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Lot 142:
Description
Columbia, Tennessee 19th Century Half Stock Percussion Rifle, Converted to Shotgun. This shotgun is accompanied by a late 19th/20th Century letter with partial provenance. "This gun was made by a man by the name of Estes (Alston Estes, Maury Co., TN gunsmith) who lived in Columbia, Tennessee. Originally it was a full-stocked rifle, but later was bored out and made a shotgun, leaving the double sights and hair trigger on it. It was presented to my father by James Hughes of Waynesboro, Tennessee somewhere between 1840 and 1854. During the war between the states to prevent the federal soldiers taking it, it was hidden in a hollow log on the place now owned by A. M. Patterson and the wood lice ate into the wood parts as may be seen. It is now the property of W. E. McDougal. This powder horn was made by Alexander McDougal, grandfather of W. E. McDougal and is more than 100 years old." Provenance: The gun descended from the McDougal family of Waynesboro and Savannah, Tennessee to John Daniel McDougal, to Dr. W.E. "Tobe" McDougal owner of McDougal Drug Company, to Eunice McDougal Broyles (1899-1987) to her son, John McDougal Broyles (1922-1990), owner of " McDougal Drug Company,
Condition: Condition – The rifle barrel has been bored and converted to a small gauge shotgun. The metal parts have rust, tang is missing screw, ram rod has been replaced, trigger guard screw has been replace, The stock has insect damage from being
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