Image Lot Price Description

1248
$16,100.00

FINE FOGERTY SPORTING RIFLE. Cal. 42. 26-1/4″ part oct bbl . Marked “FOGERTY RIFLE CO. / BOSTON U.S.A. / PATENTED FEB. 21 – 1865.” on top of the receiver. It has a thin folding tang sight as well as a Spencer-type rear sight on the bbl. The loading gate for the magazine looks like a patchbox on the left side of the stock. Very few sporting Fogertys were made before the company was bought by Winchester in 1869. CONDITION: Excellent. 90% blue on the bbl, brilliant casehardening on the action, faded to brown on the bottom of the lever. Wood has minor dents and gouges. Mechanically excellent. Troy Collection 4-52036 FS296 (8,000-18,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004
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