A beautiful Half Stock Rifle made by Peter W. Kraft, Columbia, South Carolina in .44 caliber and the only rifle of his make I have ever run across.  I have owned his Deringers and heard of his Dueling Pistols but I have never seen one of his rifles before.  His shop was located at 184 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina from about 1846.  He was a heck of a gunsmith and obviously had a well heeled clientele.  This gun dates from the mid to late 1850's and is reflective of the wealth that existed in South Carolina prior to the Civil War.  The barrel is 32 inches, patent breech, gold banded with a gold cleanout plug.  It has a three leaf, flip up rear sight and dovetail front sight.  The bore in this gun is virtually flat new with seven groove fast turn rifling.  It should have been a very accurate and relatively long range shooter.  The stock appears to be a deluxe wood with checkered wrist and is iron mounted.  It has a nice beavertail molded cheek piece on the left side and an elaborately engraved patch box on the right side.  The gun has an adjustable, single trigger and is very delicately, tastefully and professionally engraved.  The lock, hammer, tang, trigger guard, butt plate, patch box, etc. are all engraved.  The patch box cover reflects a bear standing on a rocky craig.  The lock plate features a running deer.  The execution of the engraving is very impressive.  It also has a horn nose cap.  It is in a strong, pleasant, very good state of condition with no major pitting and an extremely stylish overall look.  It has a small sliver of wood missing along the stock edge in front of the lock plate.  SOLD!!