Includes pages from a Norm Flayderman catalog featuring this rifle as item 2578 and identifying it as a Berks County rifle c. 1790s. It is noted as originally from the Cook Collection before being sold in 1952 and as in "Remarkable condition showing only very, very light use in untouched/uncleaned exactly as it was put away almost 2 centuries ago." As noted in the catalog, the gun is unsigned but is very similar to the rifle on page 39 from the Clegg Collection in "The Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle" by Kauffman. The barrel has a ring on the face of the muzzle, no rifling visible, and traditional rifle sights. The lock has no visible markings. The furniture is brass and consists of a forend cap, three round ramrod pipes with simple banded accents, sideplate, trigger guard, oval wrist escutcheon, patchbox, and buttplate. The patch box release is on the heel, and there are incised borders to the sides of the lid. The maple stock has a cheekpiece with incised lines on the edge and very nice molding along the bottom of the butt. Provenance: The Cook Collection; N. Flayderman & Co., Inc.; Property of a Gentleman

Fine with dark brown patina on the lock and barrel, attractive aged patina on the brass furniture, and mild age and storage related wear. The stock is also fine and has a dark appearance overall with grain and striped patterns visible, crisp molding and accents, some thin cracks and small chips, and general light scratches and dings. Mechanically fine.