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New York Percussion Halfstock Schuetzen Rifle by Klein

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New York Percussion Halfstock Schuetzen Rifle by Klein
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.41 cal, 32'' cast steel octagon barrel drilled for false muzzle with a bright near excellent bore showing a few small oxidation speckles in the grooves and otherwise crisp rifling throughout. The barrel retains perhaps 60% original plum-brown finish that is mixing with areas of gray-brown patina and showing some scattered old oxidation staining. The barrel shows ''CAST STEEL'' marking at the rear and is maker marked ''PH. KLEIN. N.Y.'' The breech plug with swirling bolster shows some moderate old pitting from cap splash and the breech tang and unmarked plain lockplate are a deep gray-brown patina. The fittings are German silver consisting of nosecap with small raised lip, nice decorative wedge escutcheons, fancy spur triggerguard, schuetzen buttplate, small monogram plate on the right side of the butt and a rather peculiar abstract-looking lock screw escutcheon. The checkered walnut stock remains in very fine condition retaining a healthy amount of original varnish showing a thin 2'' drying crack ahead of the lockplate and along the left edge back from the tip of forend. The sides of the butt exhibit some rather nice grain figure and there is some sort of inventory number stamped right of the upper tang ''2237''. The stock features Philip Klein's deep slung left-side cheekpiece and the triggerguard extension has two mounting points for the included nicely-made more modern palm rest with fire-blued hardware. The rifle is sighted with a medium-sized tube diopter tang sight and target globe front with bead-on-post. The lock is single acting with double set triggers and seems to function well mechanically. The rifle includes what appears to be its original false muzzle and brass body of the starter (the starter rod having been lost to the years). The gun is pictured and described on pages 96 and 97 of ''The American Percussion Schuetzen Rifle'' by Hamilton & Rowe. (13B11108-82) {ANTIQUE} [Tom Devers Collection] (1800/2200)