March 1-2, 2018 Firearms, Militaria & Sporting
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/1/2018
Manufactured 1924. This special order rifle features full octagon barrel, half magazine, takedown, blued finish, Sheard front sight, filler rear sight, Slidin' Lyman Model 21 receiver sight, walnut stocks and rifle butt. Barrel and tube retain approximately 95% original factory blue with razor sharp edges and legends. Forend cap and takedown ring are a mix of blue-brown patina. Left side of frame retains approximately 60% original blue, balance simply thinned. Bolt retains 90% original blue. Right side of frame retains approximately 50% blue, balance patina. Walnut stocks are excellent to near mint and proud to metal. Smooth blue-brown patina on buttplate. All screws heads are near mint. A lovely special order, high condition, well cared for, all original '94. Extremely rare to find a .32-40 caliber at this late of date and the full octagon half magazine combination is also scarce.