winchester 94 .30 WCF. 20” Barrel Length. SN: 1424951. Lever action with adjustable leaf and fixed blade front sights. Blued metal finish with Winchester style flat grip wooden stocks and flat checkered steel buttplate. Item shows Winchester proof marks to barrel and receiver along with standard factory markings to both sides of barrel. Assumed to have been manufactured sometime between 1943 and 1947. Winchester does not have available serial numbers for the Model 94 during these years. Very Fine. Bore is bright with strong rifling. Blued metal finish shows some cycling and handling wear with some scratches to right side of magazine tube. Wood stock shows some handling wear with few scratches overall. Buttstock finish is worn and does not fit flush. $800 - 1,200

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** Winchester 1894 .32 W.S. 26” octagonal barrel length. SN: 229457. Lever action rifle with adjustable notch and blade sights. Blued metal finish. Two piece fancy walnut stock with raised comb, straight grip, and forearm with iron forend cap. Item features a crescent buttplate and tube magazine. Markings to barrel include two-line Winchester address and patent date marks, along with caliber designation and smokeless powder marks. Manufactured in 1901. Good. Bore is frosty with residue to rifling. Finish has moderate losses to edges, top, and bottom of frame, as well as to raised edges on octagonal barrel. Finish to forend cap and barrel band has mostly worn off. Wood stock is in good condition, with mars and scratching mostly to forearm. Action is functional. $800 - 1,200

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* Winchester Model 94 Carbine .32 W.S. 20” round barrel length. SN: 1213583. Lever action carbine with adjustable semi buckhorn and hooded blade sights. Blued metal finish. Two piece walnut stock has a plain straight grip and forearm with a single barrel band. Item features a barrel band to muzzle and a metal serrated buttplate. Manufactured in 1940. Very good.

Bore is bright with a slight amount of powder residue. Finish is strong overall, with some sprinkled pitting and light scratching scattered overall. Wood stock has a few minor light scratches and mars. Some light surface oxidation to grooves on serrated buttstock. $800 - 1,000

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** Winchester 1886 Lever Action Rifle .45-90. 26” round barrel, half-magazine. SN: 152122. Manufactured circa 1912. Blued finish, smooth straight gripped stock with shotgun butt, smooth forend. Semibuckhorn rear sight with two express sight leaves, dovetailed front sight blade. Sporting sling swivels. Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Very good. Retains some nice blue on the barrel, with clear markings. Receiver with a mottled and lightly oxidized brownish gray patina. Hammer and lever with traces of case color. Mechanically functional, fair bore is very dark, heavily oxidized and has visible rifling. It may improve with an aggressive cleaning. Wood with scattered bumps, dings and mars. $5,000 - 7,000

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* Turnbull Restorations Winchester Model 1892 Deluxe Take Down Rifle - Model ZN92Z .45 Colt. 24” octagonal barrel with full-length magazine. SN: 00011. Blued and color casehardened finish, checkered hardwood stock with shotgun butt and checkered forend. Barrel marked “WINCHESTER Model 1892 -- .45 Colt ONLY” with the Winchester “WP” in an oval proof at the barrel to frame junction. Top of barrel marked “TURNBULL”. Elevation adjustable semi-buckhorn rear sight, dovetailed Lyman style front sight with brass bead. A really lovely and handy short rifle with a tuned action and fine trigger that would no doubt be an excellent rifle for Cowboy Action completion. Current MSRP for this rifle is $3,750. Very fine to excellent, showing little if any use.

Retains nearly all of the blue and vibrant case colors. Mechanically excellent, fine bore with some minor frosting in the grooves. Stock equally fine with only the most minor light handling marks. $2,500 - 3,500

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** Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine .44-40 WCF. 20” barrel. SN: 71324. Manufactured circa 1913. Blued finish, smooth walnut stock with carbine butt and smooth forend. Standard Winchester barrel and tang markings, folding ladder rear sight, Marbles Sheard No 6 front sight blade. Saddle ring on reverse of frame. Very good. Retains some thinning blue on the barrel with clear markings, receiver with less blue. Mechanically functional, good bore is mostly bright with even frosting and some light pitting in the grooves. Wood with scattered bumps and dings. $800 - 1,200

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** Winchester 42 .410 Gauge. 26” barrel length. SN: 159737. 3” chamber length. 13.5” length of pull. 1.5” drop to comb. 2.25” drop to heel. Full choke. Slide action shotgun with smooth bore and bead front sight. Item features blued metal finish with walnut semi-pistol grip stock. Pump handle has grip serrations to sides and weapon is equipped with a hard rubber buttplate showing the Winchester logo. Standard Winchester proof marks on barrel and receiver along with factory markings on left side of barrel. Good. Bore is bright but has oxidation and residue midway down length that must be cleaned. Metal finish shows cycling and muzzle wear with some wear along edges of receiver. Wood finish has some bubbling to buttstock and chip in base of semi-pistol grip. Pump handle has handling wear with chip to third grip rib from breech on left side. Residue on butt plate. $1,200 - 1,800

