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THBNew York Made Turner Rifle Marked H&H
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LiveFeb 21, 2018 - Feb 22, 2018
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- Lot Description
.44 caliber, 29.25" octagonal barrel, browned finish, brass mountings, plain, straight-gripped walnut stock. Top of barrel flat marked H&H / NEW YORK. Barrel with hook breech, secured by two keys. Unmarked back-action percussion lock with double set triggers. Leaf rear sight (broken) and dovetailed blade front sight. Two brass pipes, no ramrod, studs for sling swivels. Forend cut for a bayonet mounting bar that is no longer present, although two locating stud holes remain.
This appears to have been a Civil War era Turner Rifle that later had the bayonet lug removed. Research suggests that "H&H" were the firm of Hale & Hodson who worked in New York circa 1858-1861. The 20th NY Volunteer Infantry was organized in New York City in 1861, and all 10 companies were comprised of German immigrants who were members of the various Turnverein Societies within the city and the state. As all of the members were "Turners" the regiment received the nickname "The United Turner Rifles" and fought in a number of major eastern theater battles including Second Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Many of the Turner's enlisted carrying their own personal sporting rifles that had been modified to accept large, Bowie-style brass handled bayonets that were often cast with Turner slogan's like "Bahn Frei."
Good to very good. Barrel with an oxidized brown patina and some scattered surface corrosion. Lock functional, bore very dirty and corroded with visible rifling. Brass with a dark, uncleaned patina. Stock good with scattered bumps and dings. Bayonet lug missing.Condition
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