RARE ENGRAVED INSCRIBED DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH SCOPE IN A SLOTTERBEK MOUNT.

RARE ENGRAVED INSCRIBED DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH SCOPE IN A SLOTTERBEK MOUNT. SN 7043. Cal. 40 (40-60). Beautiful deluxe Marlin with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, Marbles Sheard front sight and rare full buckhorn rear sight. Bbl address is third type and receiver is last type without rebate in bottom front. Top flat of bbl and left side of receiver have the very rare Slotterbek (S.F. CA) scope mounts containing a 30-3/8″ unmarked Malcolm-type scope with German silver eye piece and very fine crosshairs. Rifle is mounted with highly figured, tiger-striped American walnut with early style B-checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with smooth steel semi-crescent buttplate. Left side of upper & lower tangs are matching numbered to the receiver. Front face of buttstock, under the wood, and buttplate are numbered “7150”. The case colored receiver has scarce dbl set triggers and is beautifully engraved by Conrad Ulrich with the inscription, in period script, on the left side “Clinton D. White”. Right side is engraved with the vignette of a running whitetail buck. Both vignettes are surrounded by fine foliate arabesque patterns with simple line borders. Engraving extends over top & bottom of receiver with light flourishes on top tang. The bolt dust cover is engraved to match with the tiny vignette of a whitetail buck’s head. This rifle is pictured on p. 678 of Marlin Firearms, Brophy, showing its left side with rear scope mount and in another picture the front scope mount. Pp. 677 & 678 of the referenced publication discusses the Malcolm scope and the Malcolm scope catalog of 1877, which lists his telescopes for Marlin Model 1881 & 1888 rifles with the scope mounted on the left side. Of the approx. 20,000 Models 1881 rifles built in the period 1881-1892, very few were deluxe and of those extremely few were engraved. It is unknown how many were factory mounted with telescope sights but it is likely that only a handful exist today. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms, there were only 6,261 arms made in 40 caliber. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 40-60 with 28″ bbl and “S.L.” (set trigger – lightweight). Also accompanied by a volume of material regarding Clinton L. White. He was born Sept. 1850 in Iowa and after graduating from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, in the spring of 1874 moved to Sacramento, California where for eight months he taught school in Placer County and then entered a lawyer’s office as a clerk & student. In 1877 he was licensed to practice law and for the remainder of his life was in various law office partnerships in Sacramento. He published a book on criminal law in 1879, was Secretary of the Judiciary Committee of the California State Senate, 1880-1881, and from 1881-1882 was the Deputy Attorney General for California. He served ten years in the California National Guard attaining the rank of Major. In 1908-1909 he was the Mayor of Sacramento. In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Mr. White was honored with a full page biographical sketch in the History of Sacramento County California, Reed. He died Sept. 6, 1925. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains about 90% orig blue with sharp edge wear and a thin spot on right side by the front scope mount; magazine tube retains about 80% orig blue with the balance turned plummy blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain most of their lightly to moderately faded orig case colors, turned silver on bottom edge; forend cap & buttplate have also faded to silver. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its crisp orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, action is filled with old grease, brilliant shiny bore, shows very little use. Scope retains most of its orig finish turning plum; optics have a couple of spots, otherwise are fine. Bright shiny bore. A rare and important native California rifle. 4-47776 JR900 (35,000-55,000)

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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	1171	$0.00	RARE ENGRAVED INSCRIBED DELUXE MARLIN MODEL 1881 LIGHTWEIGHT LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH SCOPE IN A SLOTTERBEK MOUNT. SN 7043. Cal. 40 (40-60). Beautiful deluxe Marlin with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, Marbles Sheard front sight and rare full buckhorn rear sight. Bbl address is third type and receiver is last type without rebate in bottom front. Top flat of bbl and left side of receiver have the very rare Slotterbek (S.F. CA) scope mounts containing a 30-3/8″ unmarked Malcolm-type scope with German silver eye piece and very fine crosshairs. Rifle is mounted with highly figured, tiger-striped American walnut with early style B-checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with smooth steel semi-crescent buttplate. Left side of upper & lower tangs are matching numbered to the receiver. Front face of buttstock, under the wood, and buttplate are numbered “7150”. The case colored receiver has scarce dbl set triggers and is beautifully engraved by Conrad Ulrich with the inscription, in period script, on the left side “Clinton D. White”. Right side is engraved with the vignette of a running whitetail buck. Both vignettes are surrounded by fine foliate arabesque patterns with simple line borders. Engraving extends over top & bottom of receiver with light flourishes on top tang. The bolt dust cover is engraved to match with the tiny vignette of a whitetail buck’s head. This rifle is pictured on p. 678 of Marlin Firearms, Brophy, showing its left side with rear scope mount and in another picture the front scope mount. Pp. 677 & 678 of the referenced publication discusses the Malcolm scope and the Malcolm scope catalog of 1877, which lists his telescopes for Marlin Model 1881 & 1888 rifles with the scope mounted on the left side. Of the approx. 20,000 Models 1881 rifles built in the period 1881-1892, very few were deluxe and of those extremely few were engraved. It is unknown how many were factory mounted with telescope sights but it is likely that only a handful exist today. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms, there were only 6,261 arms made in 40 caliber. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 40-60 with 28″ bbl and “S.L.” (set trigger – lightweight). Also accompanied by a volume of material regarding Clinton L. White. He was born Sept. 1850 in Iowa and after graduating from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, in the spring of 1874 moved to Sacramento, California where for eight months he taught school in Placer County and then entered a lawyer’s office as a clerk & student. In 1877 he was licensed to practice law and for the remainder of his life was in various law office partnerships in Sacramento. He published a book on criminal law in 1879, was Secretary of the Judiciary Committee of the California State Senate, 1880-1881, and from 1881-1882 was the Deputy Attorney General for California. He served ten years in the California National Guard attaining the rank of Major. In 1908-1909 he was the Mayor of Sacramento. In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Mr. White was honored with a full page biographical sketch in the History of Sacramento County California, Reed. He died Sept. 6, 1925. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains about 90% orig blue with sharp edge wear and a thin spot on right side by the front scope mount; magazine tube retains about 80% orig blue with the balance turned plummy blue; receiver, lever & hammer retain most of their lightly to moderately faded orig case colors, turned silver on bottom edge; forend cap & buttplate have also faded to silver. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its crisp orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, action is filled with old grease, brilliant shiny bore, shows very little use. Scope retains most of its orig finish turning plum; optics have a couple of spots, otherwise are fine. Bright shiny bore. A rare and important native California rifle. 4-47776 JR900 (35,000-55,000) 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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