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Kentucky Flintlock Rifle by S. Miller, Brass Patchbox Incised Carving, c. 1800-05  -

Item sold by Gregg Martin Auctions on 25/04/2005 for : 5,062.50

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Lot 2065 Detail

An Elegant Flintlock Kentucky Rifle by S. Miller, with Brass Patchbox and Incised Carving, c. 1800-05

.48 caliber, 43 3/4-inch octagonal browned barrel, engraved on top of breech in script "S+Miller"; lightly engraved lock marked KETLAND; open rear sight dovetailed near breech; brass front sight blade on steel base dovetailed at muzzle. Single scroll trigger. Brass mounts, including classic Kentucky triggerguard, patchbox, ramrod thimbles, fore-end cap, buttplate, toeplate, and sideplate. German silver thumbpiece escutcheon and eight-pointed star cheekpiece inlay. Hickory ramrod with twist decoration. Steel trigger plate. Oil-stained tiger stripe maple fullstock, with scroll incised carving at butt.

Condition: Very good. Steel with brown patina, dents, pitting, latter primarily on lock and at breech of barrel. Brass and German silver with mellow patina. Stock with wear and mars, minor chips; minor wood repair at front of patchbox mount; crack at forend in ramrod channel and light repair by lock at barrel breech. Old reconversion to flintlock. Rifling appears shot out, at least at muzzle.

Note: Likely by Simon Miller, Kentucky rifle maker, Hamburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1775-1806.

Estimate: $6000 - $8000

An Elegant Flintlock Kentucky Rifle by S. Miller, with Brass Patchbox and Incised Carving, c. 1800-05












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