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LOT 1267
Spectacular Cased Pair of Richards London Marked 14-Bore Percussion Dueling/
Officer’s Pistols -A) Richards Percussion Dueling Pistol - NSN, 14 bore cal., 9 1/2 inch
octagon bbl., brown/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Offered here is a beautiful cased
pair of Richards of London large smooth bore, Damascus percussion dueling pistols with
accessories. Rarely are these high quality British pistols found in museum worthy condition. The top barrel
flats are marked “RICHARDS, LONDON,” and the lock plates are marked “RICHARDS.” The sights are fixed. The
actions are equipped with engraved sliding hammer safeties and vented platinum blow out plugs. A floral scroll engraving is featured on the fish embellished
hammers, lock plates, barrel tangs, breech plugs and trigger guards. The trigger guards have pineapple finials. The pistols have swivel iron ramrods with
engraved hardware. The nicely figured full length stocks have checkering on the grip area, smooth forearms, German silver thumb and barrel wedge
escutcheons. The barrels are browned Damascus, the trigger guards are blued, and the remaining metal surfaces are casehardened. The
partitioned mahogany cased has a bone key hole escutcheon and blank brass initial plaque on the exterior of the lid.
CONDITION: Excellent. The barrel retains nearly 95% original brown Damascus with spots of dark corrosion visible near
the muzzle. The trigger guard retains 97% original blue finish. The remaining metal surfaces retain 95% original
case colors. The stock is excellent with a bruise on the left flat, a barely noticeable hairline crack near the barrel
tang and some minor handling marks. The checkering is crisp. The case is fine with minor handling/storage marks
and worn lining. Mechanically excellent. B) Richards Percussion Dueling Pistol - NSN, 14 bore cal., 9 1/2 inch
octagon bbl., brown/casehardened finish, walnut stock. As described in “A.”
CONDITION: Excellent. The barrel retains 97% plus original brown Damascus minor loss at the blow out plug (area
cleaned). The trigger guard retains 98% bright original high polish blue finish. The remaining metal surfaces retain
97% plus original case colors. The stock is excellent with some scattered minor handling marks and retains most
of the finish. The checkering is crisp. Mechanically excellent. A beautiful set of cased British dueling pistols that
are the envy of most, if not all, antique firearm collectors.
Estimate: 9,000 - 14,000
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