Fall 2025 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
Auction Concluded!
ELEGANT FREDERICK SELL SIGNED PETITE GOLDEN AGE PENNSYLVANIA FLINTLOCK RIFLE
01-27175
Cal. 40
NSN
52.5″ overall, 37″ octagonal barrel signed in script “Frederick Sell”. Curly maple stock relief carved, fine engraved brass furniture, 4 silver insets, Joe Kindig stated in his text: “Frederick Sell was one of the great Kentucky rifle makers. He made long slender guns usually of good curly Maple…. His patch boxes are generally very beautiful and large. We have 24 of his guns to study… only six of his guns are signed… Frederick cell generally signed only his finest rifles..”. The smaller scale of this rifle lends one to believe it was made for a young manor boy. The 7 land & groove rifling is straight. With no twist and muzzle is chamfered to better seat ball. This wonderful rifle has all the characteristics of the best Sell guns as illustrated in Kindig.
UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: 15 page chapter on Frederick Sell form Joe Kindig’s monumental 1960 text “THOUGHTS ON THE KENTUCKY RIFLE IN THE GOLDEN AGE”.
PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman family collection.
STATUS: ANTIQUE
