GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE COLT BURGESS LEVER ACTION ROUND BARREL RIFLE.COLTBURGESS174444-40C&RCal. 44-40, 25" rnd bbl, blue finish, straight grained walnut stocks with crescent butt. Only a total of 6,403 of these rifles were made between 1883 and 1885. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl and magazine show a mottled brown-gray finish with good sights and a sharp bbl address. Bore is dark with strong rifling. Sights are very good. Receiver retains a gray-brown patina finish with Rampant Colt visible on left side. Some slight scratching and high point wear. Lever and hammer show gray-brown patina. Stocks are good and show slight cleaning and old re-varnish. Stocks are slightly undersized. Forend has "Burgess Crack" on right side. Buttplate shows gray-brown patina with high point wear. Forend cap shows bray-brown patina. A nice representative example of a rare Colt long arm. 49598-6 TEP (2,000-3,000)