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Louis Smith, Jonesboro, Tennessee. Beautiful .50 cal. Flintlock Kentucky pistol of the highest quality completed by my Dear friend and mentor, Louis Smith, a few years before his death. Louis, particularly noted for his fine period-style engraving, was considered to be one of the best of the contemporary gun maker�s and his firearms are rarely offered for sale. This wonderfully slender pistol is 13� in overall length, stocked, of course, in relief and incise-carved curly maple, and the mounts are all German Silver. The 8 1/2″ long, beautifully filed, two-stage, rifled barrel has a single fixed rear sight and a silver fore-sight. The ramrod is of horn-tipped curly maple. Louis was a prolific artisan but made only a handful of pistols during his lifetime and I do not recall ever having seen one for sale. A rare opportunity here to own this example.
