Percussion Full Stock Sporting Rifle with Goulcher Lock

Western Expansion

.45 caliber. 43.5" barrel length. SN: NSN. Gray painted finish to the barrel with brown patinated lockplate set in walnut stock with applied tiger stripe pattern, full length forend, and a 10.5" long iron sun shade/sun shield over rear notch sight. Single shot percission rifle with double set triggers and mounting rear notch and front blade sights. Furniture includes a crescent-shaped brass buttplate, brass triggerguard and patchbox, and pinned stock with brass forend cap and ramrod loops. Barrel is unsigned, but the rifle mounts a G. GOULCHER signed lock, a common sight on gunsmith assembled and finished arms of the 19th Century. Lockplate is engraved with a double line border and floral scroll banner to the maker mark. A vignette of two pheasants on walking on the ground is engraved behind the cock. Patchbox features a spring-loaded release catch on the top of the butt, and is unsigned. Comes with a wood ramrod with tacked on iron tip. Inconsistent edges to the drum and uneven spacing within the lock suggest it may be replaced.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.