October 30 - November 2, 2018 Firearms, Militaria, & Sporting
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/1/2018
This beautiful rifle features full octagon barrel, full magazine, German knife blade front sight, semi-buckhorn sporting rear sight, blued finish, silver plated frame, nose cap, leaver, hammer and buttplate, all of which are engraved; deluxe walnut checkered pistol grip stock and shotgun butt. All small parts have scroll engraving with exception of hammer with eagle head. Left side of frame has complete scroll coverage with punch dot background and the Indian head from a buffalo nickel in a 1-1/2" circular panel. Right side of frame has the same scroll engraving and features two buffalo. Buttplate and breech and muzzle of barrel are engraved. CONDITION: Gun retains virtually all of the reapplied blue and silver finish. Screws retain bright nitre blue. Stocks are near mint, proud to metal with no cracks and just some added finish. Bore have well defined rifling but the grooves are somewhat frosted. A very handsome, deluxe 1881 Marlin as engraved and refinished.