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* Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 .30-06 caliber. 25” barrel length. SN: 32150. Bolt-action rifle with adjustable notch and hooded blade sights. Blued metal finish to barrel and parkerized receiver. Walnut stock has a checkered semi pistol grip and forearm. Item features sling swivels on the butt and forearm, and a 5-round box magazine. Markings include manufacturer marks, patent dates, address marks. Manufactured in 1941. Good to very good. Bore is bright but has oil and dust throughout and worn rifling. Blued metal finish is strong with wear on bolt handle and some mars on barrel, trigger guard, and magazine plate. Buttplate finish has worn down. Wood stock shows handling wear with finish worn down at base of semi-pistol grip. Further mars and abrasions near buttplate and additional scratches and marks overall. $1,200 - 1,800 134

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** Winchester Model 12 20 gauge. Improved cylinder choke. 28” barrel length. 13” length of pull. 1.5” drop to comb. 2.25” drop to heel. SN: 1768518. Slide action shotgun with a brass bead front sight and tube fed magazine. Blued metal finish. Walnut stock has a plain semi pistol grip and corncob groove forearm. Item also features a ventilated rubber buttpad.

Manufactured in 1959. Very good plus. Bore is minty. Finish is strong and shows very few light scratches or markings. Wood stock is in great condition and also has very few markings overall. $700 - 1,000

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* Ljutic Mono Gun TC

12 gauge. Modified choke. 32” ported barrel length. 14” length of pull. RELEASE TRIGGER break action shotgun with a medium vented rib and double white bead sights.

Parkerized metal finish with a gold trigger. Deluxe walnut stock has exhibition checkering to semi pistol grip and forearm. Buttstock features an adjustable comb and adjustable rubber recoil pad with spacer. Item is marked “Ljutic” and “Mono-Gun TC” to left side of receiver frame. Buttstock has an American flag sticker to rear of right side.

Very good. Bore is minty. Finish is strong overall with a light scratch to left of mid barrel. There is minor thinning to finish on both sides of blued metal portion of receiver likely from carrying. Appears to be some thinning and faint surface oxidation to top of barrel under VR. $2,000 - 4,000

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** Marlin Model 1893 Sporting Carbine .30-30 WIN. 20” round barrel length. SN: A3036. Sporting carbine variant of the Model 1893, with Rocky Mountain adjustable rear sight and blade front sight. Blued metal finish with case hardening to frame, lever, and hammer. Item features a 2/3 length 5-shot tube magazine. Markings include a faint bullseye to left of buttstock that appears to have been sanded over and re-oiled. The sporting carbine variant was designed for sportsmen hunting North American large game. Good. Bore is frosty and has moderate to heavy powder residue to rifling. Most of case hardening to frame has been lost. Blued finish on barrel is good with some thinning and mars scattered overall. Barrel shows weak markings, but does not appear to have been refinished. Wood stock is in great condition and appears to have been sanded lightly, considering bullseye cartouche is barely visible. $800 - 1,200

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Marlin 1889 Lever Action Rifle with Malcolm Scope .38-40. 24” octagonal barrel. S/N 93284. Manufactured circa 1893. Blued finish, color casehardened, buttplate, hammer and lever, smooth straight-gripped walnut stock with crescent butt and smooth forend. Top of receiver marked “MARLIN SAFETY”, barrel marked in two lines “MARLIN FIRE-ARMS CO NEW HAVEN. CT. U.S.A./PATENTED OCT. 11, 1887 APRIL 8, 1889”. Rifle retains its elevation adjustable semi-buckhorn barrel mounted rear sight, but the front sight has been replaced by a dovetailed mount to secure the front of a William Malcolm telescopic sight which has the rear mount dovetailed into the top of the receiver. Rear support band of scope is marked “Wm MALCOLM/SYRACUSE/NY. A very nice Marlin 1889 Rifle with lots of condition and a very cool period telescopic sight. Fine. Retains much of the blued finish with some thinning and loss due to wear and age. Markings remain clear, mechanically functional, fine bore with some frosting and oxidation in the grooves. Stock with scattered minor dings, scuffs, rubs and light wear. Scope very good with much of its period brown finish. Optics functional, but need to be cleaned as they are dull and the glass is dirty. $1,500 - 2,500

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** Marlin Model 1893 .32-40 caliber. 20” barrel length. SN: 273134. Lever action rifle with adjustable rear leaf and front post sights and tiger stripe pattern on stock. Item equipped with tang mounted folding aperture sight and octagonal barrel. Blued metal finish applied to barrel, magazine tube, and loading gate with case hardened finish to receiver and other components. Wood furniture has tiger stripe pattern and flat grip. Markings include: “MODEL/1893” to tang, top of receiver displays “MARLIN SAFETY”, while barrel shows “SPECIAL SMOKELESS STEEL.” and “32-40”. Good. Bore is frosty with residue in rifling. Blued metal finish has faded overall with some discoloration and oxidation to buttplate and tang sight. Blade and notch sight have visible hammermarks as does front mount for magazine tube. $1,000 - 1,500

