SECOND MODEL 1860 HENRY LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 2838. Cal.44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, integral magazine, slightly altered German silver front sight and 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight without retaining screw for the slide. Receiver has a dovetail for rear sight in top flat. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & first type brass buttplate with rnd heel & large trap, containing 3-pcs of an orig 4-pc hickory cleaning rod. SN is found in the usual place on top flat of bbl between rear sight & receiver, left side of lower tang under the wood, inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Rnd section of the bbl, under loading sleeve has the assembly #”537″. Rear face of loading sleeve has only the numbers “53”, obviously an assemblers mistake. The 2 bevel head buttplate screws are matching numbered to this rifle. Top tang wood screw is a replacement and the other 2 tang screws are unnumbered. This rifle has several early features, including the sharp radius at top rear frame, small trigger pin, small bbl address, small finger loop in the lever & round heel buttplate. It has the larger follower tab with milled flat section in the receiver. About 13,000 Henry rifles produced during the Civil War period of which the Union Army purchased 1,731 which are marked with inspector initials. The vast majority of the remaining rifles were either private purchase or state purchased to arm individual units. Regardless, these rifles usually saw hard and continuous service throughout the Civil War and later on the American frontier until they were supplanted by the advent of the more efficient repeating center fire arms which used easily reloadable cartridges. These rifles are rarely found today in completely orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching except screws as noted, although they are orig Henry screws. Bbl & magazine tube retain thin blue in the gullets, stronger toward the muzzle with the balance of the steel parts a blue, gray patina. Loading sleeve has several small dings on each side. Receiver & sideplates show light edge wear with a few fine nicks & scratches and retain a medium to dark mustard patina, buttplate has a matching patina. Stock is sound with nicks, scrapes and dings and retains about 75% of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-50571 JR55 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1007

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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
	1007	$23,000.00	SECOND MODEL 1860 HENRY LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 2838. Cal.44 RF Henry. Usual configuration with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, integral magazine, slightly altered German silver front sight and 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight without retaining screw for the slide. Receiver has a dovetail for rear sight in top flat. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & first type brass buttplate with rnd heel & large trap, containing 3-pcs of an orig 4-pc hickory cleaning rod. SN is found in the usual place on top flat of bbl between rear sight & receiver, left side of lower tang under the wood, inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Rnd section of the bbl, under loading sleeve has the assembly #”537″. Rear face of loading sleeve has only the numbers “53”, obviously an assemblers mistake. The 2 bevel head buttplate screws are matching numbered to this rifle. Top tang wood screw is a replacement and the other 2 tang screws are unnumbered. This rifle has several early features, including the sharp radius at top rear frame, small trigger pin, small bbl address, small finger loop in the lever & round heel buttplate. It has the larger follower tab with milled flat section in the receiver. About 13,000 Henry rifles produced during the Civil War period of which the Union Army purchased 1,731 which are marked with inspector initials. The vast majority of the remaining rifles were either private purchase or state purchased to arm individual units. Regardless, these rifles usually saw hard and continuous service throughout the Civil War and later on the American frontier until they were supplanted by the advent of the more efficient repeating center fire arms which used easily reloadable cartridges. These rifles are rarely found today in completely orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching except screws as noted, although they are orig Henry screws. Bbl & magazine tube retain thin blue in the gullets, stronger toward the muzzle with the balance of the steel parts a blue, gray patina. Loading sleeve has several small dings on each side. Receiver & sideplates show light edge wear with a few fine nicks & scratches and retain a medium to dark mustard patina, buttplate has a matching patina. Stock is sound with nicks, scrapes and dings and retains about 75% of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bright bore with scattered pitting. 4-50571 JR55 (15,000-25,000) – Lot 1007 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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SECOND MODEL 1860 HENRY LEVER ACTION RIFLE.