GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
FINE SPECIAL ORDER MARLIN MODEL 1893 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. MARLIN 1893 D4122 30-30 MODERN; C&R Cal 30-30. Standard grade rifle with special order 26" tapered oct bbl (standard was 24"), full magazine, Rocky Mountain front sight with German silver blade and semi-buckhorn rear sight with adjustable insert. Mounted with uncheckered, slab sawed American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Left side of upper tang is marked with matching SN which is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Marlin rifles were very popular for hunting and home defense from 1881 right to the present day. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig blue. Receiver & bolt retain virtually all of their orig case colors, strong & bright with only light fading. Hammer retains about 90% orig blue and the lever strong, dark case colors on the sides, more faded on outer faces. Wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, shows little evidence of ever having been used. 51762-7 JRL (3,500-5,000)