GUN FALL 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/4/2016
MARLIN MODEL 1888 OCTAGON BARREL FULL MAGAZINE RIFLE WITH LYMAN FRONT SIGHT. MARLIN 1888 24703 38 WCF Cal. 38WCF. 28" bbl. Blue finish. Lyman blade front-sight. Standard rear-sight. Strain grain American walnut stocks with crescent buttplate. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl and magazine tube show a plumb-brown finish overall, with traces of blue in protected areas. Sights are very good. Markings are sharp. Bore is frosty with strong rifling. Receiver is also an even plumb-brown patina overall, with traces of blue in protected areas. Bolt shows 20% blue finish. SN is sharp. Hammer and lever are a plumb-brown patina with slight cases of case color. Receiver has some slight scratches on either side. Stocks are very good, full-sized, and retain most of varnish finish, with handling marks overall commensurate of the age of the rifle. Buttplate is a silver-gray patina, as is the forend cap. Accompanied by a Cody Museum letter confirming barrel length and cal and showing shipment on August 12, 1889. A nice early Model 1888 rifle. One of less than 5,000 made. 50507-12 TEP (3,500-5,000)