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ORIGINAL DICKSON NELSON CONFEDERATE GUNSTOCK

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
ORIGINAL DICKSON NELSON CONFEDERATE GUNSTOCK
BLANK. Dickson Nelson mfg. a variety of long arms for the state of Alabama in Confederate government at several locations. There last was Dawson Georgia, where this stock was made. Doug Jones wrote a scholarly monograph on this firm & is copied in online link. He quotes: “In the 1930s the Dawson Variety Works was still on the site selling lumber, an occasional Dickson, Nelson stock blank (price $1.00) from a large supply left from the wartime operation.”. These souvenirs are rarely seen today. This example has good age patina showing cutting tool marks of the era. 33" x 4.5". CONDITION: good overall, weathered surface. PROVENANCE: Roger Ballard collection. (02-15163/JS). $500-600.