.451 caliber, 33" part round part octagon barrel with flattened top sighting plane and a bright excel­lent bore. The top of the barrel is marked "J. LANG 22 COCKSPUR ST. LONDON" as well as HENRY'S PATENT / NO. 6 P / EDINBURGH". The lock, barrel breech and tang show wonderful relief floral scroll with lovely border work and lockplate is engraved just above front mounted sliding bolt "J. LANG". The round patchbox, buttplate tang and triggerguard show more of this lovely scroll engraving. The left side of the butt shows a large engraved oval silver plaque which is engraved "Presented / By / T. Sutton Western Esqre M.P. / to the / 23rd Maldon Essex Rifle Volunteers / and won by / Private George Low / August 7th 1862." A period account of this presentation is found in the September 6, 1862 edition of the The Illustrated London News on page 271 where the entry reads "A rifle given by Mr. T.S. Western M.P. and won by Private Low". The rifle is setup in long range military service rifle configuration with military barrel sights only and configured much like a pattern 1853 rifle with a checkered pis­tol grip stock. The condition of the rifle is fabulous with the barrel show­ing 95% of its original brown finish with vivid damascus pattern visible its entire length with just a little very light and scattered specks of oxi­dation staining. The lock, breech and tang show 90% original color case-hardened finish which is darkening slightly but still shows nice contrast. The patchbox shows 95% original color case hardened finish which is fading slightly but is all there, the buttplate is a mix of gray pati­na and faded color. The checkered English walnut stock rates excellent with nearly all of its original finish and with extremely sharp checkering. The edges are sharp and the dropper points are as crisp as can be. The rifle is sighted with a globe style front mounted close to muzzle along with a graduated adjustable rear ladder sight. The rifle comes in its original oak case with green baize lining and original Lang lid label. The case includes a bush pattern copper powder flask, two brass bullet moulds for casting different weight projectiles, two tins of percussion caps, two rosewood turned cannisters, one with patches, a bone cannister with a spare nip­ple along with a leather sling. The case is in about excellent condition overall with normal wear and marks on exterior, clean interior and it is sound. This is a stunning prize rifle exhibiting the finest 19th century British quality and remaining in superb condition. The period newspaper account of the presentation is a nice little extra. An investment quality British percussion prize rifle. (1G9670-600) {ANTIQUE} [David & Lore Squier Collection] (7000/9000)

38-55 WCF, 28'' part octagon, part round barrel with a bright excellent bore and 40-60 Maynard, 28'' part octagon, part round barrel, also with an excellent bore. The smaller bore barrel shows perhaps a bit more wear retaining about 9 0-92% original blue, the 40 caliber closer to 95 to perhaps 97%, the loss on each due to fading, light high edge wear, and with some sparse very minor oxidation here and there and perhaps a few handling marks. The frame is quite nice with about 97% original color case-hardening, quite vivid in most areas, toning somewhat at the very front of the frame flats, with slight bit of oxidation staining on the belly, but still showing colors in that area. The screws still show good blue and the hammer some smoky color case-hardening, each lever now toned to a silvery and pewter case-hardened patina. The deluxe American black walnut pistolgrip buttstock rates very fine with the expected light handling marks and scratches that come from the years, it exhibits beautiful crotch figured grain on left of butt with nice figure on the right. The checkered forearms match perfectly, the larger bore forearm showing a bit more wear and some darkening from handling. Checkering on all remains sharp, the buttstock with thin mullered front borders, the large bore checkering showing a bit more wear. The butt is fitted with what appears in every respect to be its original Swiss style nickel plated buttplate which rates about excellent showing only some light wear to the brass beneath on each of the knobs. The smaller bore barrel is sighted with a windage adjustable globe front sight with spirit level and simple v-notch sporting rear, with a larger target sight dovetail cut 1'' ahead of the breech; it is currently blank. The larger bore barrel features simple sporting sights with a blade front and v-notch rear. The tang is equipped with a very nice Maynard medium-range tang sight with supporting pedestal at the rear most portion of the tang. It rates very fine with some pale fire blue still present on the aperture. A lovely sporting and target rifle in its own right, it comes in a nice quality layman-made oak and walnut veneer carry case with accessories and a later green baize lining. Accessories include a nickel plated steel loading pedestal die and ram for the 38-55 caliber; a turned steel swedge die for the 40-60 caliber, no ram is present for that die; a nickel plated capper with a butt-mounted decapping pin; a 40-6 0 breech seater; two boxes of 3 8 caliber cast projectiles in old U MC two piece boxes (the projectiles are not original to the boxes); an old wooden base sliding sleeve of Winchester primers; some 38 caliber paper wads and a small assortment of paper-patched 3 8 caliber projectiles. Inside the lid of the case are 74 vintage 38-55 shell casings and two 40-60 Maynard casings. The carry case itself is heavy and well-made for a layman's job, it has two very simple leather carry handles affixed which are later to the case. Both sets of barrels mount up solidly and the arms seems to function well mechanically. The barrels are numbered differently from one another, there are no numbers at all on the frame, this set has clearly been together since new and was doubtless ordered this way by a previous owner, the fit, finish and wood treatments matching precisely. An exceptionally nice little deluxe two-barrel set Maynard rifle, clearly one barrel used for sporting purposes, the other for target. (3D9827-6) {ANTIQUE} (4000/6000)