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1850s Antique TYRON Half Stock BACK ACTION .32 Caliber American LONG RIFLE ELK COUNTY, Pa. Style Made by TYRON of Philadelphia
Guns International #: 102538187 Seller's Inventory #: 226108
Category: Kentucky Rifles - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Description:
1850s Antique TYRON Half Stock BACK ACTION .32 Caliber American LONG RIFLE
ELK COUNTY, Pa. Style Made by TYRON of Philadelphia
Here we present an antique Half-Stock Back Action Long Rifle, made circa the 1850s by Edward Tyron of Philadelphia, PA. The Tyron family business started in the early 1700s with a merchant from Holland bringing arms and Indian trade goods for sale into this "New Country" and continued for over 150 years. The business prospered as a gun and gun parts dealer in the early 1800s and evolved into a leading wholesale house and hardware store in the early twentieth century.
The Tryon story is important to collectors because it was in the center of the gun trade in our new country and, more specifically, in the Philadelphia area. The picture of Tryon as a gun maker is often clouded by Tryon's hardware store image of the late 1800s and the 1900s. The sale of imported and brand-name arms during this later period led many to consider Tryon merely another early Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward with arms as a sideline, when he was actually one of the leading gunmakers of high quality guns in the mid-1800s.
These locks were called “back action” because the mainspring hangs behind the tumbler. The back action is often used in single and double rifles, and occasionally in single barrel shotguns where the need for strength requires as little steel as possible be removed from the bar of the action.
The overall condition is good. Original patina. Strong action. Semi-bright bore, nicely rifled. Solid stock. Clear markings. “HENRY PARKER/WARRANTED” marked lock. “TRYON PHILADA” is marked atop the barrel. This example also showcases a few light engravings throughout.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 43 inches.
Caliber: .32 Percussion
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1750
#226108
SOLD
Antique: Yes