RARE SPECIAL ORDER BULLARD LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER BULLARD LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 50-115 Bullard. SN 2670. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/8″ rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, half nickel front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges like that found on early Winchester 1873 rifles. It has standard late markings on left side of receiver with caliber marking over receiver ring & serial number behind hammer slot. Right side of receiver is marked “MODEL 1886”. Left side of bbl, receiver & breech block have British proofs. This caliber was only available on special order & few were ever produced. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with some nice figure in forearm. It has straight stock & Bullard hard rubber buttplate. This was apparently someone’s tiger or African big game rifle. Serial number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock & there is the number “10162” stamped into the wood below bottom tang. CONDITION: About fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong, dull, orig blue with some flaking around end of magazine tube & a couple of nicks about mid-point on top of bbl. Receiver is a mottled blue/gray patina with heavily pitted side plate & a spot on right side of receiver with fine pitting elsewhere & on lever. Stock has a hairline back of bottom tang with a tiny hairline back of top tang and has light handling & use marks overall and retains a lightly sanded restored finish. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-58929 JR267 (4,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

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
	1242	$6,325.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER BULLARD LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 50-115 Bullard. SN 2670. Standard grade rifle with 24-1/8″ rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, half nickel front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges like that found on early Winchester 1873 rifles. It has standard late markings on left side of receiver with caliber marking over receiver ring & serial number behind hammer slot. Right side of receiver is marked “MODEL 1886”. Left side of bbl, receiver & breech block have British proofs. This caliber was only available on special order & few were ever produced. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with some nice figure in forearm. It has straight stock & Bullard hard rubber buttplate. This was apparently someone’s tiger or African big game rifle. Serial number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock & there is the number “10162” stamped into the wood below bottom tang. CONDITION: About fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong, dull, orig blue with some flaking around end of magazine tube & a couple of nicks about mid-point on top of bbl. Receiver is a mottled blue/gray patina with heavily pitted side plate & a spot on right side of receiver with fine pitting elsewhere & on lever. Stock has a hairline back of bottom tang with a tiny hairline back of top tang and has light handling & use marks overall and retains a lightly sanded restored finish. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. 4-58929 JR267 (4,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 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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