Steven Dodd Hughes California Half-Stock Percussion Rifle .54 Calibre
32" hooked-breech slightly-tapered full-octagon barrel by Lynn Weimer |
with deep-cut 1:60 twist rifling to stabilize a round ball, percussion-fenced |
breechblock, blade front sight, base for (included) Rocky Mountain rear |
sight, Marbles tang peep sight with custom offset base by John Madole, |
and with brass-tipped ramrod retained by double thimbles. Stocked in well- |
cured French walnut with cast-in-place pewter forend tip, escutcheoned key |
fastener, steel triggerguard with pineapple finial and pistol-grip tang, classic |
borderless flat-top checkering, beaded cheekpiece, inletted patchbox and |
toeplate---both with pineapple finials, and crescent steel buttplate. Bar- |
action sidelock action by Griffith Tool Co., with double-set triggers by |
Walter Cain. Engraved by Mark Drain. Maker's gold-inlaid SDH cartouche at |
breech. Pull: 13 7/8". Drop: 1 5/8" - 2 3/4". Cast-off: 1/2". Weight: 8lbs, 11oz. |
Blued barrel, casehardened lock, breechblock and patchbox, and with |
registered and fire-blued screws. Completed in 1987; the prototype for |
Steven Hughes' series of nine California rifles. Very little used---although |
two blacktail deer were taken with the rifle by the maker. Pictured on the |
cover of GUNS Magazine, April 1989, a copy of which, amongst other |
paperwork, is included. $4895. |
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