Just noticed this Poulin rifle which I owned some 10-12 years ago. I sold it to the billionaire (Jack, forgot his last name) who flew into a KRA meeting just to buy some guns for his new house and make a sizeable donation to the KRA - a sure way to become a "quick" member.
I ran into him at a classic car show a few years later and he told me it was his wife's favorite gun among the many good guns he bought to supply his gun cabinet in the wing next to his new landing field. His wife liked the "bling".
However, the rifle is a great gun, many of us thought was made by one of the Easton Pa. Youngs and not an upper Susquehanna rifle. It is an attractive gun with accomplished engraving, a fine patchbox design, a creative sideplate, and heavier than it looks in the pictures- it is not a slim lightweight gun. And yes, other than the silver swan drops most of the brass is not inlaid and note it has virtually no screws, only pins holding the parts.
At the time I had it, it was in exceptional condition but it looks a little rougher in the Poulin photos and the silver piece on the edge of the cheekpiece appears to be gone (see photo). Jack the $$ guy died about 2-3 years ago and it showed up in a Rock Island auction (it was featured on the catalog cover). It has always sold in the $15,000. to high $20,000. in recent years and even though it's not every collectors cup of tea, your wife will love it.
Patrick Hornberger
