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British Halfstock Percussion Fowler by Nock

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:700.00 CAD Estimated At:NA
British Halfstock Percussion Fowler by Nock
20 bore, 33 1/4'' part round part octagon damascus barrel with multi-faceted point of transition and a bright near excellent bore. The barrel retains about 90% of an attractive restored plum-brown finish showing some speckles of loss on either side around the transition point and some remnants of smoothed-over pinprick pitting, otherwise displaying lovely swirling damascus patterns throughout. The breech plug is a deep gray patina with platinum blowout plug and neatly marked on top ''SAMUEL NOCK / REGENT STREET''. The lockplate shows step at rear and retains some good silvery case-hardened patina with impressed gold-lined touch mark of ''H / NOCK'' (Henry, not Samuel). There are some light foliate flourishes and the iron triggerguard and buttplate show an old cleaning to pewter gunmetal with smoothed-over lightly pitting and softened embellishments of panoply of arms along the bow of the guard and a foliate urn extension. The checkered walnut stock with horn tip and silver wedge escutcheons remains in about very good condition as cleaned and neatly refinished showing some scattered repaired cracks and a very well-executed repair along either side of the buttstock. The checkering remains strong and a replacement brass-tipped ramrod is present. The arm is sighted with a generous brass bead front sight and the lock seems to function well mechanically. A nice fowler from this prolific and well-regarded gun-making family. (13A11547-5) {ANTIQUE} (1000/1500)
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