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EUROPEAN CLUB BUTT FOWLER.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
EUROPEAN CLUB BUTT FOWLER.
Cal. 72. NSN. The 54 1/4" bbl. transitions from oct. to rnd. through relief engraved wedding band. There is an indecipherable maker's mark on left rear flat. Bbl. has brass front sight & filed in sighting groove on tang. Rnd. bodied lock w/ serpentine cock, inset semi-water proof pan, bridled friction frizzen & feather spring w/ long dbl. bodied bulbous finial has indecipherable mark on tail. Full length stock of dense, lightly figured European walnut is brass mounted & has raised carved acanthus around bbl. tang & behind thimble. There are also raised mouldings & drop points around lock & fancy triangular sideplate. Trigger guard & buttplate have deep relief scroll & acanthus chasing & have fancy outlines. Sideplate has punch dot "engraving". Hard wood ramrod is held by 2 beaded pipes & matching thimble. CONDITION: good, iron parts w/ dark brown to black patina w/ scattered pitting. Brass once cleaned is toned to an attractive gold color. Stock retains most of an old finish over some marks & has a few subsequent scratches & recolor to repairs along bbl. channel. Fair to good bore. Lock is operable, mainspring weak. The hammer sometimes drops to the half cock position. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of James B. Taylor. (01-20545/MGM). ANTIQUE. $1,500-2,000.