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1244
$4,312.00

SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER LARGE FRAME BULLARD LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 40-90 Bullard. SN 1140. Special order, semi-deluxe rifle with 28-1/16″ rnd bbl, full magazine, silver blade Rocky Mountain front sight & Winchester style, long semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top tang is drilled & tapped for receiver sight. Left side of receiver has usual late markings with caliber over receiver ring and serial number behind hammer slot. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered, American walnut with pistol grip stock, serpentine grip & Bullard hard rubber buttplate with an elk. Serial number is found on inside of top & bottom tangs at tips and on face of buttstock inside receiver. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching. Bbl, magazine tube & forend cap are mostly a mottled silver/brown patina with good blue in sheltered areas between bbl & magazine tube with scattered spots of light rust. Receiver retains about 30% thin orig blue mixed with medium patina, mostly on left side with balance a silver/gray patina. Stock has hairline in wrist & forearm a crack in front of carrier opening, otherwise wood is sound with numerous nicks & dings on forearm, a heavy gouge on comb with light nicks & scratches elsewhere and retains most of a professionally restored finish. Mechanics are smooth & crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-58920 JR272 (3,500-5,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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