Spring 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
February 26th, February 27th, February 28th, and March 1st, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
INCREDIBLE 5 LB 12 BORE DAVID KIRKWOOD FEATHERWEIGHT SIDELOCK GAME GUN
01-28451 | Cal. 12 Ga. 2-5/8″. | S# 1296.
Kirkwood advertised his featherweight guns to weigh as little as 5-1/4 lbs. in 12 gauge. It appears this gun was a special effort and tips the scales at 5lb. 1/2 oz. This was Berrien’s first Kirkwood and sparked his interest in this superb American maker and his products. This gun has 26″ fine three stripe damascus barrels engraved “D. Kirkwood. Boston” on narrow swamped game rib. Rib has usual Kirkwood square shouldered dolls head extension. Barrel flats are unmarked. Bottoms of barrels are stamped with British provisional proofs. Very slim and well filed back spring sidelock action features automatic safety which must be pulled backward to fire as if you were cocking a hammer gun. Action also features Kirkwood’s usual top bite as well as Purdey type under bolts. Action is engraved with 50% coverage nicely cut small scroll. Each lockplate is engraved “D. Kirkwood”. Steel trigger guard engraved with scroll on bow has S# on tang. Round knob Prince of Wales grip buttstock made of very nicely fiddle figured and lightly streaked European walnut measures 13-3/4″ over very thin checkered horn buttplate. Buttstock has been hollowed to save weight and improve balance. It features David’s typical long fluted comb, well cut multi-point pattern checkering and nicely shaped drop points. Matching splinter forend with inlet ebony tip has spring tension release. MEASUREMENTS: BBLS: Bore Diameter: L .731. R .730. Restriction: L .012 (light mod). R .007 (IC). Wall thickness: L .020. R .020 (both along bottoms of barrels otherwise mostly .025). STOCK: DAH: 2-13/16″. DAC: 1-7/16″+. CAST: about 1/2″ off. LOP: 13-3/4″. WEIGHT: 5 lb. 1/2 oz. PROVENANCE: From the Private Collection of Berrien Moore III. STATUS: ANTIQUE.
