SCARCE HOGGSON ENGRAVED HENRY MODEL 1860 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 6464. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Beautiful Henry rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl that has integral magazine with late style, square back, nickel silver front sight and 900 yd Henry ladder rear sight with no rear dovetail in top of receiver. Mounted with unusual highly figured, uncheckered burl American walnut with straight stock and late style crescent buttplate with pointed heel. Serial number was observed in the usual places on the top bbl flat between the rear sight & receiver, left side of lower tang under the wood, top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood is stamped “FG”. Round portion of the bbl, under loading sleeve is marked with assembly number “180” which number is also found on rear face of loading sleeve. Left side of buttstock and bbl have factory sling swivels. Receiver, sideplates and buttplate tang are engraved in typical Hoggson patterns of a bird dog on point on the left side surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Right side has matching foliate arabesque patterns with his trademark large flower blossoms on front side flats. Engraving extends over the top three flats of the receiver ring and top of receiver, along with the top tang and buttplate tang. Receiver and buttplate are gold plated. The Henry rifle was introduced just at the beginning of the Civil War. The government purchased about 1,700 of these rifles in two different series and several state units were armed with them. Numerous other individuals made private purchases and the government supplied the ammunition. Most of these rifles saw extensive hard service throughout the Civil War and later on the American Frontier and were used well into the 1870’s and 1880’s before being replace by center fire rifles. A large proportion of these rifles found their way into Mexico, South and Central America where they remained in service even longer. Rarely are they found with high orig finish or an orig configuration. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, as noted above. Bbl and mag tube retain faint traces of finish in the most sheltered areas, being an overall cleaned light brown patina with very sharp edges. Receiver and sideplates retain about 75% gold finish that may be an old period of use restoration. The exposed areas are a medium mustard patina. Buttplate retains most of its gold finish and may be an old restoration. Stock has chipped toe, otherwise wood is sound with a couple of small dings and retains most of a fine restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with heavy pitting. 4-47901 JR249 (20,000-35,000) – Lot 2013

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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
	2013	$35,650.00	SCARCE HOGGSON ENGRAVED HENRY MODEL 1860 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 6464. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Beautiful Henry rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl that has integral magazine with late style, square back, nickel silver front sight and 900 yd Henry ladder rear sight with no rear dovetail in top of receiver. Mounted with unusual highly figured, uncheckered burl American walnut with straight stock and late style crescent buttplate with pointed heel. Serial number was observed in the usual places on the top bbl flat between the rear sight & receiver, left side of lower tang under the wood, top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Left side of upper tang, under the wood is stamped “FG”. Round portion of the bbl, under loading sleeve is marked with assembly number “180” which number is also found on rear face of loading sleeve. Left side of buttstock and bbl have factory sling swivels. Receiver, sideplates and buttplate tang are engraved in typical Hoggson patterns of a bird dog on point on the left side surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Right side has matching foliate arabesque patterns with his trademark large flower blossoms on front side flats. Engraving extends over the top three flats of the receiver ring and top of receiver, along with the top tang and buttplate tang. Receiver and buttplate are gold plated. The Henry rifle was introduced just at the beginning of the Civil War. The government purchased about 1,700 of these rifles in two different series and several state units were armed with them. Numerous other individuals made private purchases and the government supplied the ammunition. Most of these rifles saw extensive hard service throughout the Civil War and later on the American Frontier and were used well into the 1870’s and 1880’s before being replace by center fire rifles. A large proportion of these rifles found their way into Mexico, South and Central America where they remained in service even longer. Rarely are they found with high orig finish or an orig configuration. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, as noted above. Bbl and mag tube retain faint traces of finish in the most sheltered areas, being an overall cleaned light brown patina with very sharp edges. Receiver and sideplates retain about 75% gold finish that may be an old period of use restoration. The exposed areas are a medium mustard patina. Buttplate retains most of its gold finish and may be an old restoration. Stock has chipped toe, otherwise wood is sound with a couple of small dings and retains most of a fine restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with heavy pitting. 4-47901 JR249 (20,000-35,000) – Lot 2013 Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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SCARCE HOGGSON ENGRAVED HENRY MODEL 1860 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.