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Lot 3342ANTIQUE

A California half-stock percussion rifle by Christian Frederick Scholl of Marysville
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10 June 2013, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$819 inc. premium

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A California half-stock percussion rifle by Christian Frederick Scholl of Marysville

Octagonal 37 inch steel barrel; .56 caliber with patent breech; stamped C.F. Scholl Marysville, Cal. Engraved back action percussion lock marked Wilkes; set triggers. Steel 2 1/2 inch long reinforcement plate between lock and barrel tang. Engraved steel furniture including buttplate, patchbox, triggerguard, and sideplate. Silver deer inlay on cheekpiece and silver barrel wedge escutcheon; pewter end cap. Walnit half-stock.
Condition: Good. Barrel with smooth brown patina and some minor marks from use. Lock dark grey with worn engraving; does not function; replaced hammer screw. Triggerguard broken at rear tang and loose. Steel furniture with dark patina, German silver with yellow patina. Stock refinished with cracks below lock, along fore-end and through wrist; some wood fill in cracks; chip at toe missing.
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Note: Christian Frederick Scholl, b. 1821 in Wurttemburg, Germany. Worked in Marysville, California in Yuba County from 1854 until 1861, when his brother, Charles, purchased the business and moved it to Nevada.

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