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13/12/2017 04:33:22
John Blickensdoerfer (& Frederick Schilling).
The information below is taken from the catalogue advertising the auction of the Myron Kasok airgun collection, sold by the Rock Island Auction Company December 13-15, 2003. Pic is copyright Rock Island Auction Co.
With thanks to Sean Campbell, imaging manager of the Buffalo Bill Centre of the West in Cody, Wyoming, for permission to post these pics of guns held in the Cody Firearms Museum. The blurb accompanying the guns follows.
Accession Number: 1993.8.45
Date : 1875
Dimensions: L: 45.25 in, Barrel length: 23.125 in, H: 8 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Inscription: breech end of barrel:J. Blickensdoerfer/ St. Louis, MO/ (arrow facing left)/ 7(2 numbers obliterated)
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- John Blickensdoefer; St. Louis, MO- wood- brass- steel- breech end of barrel:J. Blickensdoerfer/ St. Louis, MO/ (arrow facing left)/ 7(2 numbers obliterated)- St. Louis type- .32- 7(2 numbers obliterated)
Accession Number: 1993.8.34
Date : 1863-1869
Dimensions: L: 45 in, Barrel length: 22.25 in, H: 8.5 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Inscription: top of barrel, behind rear sight: Blickensdoefer/ St. Louis, MO/ (left facing arrow) 118
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- John Bleckensdoefer, St. Louis, MO- wood- brass- steel- top of barrel, behind rear sight: Blickensdoefer/ St. Louis, MO/ (left facing arrow) 118- St. Louis type- .32- 118
Accession Number: 1993.8.41
Date : 1869-1874
Dimensions: L: 45.25 in, Barrel length: 23 in, H: 9 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Inscription: on barrel behind rear sight: Blickensdoefer & Schilling St. Louis 124
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- John Blikensdoefer and Frederick Schilling, St. Louis, MO- wood- brass- steel- on barrel behind rear sight: Blickensdoefer & Schilling St. Louis 124- St. Louis type- .31- 124
Accession Number: 1993.8.31
Date : 1869-1874
Dimensions: L: 44.625 in, Barrel length: 22.5 in, H: 8.25 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Inscription: rear top of barrel:Blickensdoerfer & Schilling, St. Louis. 125
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- John Blikensdoefer and Frederick Schilling, St. Louis, MO- wood- brass- steel- rear top of barrel:Blickensdoerfer & Schilling, St. Louis. 125- St. Louis type- .34- 125
