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O/U SWIVEL BARREL THOMAS HESS RIFLE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
O/U SWIVEL BARREL THOMAS HESS RIFLE.

Cal. 44. NSN. Bbl. 39" full oct. unsigned rifled. Flint locks are marked "J. HESS." Curly maple stock has an 8" brass comb inlay w/ Thomas Hess 4 pointed star encircled cheek piece inlay. Typical 4 piece Thomas Hess brass patch box has 9 piercings & is not engraved. 9-1/4" Brass toeplate has 5 piercings. The Hess family had a gun factory in Lehigh County Pennsylvania in what is now known as the Allemeangel School of Gunsmithing. In addition to the Jonas Hess Gun Factory, the family also had a bbl. finishing shop which was closed in the early 1830's. The bbls. on this rifle, therefore, were marked Jonas Hess having been finished in the family bbl. shop. CONDITION: rifle seems to be in its original as found condition. PROVENANCE: Estate of Frank Glenn Marsh. (01-21312/RG). ANTIQUE. $5,000-7,500.