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A FINE THREE-BARREL COMBINATION RIFLE/SHOTGUN BY FREDERICK SMITH, SPRINGPORT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1850
The three bores cut through a single piece of steel, the exterior with integral broad rib inscribed F Smith, with two rows of ramrods pipes soldered to either side of rifled barrel, mounted with a sighting tube/scope by G. T. Abbey of Chicago, Ill., unusual false-muzzle, back-action locks inscribed with maker's name Smith, each with three perched birds and one flying bird (right lock's flying bird engraved inverted suggesting an engraver's error), under-hammer actuated by trigger-guard, double triggers, walnut stock with engraved silver American Eagle set into cheekpiece, silver-plated patch-box engraved with American Eagle, heavy iron butt and toe-plate engraved with scrolls, florals and drapery
.38 caliber and 16 gauge
26¼ inch (66.6 cm.) barrels
George T. Abbey, Chicago, Illinois, 1858-74
Frederick Smith, Springport (Union Springs), New York, 1848-1874
The three bores cut through a single piece of steel, the exterior with integral broad rib inscribed F Smith, with two rows of ramrods pipes soldered to either side of rifled barrel, mounted with a sighting tube/scope by G. T. Abbey of Chicago, Ill., unusual false-muzzle, back-action locks inscribed with maker's name Smith, each with three perched birds and one flying bird (right lock's flying bird engraved inverted suggesting an engraver's error), under-hammer actuated by trigger-guard, double triggers, walnut stock with engraved silver American Eagle set into cheekpiece, silver-plated patch-box engraved with American Eagle, heavy iron butt and toe-plate engraved with scrolls, florals and drapery
.38 caliber and 16 gauge
26¼ inch (66.6 cm.) barrels
George T. Abbey, Chicago, Illinois, 1858-74
Frederick Smith, Springport (Union Springs), New York, 1848-1874