EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & PLATED DELUXE REMINGTON KEENE BOLT ACTION RIFLE.

EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & PLATED DELUXE REMINGTON KEENE BOLT ACTION RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 45-70. Full nickel finish with 24″ oct to rnd bbl, integral magazine tube with front band, ivory bead hunting front sight and Remington’s reverse mounted 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. All metal has orig nickel finish with receiver, top three flats of bbl and both side flats of bbl, forend cap & trigger guard are all very nicely period engraved with fine foliate arabesque patterns with feather border patterns on receiver and scallop & dot patterns on bbl & other parts. Bolt & bolt knob are matching engraved. Mounted in a 1-pc nicely figured, checkered American walnut stock with carved fleur de lis patterns on both forestock & wrist area with a fine orig varnish finish. It has Remington’s smooth steel buttplate with trap containing an orig 4-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. There was only a total of about 5,000 of these rifles built in period 1880-1883 with both Army & Navy contracts, carbines & sporting rifles all produced in this number. Sporting rifles are very rare with deluxe pieces even more scarce and engraved & plated models the most rare of all. Very few of these rifles so configured were ever made and even fewer survive today. Orig cleaning rods are also rarely encountered today. CONDITION: About fine. Overall, metal retains 75-80% orig nickel with freckles and some losses over most of surfaces. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its bright orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-32983 JR188 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1165	$23,000.00	EXTREMELY RARE ENGRAVED & PLATED DELUXE REMINGTON KEENE BOLT ACTION RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 45-70. Full nickel finish with 24″ oct to rnd bbl, integral magazine tube with front band, ivory bead hunting front sight and Remington’s reverse mounted 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. All metal has orig nickel finish with receiver, top three flats of bbl and both side flats of bbl, forend cap & trigger guard are all very nicely period engraved with fine foliate arabesque patterns with feather border patterns on receiver and scallop & dot patterns on bbl & other parts. Bolt & bolt knob are matching engraved. Mounted in a 1-pc nicely figured, checkered American walnut stock with carved fleur de lis patterns on both forestock & wrist area with a fine orig varnish finish. It has Remington’s smooth steel buttplate with trap containing an orig 4-pc brass & iron cleaning rod. There was only a total of about 5,000 of these rifles built in period 1880-1883 with both Army & Navy contracts, carbines & sporting rifles all produced in this number. Sporting rifles are very rare with deluxe pieces even more scarce and engraved & plated models the most rare of all. Very few of these rifles so configured were ever made and even fewer survive today. Orig cleaning rods are also rarely encountered today. CONDITION: About fine. Overall, metal retains 75-80% orig nickel with freckles and some losses over most of surfaces. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its bright orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-32983 JR188 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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