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* Beretta Model S686 Special 20 gauge. Modified and cylinder chokes. 26.25” barrel over/under barrel lengths. 14” length of pull. 1.25” drop to comb. 2” drop to heel. SN: D46747B. Break action over/under shotgun with a low vented rib and separated barrels with a red bead front sight. Blued metal finish and stainless steel frame with fancy scroll and floral, rosette engravings to both sides. Walnut stock has checkering to semi pistol grip and oversized forearm. Item features a gold trigger and ambidextrous safety toggle with barrel selector. Very good. Bores are minty. Finish is strong overall with some scattered scratches and dings. Wood stock is in good condition. $1,000 - 1,500

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9mm Parabellum. 4.9” barrel length. SN: J303702. Semi automatic pistol with 3-dot notch and blade sights. Black matte blue and parkerized finish with checkered black synthetic grips. Item features serrations to grips, slide, and front of triggerguard, as well as a squared-off grip spur for two handed shooting. Included is an original hardcase with cardboard sleeve and accessories. Very good to excellent.

Bore is minty. Finish is strong and shows no signs of scratching or losses. Grips are in great condition.

.45 ACP. 5” barrel length. SN: LB13714. DuPont® S finish, checkered hardwood grips. Single action, high grade 1911 for duty or carry, custom built by the famous Les Baer company, manufacturers of some of the finest 1911 pistols currently on the market. Feature included on the pistol, from Baer’s website include: Baer NM steel frame, NM slide and NM barrel with stainless bushing, Slide fitted to frame, Double serrated slide, Low mount LBC adjustable rear sight and Baer dovetail front sight both fitted with tritium night sights, Lowered and flared ejection port, Tuned and polished extractor, Baer extended ejector, Baer checkered slide stop, Baer speed trigger with crisp 4 lb pull, Baer deluxe Commander hammer and sear, Baer beavertail grip safety with pad, Flat serrated mainspring housing, Beveled mag well, Polished feed ramp and throated barrel, Baer tactical style ambi-safety, High checkered front strap @ 30 lpi, Pistol tuned for total reliability, Baer Premium Checkered grips, Deburred for tactical carry. Baer pistols are renowned for their accuracy, a by product of their tight tolerances, which means that often 500-1,000 rounds through the gun are necessary before they are 100% functionally reliable. Current MSRP for a Premier II Super Tac is $2,951.00 with the associated wait of up to 6-months to receive one of his excellent pistols. Pistol includes two (8) round magazines and a hard plastic case. Excellent, pistol appears as new and shows little if any wear and use. Even the finish on the barrel hood show essentially on wear or thinning. Mechanically functional, crisp action, fine grips, mint bore. Tritium inserts somewhat dim but may improve with exposure to light.

* Beretta 92-FS with Original Hardcase, Accessories

$600 - 900

* Les Baer Premier II Super-Tac 1911 Pistol

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* Les Baer Custom .38 Super with Bag .38 Super. 6” compensated barrel. SN: LB33573. DuPont finish, checkered hardwood grips. Compensated barrel, supported chamber, Baer low mount adjustable sights, skeletonized commander hammer, adjustable skeletonize trigger, palm swell grip safety, flat mainspring housing. Pistol is accompanied by a Wilson Combat range bag and (7) 9-round .38 Super magazines. Current MSRP for this Les Baer pistol is $3,617. Very fine. Shows little if any use. Retains essentially all of the finish with some light surface handling marks. Mechanically functional, fine bore, fine grips. $2,600 - 3,250

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9mm. 4” barrel length. SN: WCT33578. Black Armor-Tuff finish, G10 grips. Low mount white outline 3-dot night sights, flat mainspring housing, skeletonized trigger, palm swell grip safety. Is accompanied by a Wilson Combat carry bag with (6) 7-round flush fit and (1) extended magazine. Also includes a set of 9mm snap caps and a cleaning kit. Very fine. Retains essentially all of the finish, showing little or no use with some light handling marks. Tritium inserts somewhat dim.

9mm. 4” barrel length. SN: WC12885. Armor-Tuff black finish, G10 grips. Novak style low-mount 3-dot night sights, skeletonized commander hammer, skeletonized adjustable trigger, checkered front strap and flat mainspring housing, palm swell grip safety. Pistol is accompanied by a Wilson Combat carry bag and (4) magazines. Very fine, showing only some light use, with some light scuffing and wear around the barrel hood. Crisp action, fine bore, fine grips.

