*SCARCE DELUXE SAVAGE MODEL 1899H FEATHERWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*SCARCE DELUXE SAVAGE MODEL 1899H FEATHERWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 79728. Cal. 25-35. Fine lightweight rifle with 20″ tapered rnd bbl, tiny ivory bead pedestal front sight, Lyman 6A, 2-leaf folding rear sight and a locking Lyman tang sight with windage base. Mounted with very highly figured shell grain American walnut with small checkered schnable tip forearm and straight stock with Savage hard rubber buttplate which is an old replacement. Stock has raised checkered side panels and checkered wrist with sling eye in the bottom and corresponding sling eye in the forearm. Buttstock, under the buttplate, and forearm, on the rear face, are matching numbered to this rifle. These early featherweight rifles usually saw hard service as hunting rifles and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching except buttplate. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue; receiver retains strong orig blue mixed with fine flaking, which losses are a light patina; lever retains bright case colors on left side, moderately faded on right side & outer faces. Stock has a hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with handling & use nicks & scratches. Buttstock retains 93-95% strong orig varnish and the forearm about 95-96% orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-47349 JR151 (4,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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
	1268A	$4,600.00	SCARCE DELUXE SAVAGE MODEL 1899H FEATHERWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 79728. Cal. 25-35. Fine lightweight rifle with 20″ tapered rnd bbl, tiny ivory bead pedestal front sight, Lyman 6A, 2-leaf folding rear sight and a locking Lyman tang sight with windage base. Mounted with very highly figured shell grain American walnut with small checkered schnable tip forearm and straight stock with Savage hard rubber buttplate which is an old replacement. Stock has raised checkered side panels and checkered wrist with sling eye in the bottom and corresponding sling eye in the forearm. Buttstock, under the buttplate, and forearm, on the rear face, are matching numbered to this rifle. These early featherweight rifles usually saw hard service as hunting rifles and are rarely found today with high orig finish. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching except buttplate. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue; receiver retains strong orig blue mixed with fine flaking, which losses are a light patina; lever retains bright case colors on left side, moderately faded on right side & outer faces. Stock has a hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with handling & use nicks & scratches. Buttstock retains 93-95% strong orig varnish and the forearm about 95-96% orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 4-47349 JR151 (4,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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