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SCARCE HUDSON VALLEY FRENCH & INDIAN WARS FOWLER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
SCARCE HUDSON VALLEY FRENCH & INDIAN WARS FOWLER
BARREL 50". CALIBER 70. This BUCK & BALL pre Rev War musket has a British Brown Bess type profile, full length walnut stock with a piano hand rubbed oil finish and features a full round barrel, flintlock plate has scroll and leaf pattern engraving, iron hardware with brass furniture. There are four brass pipes and what appears to be a vintage wooden rod. The stock has an ancient period correct brass repair at wrist and the letters HD hand carved in stock. Given its period of use from the mid 18th century through the American Revolution, it is a stunning testament to the forming of our country. All iron hardware is a rich smooth patina the the brass has taken on that much aged patina. Stock has usual dings, few chips at upper edge and two small cracks on fore-arm. It just drips history and the stories entailed. These were used in up-state New York in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. ANTIQUE