$2,600 - 3,250

$2,500 - 3,500

* Wilson Combat CQB9 with Bag

* Wilson Combat Elite Professional with bag

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* Ed Brown Custom Special Forces with bag .45 ACP. 4” barrel length. SN: 12431. Stainless finish, double-diamond checkered hardwood grips. Low mount Novak style 3-dot night sights, skeletonized commander hammer, skeletonized adjustable trigger, Ed Brown chain-link frame texturing on front strap and backstrap, Ed Brown “Bobtail” flat mainspring housing, Ed Brown “Memory Groove” grip safety, full-length guide rod. Pistol is accompanied by an Ed Brown pistol bag and a single magazine. MSRP is currently $3,265 for this pistol. Fine. Shows little use with some very light handling marks. Fine action, fine bore, fine grips. $2,400 - 3,000

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** System Buchel Target Pistol Signed by H. Bachmann .22 Rimfire caliber. 13.5” barrel length. SN: 858. Single-shot rolling block pistol with double set triggers and curved walnut grip. Metal components share a blued metal finish with scrollwork snail shell pattern to receiver, breechblock, and triggerguard. Further scrollwork surrounds the octagonal barrel’s round breech above the handguard. Grips feature checkered portions bordered by stippled right swell to grip base and thumb rest. Barrel and receiver show German proof marks including “{Crown}/N” nitro proof mark. Underside of barrel beneath handguard is marked as follows “{Crown}/B” and {Crown}/G/{Crown}U/172,28/10.07/858”.

Underside of barrel near breech is marked “{illegible} 6”. Right side of barrel shows further proof marks and “5,4 m/m”. Top signed, “H. BACHMANN, MAGDEBURG”. Pistol is missing rear sight but retains ramped front blade sight mount and front blade. Good. Bore is very bright and clean. Blued metal finish to barrel shows overall wear and white paint smear to proofmarks. Some discolorations along flats. Receiver finish is heavily worn with gray patina along both sides and brown near tang. Triggerguard shows further brown patina forming. Endcap for pistol grip misaligned with material loss along edges. Grip panel checkering worn down. Grip is asymmetrical as designed but border between checkered and stippled portions has faded on right side. Action is functional but ejector spring and plunger missing. Screws are not timed. $800 - 1,200

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.22 caliber. 12” barrel length. SN: 487. Falling block action pistol with double set triggers. Octagonal barrel shows a blued metal finish with case hardened frame and breechblock. Sights consist of a matted ramp front blade sight with fully adjustable rear notch. Wood grips offer rests for the thumb, middle finger, palm, and trigger finger with checkering to both sides. Right side of frame shows Crown over “B” and “U” proof marks. Left frame shows serial number over “Neumann/Suhl”. Scrollwork banner surrounds “SPEZIAL MODEL CENTRUM”. Good. The bore is very bright with some dust near muzzle.. Blued metal finish shows edge wear with some scratches and fading patches. Spots of brown patina forming along edges and right flat or frame and breechblock. Sight adjustment pegs partly stripped and front sight loose with hammer marks.

Knurling to block release is partly worn with some residue and patina forming. Model banner is overlapped.

Gripstraps and triggerguard are a gray to brown patina overall. Grips show wear to checkering and small chips from edge of thumb and trigger finger rests. Action appears functional.

9mm. 3.9” barrel length. SN: 690348. Blued finish, grooved wood grips with faux “Red 9” marking.

Mauser banner on left rear of frame, two-line Oyster Bay Industries import mark on left center of frame.

Matching serial numbers on barrel, frame, bolt, hammer and lock frame. 1,000 yard target rear sight, slotted grip for shoulder stock. Includes a high quality modern wood holster shoulder stock that is unmarked and four brass stripper clips. Pistol completely refurbished by importer and rechambered from 7.63mm (.30 Mauser) to 9mm. Very good as refinished with a high quality blue over light frame pitting. Markings mostly clear and legible, mechanically functional, very good bore is mostly bright with some oxidation and frosting in the grooves. Modern replacement “Red 9” grips are fine, but somewhat anachronistic as there were no “Red 9” Bolo Mauser. Stock with some light wear.

** Centrum Model

** Mauser C96 Bolo Mauser with Stock

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* Custom Argentine Mauser 98 with Scope .338 Winchester Magnum. 24.5” barrel length. SN: K1034. Argentine Mauser 98 built in a Model 1909 configuration with a Schmidt-Bendt 1.5-6x40mm scope. Blued metal finish. Fancy walnut stock has checkering to semi pistol grip and forearm, with an ebony or rosewood forend and exaggerated cheek piece. Item features sling swivel studs, with a recoil pad and internal box magazine. Markings include “MAUSER MODELO/ARGENTINO 1909” to left of receiver ring, and “DEUTSCHE WAFFENUND/MUNITIONSFABRIKEN BERLIN” to right of receiver. Very good. Bore is bright. Finish is strong overall with some light scratching. Stock finish has light scratching scattered overall. $800 - 1,200

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* Anschutz Model 1710D KE .22 Long Rifle caliber. 22.5” barrel length. SN: 3127024. Bolt-action target rifle with folding rear iron sight and monte carlo stock with roll-over cheek piece. Rifle features a blued metal finish overall with walnut stock and rosewood pistol grip cap. Stock features checkering to pistol grip and forearm and comes with factory standard plastic buttplate. Fully hooded front pearl sight sits atop a matted ramp. Receiver is equipped with dovetail rail for mounting optics. Barrel and receiver show Austrian proofmarks and standard factory markings. Importer mark to right receiver consists of “SAI-Trussville, AL”. Rifle comes with installed sling swivel studs and one magazine. Excellent. Bore is minty and clean. Blued metal finish is black in color with only faint oil discolorations. Wood furniture shows slight wear to edge of cheekpiece and some residue in checkering to pistol grip. Rifle is fully functional. $1,200 - 1,400

