SUPER RARE 1850S B.KITTREDGE &CO. CINCINNATI 16 GUAGE GUN

FRESH OUT OF AN ESTATE IN CINCINNATI LAST MONTH FROM WES COWANSAUCTIONS IS THIS MINT SIDE BY SIDE RARE CUSTOM MADE FOR BENJAMIN KITTREDGE AND CO. 16 GUAGE. GREAT FULL INGRAVING DOWN THE COMPLETE MIDDLE OF THE BARRELS WITH THE PRESENTATION AND RARE DOUBLE DOG HEAD HAMMERS. SOLID PULLS ON EACH TRIGGER AND HAMMER. GREAT OHIO EARLY AMERICAN WALNUT WITH HAND WOODWORKING ON ALL SIDES OF THE STOCK. GREAT GUNMETAL GRAY PETINA. THIS GUN COULD EASILY BE FIRED. NO CHIPS/CRACKS OR DAMAGE TO THE STOCK. A FULL 31 INCH BARREL. PERIOD RAMROD. NOT SURE ITS IT WAS THE ORIGINAL. BENJAMIN KITTREDGE SUPPLIED ARMS, SWORDS, BOOTS AND SUPPLYS TO ALL THE SOLDIERS COMING THRU-CINCINNATI IN THE EARLY PART OF 1862-1862. HIS SHOP WAS BURNED DOWN BY CONFEDERATE SUPPORTERS DURING 1863 AND REBUILT ACROSS FROM H.S. POGUES IN 1863. A BRONZE PLAGUE STILL STANDS AT THE OLD POGUES BUILDING IN CINCINNATI. GREAT EARLY CINCINNATI HISTORY. BENJAMIN IS BURIED IN SPRINGGROVE CEMETERY IN CINCINNATI WITH SUCH PEOPLE AS THE FIGHTING MC COOKS AND 34 GENERALS A STEAL AT

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