This pistol is lot number 31 at Amoskeag Auction and will be auctioned in 4 or 5 days


Does anyone know about "A Escherich" Baltimore? Francis H Escherich recieved patent# 78519 which was for a breechloading double with an underlever lock-up, which could indicate that the pistol is before 1868...or was F H Escherich son or brother to Francis H ...?


It's the origin of the damascus steel that makes this gun a great mystery...is it American damascus ?...or Rigby (Dublin) damascus ?...or did it come from a wootz cake ?...

Perhaps someone has Whisker's book Gunsmiths of Maryland...