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* RPA Quadlock Bench Rifle with Scope 6.5x47mm caliber. 23.5” barrel length. SN: 804327. Single-shot bolt-action bench rifle with “NIGHTFORCE ATACR 5-25X56” telescopic sight with MIL-R SHV F1 reticle installed. Receiver has a blued metal finish with stainless steel and aluminum elsewhere. Item features 1.25” profile barrel with picatinny rail receiver for mounting optic.

Stock is unfinished wood with blond appearance and Monte Carlo configuration with adjustable Pachmayr buttplate and McGEE cheek rest. Forearm sports three vents to each side and forend rail. Receiver right shows “{Crown over combined GP}” proof marking. Good. Bore is frosty and in need of cleaning. Blued finish shows some light cycling wear but strong overall. Remaining finish shows some small marks or scratches. Stock is unfinished and has assorted stains and discolorations in addition to handling scratches.

Telescopic sight in perfect condition. Stock and buttplate adjustments functional.

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* Bushmaster BA-50 Long Range Bolt Action Rifle .50 BMG. 30” barrel (36” including muzzle brake). SN: BA00966. Parkerized finish, Magpul PRS fully adjustable synthetic stock. Bolt action, long range .50 BMG rifle with left handed bolt operation, free floating 1:15 twist 8-groove bore, fully length Picatinny rail for mounting optics and folding steel bipod. Accepts a 10-round box magazine that is not present. These rifles were produced from 2009-2020 with the last MSRP $4,995. Very good to fine. Retains nearly all of the finish with clear markings, and some scuffing and light surface marks. Mechanically functional, fine bore is bright with crisp rifling but needs to be cleaned. Stock with some handling marks and scuffs. $3,000 - 5,000

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* Auto-Ordnance M1927A-1 Thompson .45 ACP caliber. 18.75” barrel length with compensator. SN: KA8497. Semi-automatic carbine patterned after M1927A1 Thompson in original case with accessories.

Weapon displays a blued metal finish with walnut grips and stock. Plastic Thompson case includes Auto Ordnance (Kahr) 50 round drum, unmarked 30 round box magazine, gunlock, owner’s manual, and “Third Hand” drum installation device. Right receiver marked “AUTO-ORDNANCE CORPORATION/WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.” in addition to patent markings. Left marked “MODEL OF 1927 A1/NO. KH8497” and “THOMPSON SEMI-AUTOMATIC CARBINE/CALIBER .45 AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE”. Top of receiver shows bullet containing “TRADE MARK/Thompson/REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.” Similar trademark appears on top of Cutts-style compensator. Firearm is new in box. Blued metal finish shows some cycling wear to bolt. Walnut furniture wiggles slightly in place but shows no signs of handling wear. 30 round magazine has pristine finish. 50 round drum shows overall discoloration with some spots of rust near feed lips and on faceplates from poor storage. Some spotted oxidation to left side of compensator. Finish worn down on the flat sides and winding key shows spotted oxidation. $2,000 - 3,000

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All firearms not identified as antique will require compliance with federal and state regulations pertaining to the sale and transfer of modern firearms, as noted with asterisks in our printed and online catalogues. It is the sole responsibility of the buyer to know and comply with all state firearms regulations. Unless specified below, all transfers of modern handguns must take place at Cowans, LLC. There will be no exception made to these rules and regulations.

2) REGISTRATION All Bidders must register their name, permanent street address (no P.O. Boxes), and telephone number prior to the auction. Unless known to Cowan’s, all registrants are required to present two forms of identification, at least one of which must include a current photograph. Bidders may be required to present a valid credit card. By registering with Cowan’s or submitting an absentee bid form, registrant authorizes Cowan’s to obtain a copy of his or her consumer credit report and authorizes Cowan’s, at its sole discretion, to use the information contained therein to make business decisions regarding the registrant’s participation in the bidding process.

All firearms not identified as antique, will require compliance with the following agencies, as noted with asterisks in our printed and online catalogues. There will be no exception to these rules and regulations. * Indicates the weapon is regulated by Federal Firearms laws. ** Indicates the weapon is regulated by Curio & Relic classification of the Federal Firearm laws *** Indicates the weapon is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

1. HAND GUNS: Non-Ohio resident buyers of handguns must first pay for their purchases before leaving the auction. All modern hand guns must be retained by an agent. All buyers must make arrangements with a local firearms dealer in their resident state to provide Cowan’s a copy of the FFL license holder to whom any modern handgun will be shipped. Upon receipt of the copy of this license, a purchase will be packaged and shipped (at the buyer’s expense) to the appropriate FFL holder. This is a federal law and must be complied with regardless of a buyer’s resident state. Please allow up to four weeks for delivery.

