Cowan's Auctions: "Samuel Baum" Long Rifle by Allen Martin, Mark Wheland & Art DeCamp, plus Target Board, Possibles Bag & Powder Horn

Description: .427" caliber, 45" wedge-retained octagonal barrel, no S/N. Antique gray patina finish, brass furniture and mountings, hardwood stock. Top flat of barrel with three inset brass plaques signed " A Martin", " M Wheland" and " A.D. Camp" in script. Unmarked, flat stepped lock with rounded and fenced bridled iron pan and roller frizzen. Four-piece brass patchbox with simple engraving, two-piece butt plate with separate toe plate, simply engraved brass plate along stock comb, flat two-screw side plate and skeletonize semi-pistol gripped triggerguard. Wood ramrod retained by two faceted pipes with baluster turned ends and matching entry pipe. Stock with an attractive Roman nosed profile with a raised cheek rest with a quarter moon inlay and simple incised decorative patterns on the reverse. A really lovely contemporary rifle from a group of talented craftsmen.

Includes a #68 leather Possibles Bag by E. Fleisher, a contemporary engraved powder horn to Samuel Baum with a German saying that roughly translates to "God alone and to nobody else," and a target board with a period-style note with the loading data for the rifle.

Condition Report: Fine. Metal with an aged pewter patina and scattered surface oxidation. Rifle remains crisp and sharp throughout. Mechanically functional, fine bore. Stock with some light handling marks. Accessories fine as well.

Price: Est: $3,000 - $5,000

$1,500

Historic Firearms and Early Militaria: Premier Auction

by Cowan's Auction 

October 30, 2019, 10:00 AM EST

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