EXTREMELY RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

EXTREMELY RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 48560. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Wonderful deluxe special order rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, ivory bead front sight with unusual folding rear sight that has an ivory horizontal bead the full width of the folding leaf and a flat top without sighting notch. Caliber marking is over the chamber area and top of receiver is marked “MARLIN SAFETY”. Mounted with very nicely figured, center crotch American walnut with “B” style checkering and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood bears the matching SN. Buttstock has some fill material in top tang channel which has obliterated any number that might have been there. Inside buttplate is numbered “43643”. No further disassembly was effected to check for additional matching SNs. Bottom of stock has a factory sling swivel with corresponding swivel in forend cap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were 46,285 Model 1889 rifles manufactured in the period 1889-1899, of which only 3,729 had 26″ bbls which were offered in full oct, rnd and oct to rnd which certainly makes this an extremely rare rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records request sheet which identifies this rifle as a Model 1889 in 38 caliber with 26″ half oct bbl, shipped 4-15-1891. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, numbers are mismatched on stock as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% strong, orig factory blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig bright factory case colors, slightly faded with the lever fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains most of its factory case colors, bright on the toe, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; stock has a short hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with a very few, very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-44634 JR311 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2126	$12,650.00	EXTREMELY RARE MARLIN MODEL 1889 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 48560. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Wonderful deluxe special order rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, ivory bead front sight with unusual folding rear sight that has an ivory horizontal bead the full width of the folding leaf and a flat top without sighting notch. Caliber marking is over the chamber area and top of receiver is marked “MARLIN SAFETY”. Mounted with very nicely figured, center crotch American walnut with “B” style checkering and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood bears the matching SN. Buttstock has some fill material in top tang channel which has obliterated any number that might have been there. Inside buttplate is numbered “43643”. No further disassembly was effected to check for additional matching SNs. Bottom of stock has a factory sling swivel with corresponding swivel in forend cap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were 46,285 Model 1889 rifles manufactured in the period 1889-1899, of which only 3,729 had 26″ bbls which were offered in full oct, rnd and oct to rnd which certainly makes this an extremely rare rifle. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum records request sheet which identifies this rifle as a Model 1889 in 38 caliber with 26″ half oct bbl, shipped 4-15-1891. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, numbers are mismatched on stock as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% strong, orig factory blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain virtually all of their orig bright factory case colors, slightly faded with the lever fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains most of its factory case colors, bright on the toe, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; stock has a short hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with a very few, very minor handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains about all of its brilliant factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired. 4-44634 JR311 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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