Ohio residents may take possession of a modern handgun immediately after their purchase, provided they successfully complete a NICS background check which can occur on the auction premises or afterwards. Such transfer shall be made by Cowan’s.

2. MODERN LONG GUNS: Both residents and non-residents may take possession of modern long arms by first paying, then filing an ATF form 4473 and completing the NICS background check.

SPECIAL NOTE: In most cases, the NICS process can be approved or denied on the same day. Exceptions may take up to 3 business days. For further information, you may contact the NICS information line at 304.625.2750 or view the information on the website at: http://www.fbi.gov/program/nics/index.htm 3. ANTIQUE GUNS: May be purchased and removed from the auction premises on the day of sale by anyone, resident or non-resident. Antique firearms are defined as 1898 and prior production.

DISCLAIMER: Neither Cowan’s LLC, their consignors, employees or agents warrant the safety or the shootability of any firearm sold. All firearms in this catalog are sold as collector items. Buyers wishing to fire ANY firearm purchased in this auction are strongly advised to have the weapon(s) examined by a competent gunsmith who will test the weapon for its shootability and also to ensure that the caliber of the breech is, in fact, the caliber that it is thought to be.

COWAN’S LLC CLASS III LICENSE POLICY Hindman LLC, DBA Cowan’s Auctions, in Cincinnati, Ohio is a recognized dealer in Class III items and is recognized as a (63) NRA Firearms Dealer and will comply with all regulations.

Buyers are expected to know their states laws and regulations on machine guns prior to bidding. The following states currently do not allow individuals to own machine guns: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. For more details and an up to date list of states, please visit the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at www.atf.gov.

The three forms necessary to fill out upon purchase of machine guns will be supplied by Cowan’s Auctions. These forms are: 1) ATF Form #4 (and possibly ATF Form #5) 2) Fingerprint Card, and 3) ATF form 5330.20 Certificate of Compliance.

1. Cowan’s Auction policy is that the buyer will assume all transfer fees relating to the purchase of Class III weapons.

2. All buyers are expected to promptly fill out paperwork and comply with all related laws and regulations.

3. Please allow up to three months, if necessary, for paperwork to be completed to transfer a machine gun.

COWAN’S LLC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE By registering and bidding in an auction conducted by Cowan’s LLC (“Cowan’s”), Bidders (whether present in person, by telephone, by agent, by written or telephone absentee bid instruction, or through a live internet connection) agree to be bound by these terms. These are the complete and only terms and conditions on which all property is offered for sale. Cowan’s retains the right to bar any Bidder from participating in any auction and to exclude or reject any bid.

1) ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS Bidding on any item, whether in person, by phone, by absentee bid or via a live internet auction indicates the Bidder’s agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions for Bidders. Any right of Bidder under this agreement shall not be assignable and shall only be enforceable by the original buyer.

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3) TERMS OF SALE Announcements made the day of auction take precedence over any previous communication.

The auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw any lot at any time before its final sale and to reject any bid for any reason. The highest Bidder for each lot acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the “buyer”. If any dispute arises as to any bidding, or between two or more Bidders, at the sole discretion of the auctioneer, the successful Bidder will be determined or the disputed lot shall be put up again at the last undisputed bid and resold.

4) BUYER’S PREMIUM (a) Buyer’s Premium for “Historic Firearms and Militaria.” The Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 20% of the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $250,000, 15% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $250,000, and 12% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $3,000,000. (b) Buyer’s Premium for all other types of auctions: The Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 25% of the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $250,000, 20% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $250,000, and 12% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $3,000,000. (c) Lots purchased through any fee-based online bidding platform to which the Auctioneer might subscribe may be subject to additional Buyer’s Premium. Such additional fees will be collected by the subscriber and are not subject to negotiation from the Seller, nor is this additional commission due the Seller.

5) ESTIMATES AND RESERVES Presale estimates are intended to be guides and may or may not reflect the ultimate hammer price of a lot. Cowan’s retains the right to change estimates on any lot up to time of sale. A reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the Seller of the lot and Cowan’s. In the case of reserved lots, the Seller has authorized Cowan’s to bid on Seller’s behalf until the reserve price is reached. In no case will the reserve be higher than the low presale estimate. Unless otherwise stated, Cowan’s standard house reserve on all property at auction is one-half of the low estimate.

6) WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS Cowan’s makes a limited warranty only to the original buyer of record concerning the authenticity of each lot for a period of 14 days after the close of the auction. If a buyer is not satisfied that the lot purchased is genuine, the buyer may, at his or her own expense, obtain the written opinion of two mutually agreed upon recognized experts in the field of the disputed lot. If these experts determine that the item is not genuine, the buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the rescission of the sale and refund of the amount paid for the item. It is specifically understood and agreed that the rescission of the sale and refund is exclusive and in lieu of any other remedy which might otherwise be available as a matter of law or in equity, and such remedy is conditioned upon the buyer returning the property in the same condition as at the time of sale.

