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Gun (A) w/ stock of reddish-brown maple. Trigger guard, ramrod pipes, butt plate, &amp; inlay on lock swell are brass. Inlay is held on by 2 replacement screws; front screw is loose. Edges of 3 of the 4 ramrod pipes are dented &amp; chipped . Flat ridge goes down top of round barrel. Ridge has 2 1/4" L. dented &amp; scarred area approx. 12 3/4" from end of barrel. 2 smaller dents on barrel between large dent &amp; end. Stock is scarred &amp; scratched &amp; has been repaired just above lock. Along barrel stock is split &amp; chipped, &amp; tip is broken off. On top of stock just behind swell is convex, oval plate o f silver. Numbers stamped on top of lock swell: 835. Lock is loose. Flower engraved on lock at back; smaller flower or bee engraved on hammer. Words on lock: "ALLPORT" "Late Wth" "KETLAND &amp; C". Steel ramrod (B) has brass band around the thicker, blunt end. Other end is pointed, flat on one side w/ twisted grooves on other side. Ramrod has been repaired 13 1/4" from pointed end.; For Display Only # engraved A: on inside edge of trigger guard, B: on flat side of pointed end. Repaired 3/79, see restoration card. 12/1/09 - Smoothbore, not original, converted from percussion back to flintlock, re-stocked at least once; buck &amp; ball gun,#'d may be a militia gun (state issued). As per John Weston review.</div>
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