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The Antique Arms Collection of a Californian Gentleman

Friday 14 February 2025 • Sarzana

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A D. Knight underhammer percussion rifle, about 1860

Estimate

€ 250 - 450

Sold

€ 1.188

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

USA
length 139 cm.
Octagonal, 8 mm cal barrel with foresight. With piston behind the barrel, in the lower part. Wooden stock (small defects) with long rib marked ‘D. KNIGHT PATENTED 8TH AUG 1854’ and rear sight. In front of the brass trigger guard a hook to load the long firing pin. The butt shaped in the Kentucky-style. Brass butt plate. Rare. This lot is imported from a non-EU country and incurs additional taxes beyond the auction house commission and the V.A.T. Consequently, the total Buyer’s Premium, inclusive of all taxes, amounts to 35%.