Cowan’s shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages. All sales are final, with no returns or refunds except as provided in this limited warranty.

Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, EVERY LOT IS SOLD “AS IS”, without any representations or warranties by Cowan’s or the Seller as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, condition or value of the property, or the correctness or completeness of the catalog or other description of the property, and no statement, whether written or oral, shall be deemed such a representation, warranty or assumption of liability. Cowan’s makes no representation or warranty that the buyer of manuscript material, photographs, prints or works of art will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights. Cowan’s does not guarantee the working order of any clock, watch, electronic or mechanical device. Dimensions given in the catalog descriptions may be approximate.

7) INSPECTION Prospective buyers are advised to personally examine any lots in which they are interested prior to the auction. All lots are available for inspection prior to the auction. Condition reports for most items can be found online at Cowan’s website, www.cowans.com, and prospective Bidders are encouraged to contact Cowan’s directly for additional information regarding the condition of any lot. Cowan’s does not warrant the condition of any item. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Buyers interested in the condition of an item are encouraged to contact Cowan’s and, to the best of our ability, we will document for the prospective Bidder the condition status on any lot. Condition is always a subjective evaluation and final responsibility rests with the buyer to assess the condition of any item sold by Cowan’s.

8) DEFINITIONS OF AUTHORSHIP “By” or “Maker/Artist” — in our opinion, the work is by the artist or maker stated “Attributed to” — in our opinion, the work is probably, but not definitely, by the artist or maker stated

“Signed” or “Marked” — in our opinion, the signature or mark is that of the stated artist or maker “Bearing the signature (or mark) of” — in our opinion, the signature or mark is probably, but not definitely, that of the artist or maker stated “Circle of” — in our opinion, the work is of the period and by an artist or maker closely associated with the stated artist or maker “School of” — in our opinion, the work is by a pupil or follower of the stated artist or maker “Manner of” — in our opinion, the work is of the period and done in the style of the stated artist or maker “After” — in our opinion, the work is a copy of a work by the stated artist or maker ABSENTEE, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET BIDDING Absentee and telephone bidding is offered as a free service to our customers and prospective Bidders. Cowan’s shall not be responsible for any errors or failures in executing bids, either absentee, telephone or via the internet.

Cowan’s cannot warrant or guarantee any phone or absentee bids made or altered on the day of the auction. All bids must be placed in U.S. Dollars and reflect the bid increments as defined by the Auctioneer.

9) ABSENTEE BIDDING Absentee bids are accepted via phone, fax, email and on Cowan’s website. Such bids will be posted with the time and date of arrival, with ties being awarded to the earliest Bidder. Absentee bids that are faxed or emailed to Cowan’s need to be in the office at least 2 hours before the sale begins.

An absentee Bidder unknown to Cowan’s may be required to submit a bank letter of credit prior to the auction, or, using a credit card, deposit with Cowan’s a fee equaling 30% of the absentee bid.

All absentee bids are executed competitively by a member of the auction staff. The auction staff will try to purchase the lot for the lowest price possible and will bid up to the amount designated by the absentee Bidder only if necessary. Cowan’s does not accept “buy bids,” or absentee bids which have no limit. In the event of a tie bid between a floor and an absentee Bidder, the floor bid will be honored.

10) TELEPHONE BIDDING Bidding live via the telephone is available on a first come, first served basis. In order for Cowan’s to efficiently serve the needs of those who wish to bid by phone, please note the following: (a) To participate in the auction by telephone, potential Bidders must complete and sign the bid form and check “I WISH TO BID BY TELEPHONE” for the designated lots. Potential Bidders may also reserve a phone line on Cowan’s website. If faxing or emailing requests for phone bidding, they need to be in Cowan’s office 2 hours before the sale begins. Once the auction begins, bids left on Cowan’s website or emailed may not be retrieved by the staff. (b) As a registered telephone bidder, Bidders are aware the bidding begin at the minimum of one half of the low estimate. (c) Telephone Bidders are advised to indicate an “insurance bid”, which amount will become an absentee bid, pursuant to the absentee bidding process set forth above, if Cowan’s cannot reach the Bidder by telephone for a particular indicated lot. (d) Telephone Bidders must disable any caller ID or other call blocking mechanism. (e) Cowan’s sells about 100 lots per hour, so telephone Bidders should plan accordingly. Cowan’s will attempt to reach each telephone Bidder, but Cowan’s is in no way responsible for missed calls.

11) INTERNET BIDDING Internet bidding is available through our website; additionally, Cowan’s may post certain auctions on Bidsquare.com or Proxibid.com. There may be terms which apply solely to internet bids that should be reviewed online at the time of sale. Cowan’s is not responsible for any failure to execute a bid and shall have no liability to any Bidder for any technical or other failure associated with an internet auction.

12) BIDDING INCREMENTS The following increments are used at the auction. Absentee bids must fall within these increments. Cowan’s will automatically adjust any absentee bid to the closest increment if the bid falls outside the published range of increments.

