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Reduced. This Left-Handed .50 SouthernMountainRifle has a 41 1/2” DeHaas octagon barrel with a bright excellent bore. According to the consignor, this unmarked rifle was built by respected gunsmith Leonard Day, possibly using a parts kit providedby the customer. I am in no way implying that this is a scratch built Leonard Day rifle.The barrel retains about 98% original maker brown finish with a touch of high edge wear. The lockplate, triggerguard, buttplate and toe plate, and small parts retain about 90-93% maker brown finish which is lightly thinning to a gray-brown patina with wear to gray on the toe and heel of the buttplate and on the high edges, and some scattered speckles of light oxidation. The lock features a bridled frizzen, a pronounced swan neck cock and a lockplate ending in a distinct teat. Appears to have never had a flint mounted. The attractive hardwood (Maple?) fullstock with graceful right side cheekpiece rates about excellent with a few light handling marks and a neat cylindrical grease hole in the left side of the buttstock. The edges of the stock flats are crisp and and there is attractive grain figure throughout. LOP is 13 5/8". The rifle is sighted with a brass blade front and a full buckhorn rear, and the double set triggers and action are both crisp. Weighs about 9 lbs.lovely contemporary flintlock built by a respected riflesmith. $1150 + Shipping.
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