December 13-15, 2022 Collectible Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/14/2022
Manufactured 1896 with 20" octagon barrel chambered in .25-20 Winchester Center Fire with full length magazine tube, blade front sight, and rifle rear sight. 2-piece walnut stock and forearm with blued rifle forearm cap and rifle buttplate. CONDITION: Very good, with barrel and magazine tube retaining a vast majority of their original bluing with light edge wear and scattered minor freckling. Magazine tube has a few small dents. Frame retains about half of the original bluing with balance turned a speckled gray patina. Stock and forearm are very good as lightly cleaned with minor handling marks and no major signs of distress. Mechanically fine. Bore is bright with sharp rifling.
CORRECTION: The barrel length on this rifle is 24".