For Bids Falling Between $0 – $500 $501 – $1,000 $1,001 – $2,000 $2,001 – $5.000 $5,001 – $10,000 $10,001 – $20,000 $20,001 – $50,000 $50,001 – $100,000 $100,001 – $200,000 $10,000 Above $200,000

Bidding Increment $25 $50 $100 $250 $500 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000

AFTER THE AUCTION 13) BUYER’S RESPONSIBILITY Upon the fall of the hammer, title to the offered lot shall pass to the buyer and the buyer immediately (a) assumes full risk and responsibility for the lot, including liability for loss or damage and (b) is liable for payment of the Purchase Price (as defined below) to Cowan’s. It is the buyer’s responsibility to ask specific questions on condition related concerns prior to the auction. Cowan’s will not rescind sales with buyers that have disputes regarding firearm’s bore condition.

14) PURCHASE PRICE AND PAYMENT The “Purchase Price” for each lot shall equal the hammer price, buyer’s premium, sales tax and, if applicable, all packing, handling, insurance and shipping costs. Buyers who are present at the auction must pay the full Purchase Price at the time of the sale. Buyers who bid by telephone, by internet, or who are absentee Bidders will be invoiced within 5 days after the close of the auction and must pay the full Purchase Price for each purchased lot within 14 days after the date of the auction. No property will be released by Cowan’s unless the Purchase Price has been paid in full and the payment has cleared.

Payments must be made with cash, personal or traveler’s check or credit card or wire transfers. Bidders from outside the continental United States are required to pay via wire transfer unless previously known to Cowan’s.

For Fine Jewelry, Coin and Currency, and Fine Silver auctions, Bidders previously unknown to Cowan’s may purchase up to $1,000 via credit card with the remaining balance settled via cash, personal or traveler’s check or credit card or wire transfers.

Bidders without prior credit card approval who intend on making purchases in excess of $10,000 must provide credit information such as a bank letter of credit prior to bidding.

PLEASE NOTE: A surcharge of 3% will be assessed to all credit card transactions. This surcharge is not greater than our cost of acceptance.

Institutional billing may be available, and should be arranged prior to the auction.

Cowan’s may impose late charges of 1.5% per month (or the highest interest rate allowed) on any amount owed to Cowan’s that remains unpaid after 30 days. Buyer shall be liable for any collection costs or attorney’s fees incurred by Cowan’s to collect payment, to the extent permitted by law.

15) SALES TAX Buyers are required to pay any applicable state and local sales tax.

16) SHIPPING At the request of the buyer, Cowan’s will authorize the shipment of purchased items usually within two weeks after payment has been received. Shipment is generally made via UPS or Fed-Ex Ground. Unless buyer gives special instructions, the shipping method shall be at the sole discretion Cowan’s Auctions. Cowan’s is in no way responsible for the acts or omissions of independent handlers, packers or shippers of purchased items or for any loss, damage or delay from the packing or shipping of any property.

ADVICE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS Cowan’s will not ship any package containing a firearm to any location other than within the United States. Buyers outside the United States must make their own shipping arrangements taking full risk for the transportation of any firearm.

Property made of or containing certain plant or animal materials, such as coral, crocodile, ivory, whalebone, baleen, tortoiseshell, etc., may require a license or certificate before exportation from the United States and importation to another country. If a purchase contains these materials, the Buyer must check the government wildlife import requirements in the countries from which and to which the item is being shipped prior to bidding.

Since the export and import licenses are independently issued by the countries of origin and destination, obtaining one does not guarantee that you can obtain the other. Purchasers are responsible for making timely payments on items won at auction, even if a license is delayed or denied.

17) SHIPPING CHARGES Buyers are required to pay for all packing, shipping and insurance charges. Overseas duty charges are the responsibility of the successful Bidder. Be aware that for larger and/or valuable items, shipping charges can be substantial.

18) REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY AND CANCELLATION OF SALE It is the responsibility of the Buyer to remove purchased property. If purchased property has not been removed, or Cowan’s has not received shipping instructions within 90 days after the auction date, Cowan’s may, at its option, cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages any payments made by the buyer, and/or resell the property at auction or by any other commercially reasonable means, for the account and at the risk of the buyer, and in such event, buyer shall be liable for the payment of all deficiencies plus all of Cowan’s costs, including but not limited to storage and costs of both sales. This right of cancellation is in addition to any and all other remedies available to Cowan’s.

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Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness June 8, 2022 | Cincinnati

Cowan’s is proud to offer the collection of Larry Ness, featuring over 200 firearms including a wide array of Native American used and associated arms from the Colonial Era through the Ghost Dance Period, as well as other important firearms from the periods of Western Expansion and the Cowboy Era.

FEATURED: Northwest Trade Flintlock Gun by Parker, Field & Sons - Dated 1839, Hudson Bay Company Trade Gun by Barnett- Dated 1884, Flintlock Hudson Bay Company Northwest Trade Gun, Percussion Altered Tack Decorated Chief’s Grade Northwest Trade Gun by Tryon

ARMS & ARMOR | 27 APRIL 2022