05-03-201405-03-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 3, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Model 1841 Percussion Rifle

Sell one like this
$1,046$850
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2724MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 03, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Model 1841 Percussion Rifle, c. 1850, walnut stock with brass patchbox on the right side of the butt, steel lockplate marked on the tail WINDSOR VT/1850, and in front of the hammer ROBBINS/&/LAWRENCE/U.S, brass triggerguard and barrel bands, steel barrel dated on the tang 1850, and marked US/SM/P, steel ramrod with brass tip, barrel lg. 33, overall lg. 49 in.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Estimate $900-1,000

Overall in good condition with some minor dings in the stock, front sight looks to have been adapted.


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Keywords

United States, steel lockplate, WINDSOR, steel barrel, steel ramrod, M. Prudence Fleck, Peter F. Frazier