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VERY FINE UNSIGNED KENTUCKY RIFLE BY BEAVERSPRINGS

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
VERY FINE UNSIGNED KENTUCKY RIFLE BY BEAVERSPRINGS

GUNSMITH JOSEPH LONG. Cal. 50. NSN. 36" Oct. bbl. is unsigned & bbl. is pinned to the stock. Percussion lock marked "WARRANTED". 4 Piece traditional Joe Long patchbox w/ 4 piercings. Rifle has 12 silver inlays w/ a heart shaped wrist inlay & a 5" brass saddle plate. Rifle has dbl. set triggers. Joseph Long, who worked in White Deer/Beaver Springs, PA is probably the best known gunsmith from central PA. He started his career in what is today Union County & was assessed as a gunsmith as early as 1829. CONDITION: the gun is in absolutely fine original condition throughout w/ exception of a sm. piece of wood inlet, in period, between lock & bbl. tang. The rifle also has the traditional crack between the buttplate & the toe plate from shrinkage. Knowledgeable people are often glad to see that crack; it denotes the stock is actually the original stock. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. John Persing. (01-19630/RG). ANTIQUE. $3,500-4,500.