MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 13243. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine with German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight & Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Marlin Firearms Company letter identifying this rifle as found and indicating shipment date of July 31, 1886. PROVENANCE: Leland Clapp Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 75-80% orig blue, thinning & turning plum with a few scattered nicks on the edges. Magazine tube is mostly a silver/brown patina. Receiver retains 70-75% thinning orig blue, mostly gray on bottom with traces of case colors on lever & hammer. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36035 JR2 (3,000-4,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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
	2076	$1,437.50	MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 13243. Cal. 38-55. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine with German silver Rocky Mtn. front sight & Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Marlin Firearms Company letter identifying this rifle as found and indicating shipment date of July 31, 1886. PROVENANCE: Leland Clapp Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 75-80% orig blue, thinning & turning plum with a few scattered nicks on the edges. Magazine tube is mostly a silver/brown patina. Receiver retains 70-75% thinning orig blue, mostly gray on bottom with traces of case colors on lever & hammer. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36035 JR2 (3,000-4,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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