BY STEELE & WARREN, ALBANY, MID-19TH CENTURY
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An American 50-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By Steele & Warren, Albany, mid-19th Century
Built form flintlock parts, with heavy rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves and stamped 'O. Churchill, Albany' at the breech, engraved tang, signed engraved lock (hammer replaced), striped maple half-stock inlaid with white metal game birds at the tang, and with a white metal escutcheon engraved with owner's initials opposite the lock, chequered grip, butt with cheek-piece inlaid with an engraved white metal eagle, iron mounts including spur trigger-guard, set trigger, pewter fore-end cap, and later ramrod
38in. (96.5cm.) barrel
By Steele & Warren, Albany, mid-19th Century
Built form flintlock parts, with heavy rebrowned octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves and stamped 'O. Churchill, Albany' at the breech, engraved tang, signed engraved lock (hammer replaced), striped maple half-stock inlaid with white metal game birds at the tang, and with a white metal escutcheon engraved with owner's initials opposite the lock, chequered grip, butt with cheek-piece inlaid with an engraved white metal eagle, iron mounts including spur trigger-guard, set trigger, pewter fore-end cap, and later ramrod
38in. (96.5cm.) barrel