Joab Hapgood Percussion Half-stock Boys Fowler

Joab Hapgood Percussion Half-stock Boys Fowler, c. 1840s, .54 bore, walnut stock with brass fittings and a silver escutcheon, lock engraved with a hunter and foliate designs, breech is octagonal and marked "J. HAPGOOD/SHREWSBURY," with a brass tipped wooden ramrod, barrel lg. 21 1/8, overall lg. 36 in. Note: Captain Joab Hapgood (1804-1890), from Boston and Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, built guns between 1826 and 1864. Estimate $400-600 Stock has a few dings and nicks, the lock functions properly, steel fittings are a plum brown color, in overall good condition. Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.