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LOT 1159
Very Scarce Second Type P.W. Porter Turret Percussion
Rifle - Serial no. 181, 38 cal., 27 1/8 inch octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut stock.
G.P. Foster of Taunton, Massachusetts, manufactured these turret rifles, showcasing
a number of impressive features. They are in essence lever action revolving rifles featuring
vertically oriented turrets. These Second Type rifles are fitted with an automatic percussion primer
built into the lock plate. It features blade and adjustable notch sights offset to the left to clear the turret, the three-line address and
patent markings “ADDRESS/P.W. PORTER/NEW=YORK” and “P.W. PORTER’S/PATENT./1851.” on the upper right barrel flat, matching serial numbers on
several components, a loading lever, and a smooth straight wrist buttstock.
CONDITION: Very good plus with gray and brown patina, minor pitting, and general mild overall wear. The stock is fine and has most of the original varnish and
some light scrapes and dings. Mechanically fine.
Provenance: The Charles Marx Collection.
Estimate: 4,500 - 6,500
LOT 1158
Rare C.B. Allen Daniels Patent Underhammer
Percussion Turret Rifle - Serial no. 12, 44 cal., 34 5/8 inch octagon
bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. This design is essentially an improvement on
Cochran’s 1837 patent. The Daniel brothers’ U.S. patent #677, issued on April 5,
1839, covers the design which features an essentially octagonal turret with a protruding
mouth on each chamber that fit into the rear of the barrel and a lever under the action
that moves the cylinder forward into engagement to create a better gas seal. Flayderman
estimates that perhaps as many as fifty of these were made, but there may be far fewer. The only other
example we have sold was #9 many years ago. The rifle has “H. & C. DANIELS/PATENT/CHESTER/
CONN” marked at the front of the top strap and
“eagle/C. B. ALLEN/SPRINGFIELD/MASS.” at the rear. The matching serial number
“12” is marked on various components. The rifle has a dovetailed blade front
sight and a screw adjustable dovetailed sporting rear sight.
CONDITION: Very good plus with dark brown patina, mild pitting, loose trigger guard, some slivers absent from the
edges of the forearm, a chip at the toe on the otherwise fine stock, and moderate wear overall. Mechanically fine.
Provenance: The Charles Marx Collection.
Estimate: 6,500 - 9,500
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