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Bell Marked Percussion Market Gun

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Bell Marked Percussion Market Gun
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Estimate: $2500 - 5000
Single bead sight, with an octagonal chamber marked "GLASGOW." on the top flat, and a 14-sided transitional section. Scroll engraved bolster, hammer and lock plate, with "BELL." marked ahead of the hammer. Half length stock, with a brass tipped wood ramrod, German silver tip and escutcheons, pineapple trigger guard finial, a silver inscription panel atop the checkered wrist, and a smooth flat buttplate. The gun measures 58 inches in length overall.
BBL: 42 inch part octagon
Stock: walnut
Gauge: 90 percussion
Finish: brown
Grips:
Serial Number: nsn
Condition: Very good, showing a mixed brown and gray patina overall, along with some minor handling marks and pitting. The hammer has been crudely repaired on the spur. Stock is good as repaired, with a chip ahead of the bolster, chips and dings. Mechanically very good.