EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1888 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 24886. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Very rare rifle with 24″ oct bbl, special order half magazine, nickel silver Rocky Mountain front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured, center feather crotch American walnut with early B-style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum worksheet and a copy of the ledger page including this serial number which shows that the entry for this serial number is blank. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 4,814 of these rifles produced in three calibers and six bbl lengths. Of that total 1,727 were in caliber 44. Extremely few of those were special ordered and exceedingly few were deluxe. This is Marlin’s first model to utilize the short pistol-type cartridges, and their last top ejection model. This is the smoothest, easiest to operate lever action in the Marlin line. Only a handful of Dlx 1889s known and this is reportedly one of the top three extant. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only very faint sharp edge wear; forend cap also retains about 98% bright blue with some minor candy striping; receiver retains about 95% bright orig blue with a few light nicks & scratches and sharp edge wear. Lever & hammer retain virtually all of their strong orig case colors, lightly faded with outer faces of lever turning silver; buttplate retains virtually all of it’s moderately faded orig case colors. Wood is sound with a very few, scattered storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains about 99% crisp orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore. 4-51294 (17,500-27,500) – Lot 2133

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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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	2133	$36,800.00	EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1888 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 24886. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Very rare rifle with 24″ oct bbl, special order half magazine, nickel silver Rocky Mountain front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured, center feather crotch American walnut with early B-style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum worksheet and a copy of the ledger page including this serial number which shows that the entry for this serial number is blank. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only 4,814 of these rifles produced in three calibers and six bbl lengths. Of that total 1,727 were in caliber 44. Extremely few of those were special ordered and exceedingly few were deluxe. This is Marlin’s first model to utilize the short pistol-type cartridges, and their last top ejection model. This is the smoothest, easiest to operate lever action in the Marlin line. Only a handful of Dlx 1889s known and this is reportedly one of the top three extant. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only very faint sharp edge wear; forend cap also retains about 98% bright blue with some minor candy striping; receiver retains about 95% bright orig blue with a few light nicks & scratches and sharp edge wear. Lever & hammer retain virtually all of their strong orig case colors, lightly faded with outer faces of lever turning silver; buttplate retains virtually all of it’s moderately faded orig case colors. Wood is sound with a very few, scattered storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains about 99% crisp orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore. 4-51294 (17,500-27,500) – Lot 2133 Click here to view provenance 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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EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1888 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.