#64 • Doc White- Midwest Plain Style Percussion Rifle

Part of Pink Auction - Furniture, Firearms, Jewelry, Tractor, Art, Porcelains & More (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $475.00

Status: Sold

Handmade by "Doc" White, this beautiful Late Midwest Plain style percussion squirrel rifle is 50" overall,scarce 15/16 inch, octagon, 40 cal., 33 inch barrel by Green River Rifle Works, comes with ram rod, quality L&R flat spring percussion lock with drum and nipple, late German silver furniture, forearm cut to look like an original fullstock later cut down to halfstock, AAA grade maple stock with simple forearm pin, (fullstock would have had pins) Silver patch box (which is functional). Fore-end has German silver belly plate, G. silver fore-end cap and G. silver rear thimble. Also G silver front thimbles on rib. AAA grade maple with ‘quilted’ figure, stained and oiled. Lock and barrel is marked "GBW" (Doc White's initials). Dr. Gary White of Roosevelt, Utah- Doc produces a few quite high grade guns, one at a time and slow. Many of his pieces are experimental and some are quite unusual. He also makes traditional flintlock and percussion rifles and shotguns, Hawkens, Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifles, double barreled rifles and shotguns. Doc White was the inventor of the White Muzzleloader System and an extremely well known gunsmith. He passed away in August 2, 2022. Appears in good condition- All guns need to be checked for function by a gunsmith before use. BP