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Extremely Rare Published Rotary Disk Breech Single-Shot Rifle by J.D. Wilkinson of Plattsburgh, NY
Guns International #: 103186772 Seller's Inventory #: 50806
Category: Rimfire American Rifles - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
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Description:
Serial #17, .38 RF, 28 1/2" octagon barrel with a fine, bright bore that has mild freckling within the grooves. This is a very interesting rifle and one of only a handful known to have been built on J.D. Wilkinson’s 1871 patent for a breech-loading single shot action utilizing a rotating disk breechblock (please see Item #50807 for a second example in our listing). Once the hammer is locked at half-cock, the disk is rotated clockwise via the flanged lever at the top of the wrist, exposing a U-shaped cutout matching the wide loading trough at the rear of the frame. Once the action is opened the lever can then be withdrawn rearward which pulls the extractor outwards from the chamber mouth. The frame has a mostly dark gray patina with spots of mild brown freckling throughout, and some visible tool marks along the top edges and flats. Muted traces of the original color case-hardening can be seen on the disk-shaped breechblock, with much of the original case-hardening still remaining on the narrow-nosed hammer. The barrel has a mixed plum-brown and gray patina with gray fading at the muzzle, as well as along the edges of the barrel flats. There are numerous small impact marks at the breech end of the barrel, just ahead of the barrel pin, but the original barrel markings are still legible: "J. D. WILKINSON’S / PATENT KEESEVILLE, N.Y. / AUG. 29. 1871." The plain walnut forend and buttstock are in fine shape, with only some minor handling marks scattered about the old varnish finish, and both the metal forend cap and crescent buttplate have a darkly mottled gray patina. This very rifle is illustrated on page 1686 of "The New York State Firearms Trade Volume 4" by H.J. Swinney and Tom Rowe [2003], in which it is pictured along with the original wooden patent model (not included). J.D. Wilkinson was an Upstate New York inventor and gunmaker who moved back and forth between Plattsburgh and the nearby town of Keeseville (16 miles away) from 1860 & 1874. While he has no definitive connection to either Orville M. Robinson, or the Adirondack Firearms Co., he may have had a familial relationship with Daniel Wilkinson, who was one of the company’s listed employees. There was almost certainly a connection with G.C. Wilkinson, another gunmaker in the Plattsburgh & Keeseville area who operated at the same time. This is a great and unusual little documented rifle, utilizing a novel rotary breech mechanism, and would make a splendid addition to any collection. Antique
Price: $5,195.00
Antique: Yes