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2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)

Sat, Jul 6, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 530

Two (2) Half Stock Percussion Rifles, One Marked Brunker

Estimate: $500 - $600
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Two (2) Half Stock Percussion Rifles. 1st item: American mid-19th century, .50 caliber, heavy octagonal barrel stamped "BRUNKER / OTTAWA / WARRANTED" on top flat behind the adjustable rear sight; walnut half stock with brass trigger guard and crescent buttplate; lockplate stamped "Moore", with a wooden ramrod with worm on end. Barrel: 33 1/2" L, Overall 49 1/2" L. Note: Henry P. Brunker worked in Ottawa, Ill. from 1848 to 1872.  2nd item: .36 caliber percussion rifle with 36 1/2" L. octagonal barrel, front and rear sights, walnut half stock with brass trigger guard, metal buttplate, wooden ramrod. Overall 53 1/2" L; Barrel 36 1/2" L.

PROVENANCE: The living estate of Dr. Jerry Waters, Maryville, TN.

Condition

1st item: There is a brass band repair with brass screws to wrist. Half of nose cap is gone. 20-30% of original bluing remains. Action partially functional, hammer holds and releases. Bore shows pitting. 2nd item: Pitting to metal lockplate and barrel. Small piece of metal missing at bottom corner of buttplate with replaced screw. Hammer moves but does not set.

Provenance

The living estate of Dr. Jerry Waters, Maryville, TN.

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