LARGE FRAME BULLARD LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

LARGE FRAME BULLARD LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 45-60. SN 177. Standard grade rifle with 28-1/8″ oct bbl, full magazine, blade front sight & a replacement Winchester 23B rear sight. Top tang has been post-factory drilled & tapped for tang sight & dust cover is missing. It has standard late markings on left side of receiver without the Model 1886 marking on right side. It has caliber marking over receiver ring & serial number behind hammer slot. Serial number also appears inside tips of top & bottom tangs, on face of buttstock inside receiver & inside buttplate. Buttplate does not have a trap, although buttstock is drilled & milled for a trap. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Left side of comb is lightly hand-scratched “45-60”. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching. Bbl retains about 90% strong, orig blue under a coating of old dried oil. Magazine tube is mostly a plum patina with blue in sheltered areas. Receiver retains traces of blue on sides in sheltered areas with balance a plum patina. Stock has a faint hairline back of top tang & forearm a crack at right corner of carrier opening. There is a gouge in forearm & another by buttplate tang with light handling & use marks elsewhere. Overall the wood is sound & retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with light orange peel roughness. This would make a fine cowboy action shooter. 4-58928 JR280 (2,500-4,000)

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
	1248	$3,737.00	LARGE FRAME BULLARD LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 45-60. SN 177. Standard grade rifle with 28-1/8″ oct bbl, full magazine, blade front sight & a replacement Winchester 23B rear sight. Top tang has been post-factory drilled & tapped for tang sight & dust cover is missing. It has standard late markings on left side of receiver without the Model 1886 marking on right side. It has caliber marking over receiver ring & serial number behind hammer slot. Serial number also appears inside tips of top & bottom tangs, on face of buttstock inside receiver & inside buttplate. Buttplate does not have a trap, although buttstock is drilled & milled for a trap. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered, straight grain, American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. Left side of comb is lightly hand-scratched “45-60”. CONDITION: Good to very good, all matching. Bbl retains about 90% strong, orig blue under a coating of old dried oil. Magazine tube is mostly a plum patina with blue in sheltered areas. Receiver retains traces of blue on sides in sheltered areas with balance a plum patina. Stock has a faint hairline back of top tang & forearm a crack at right corner of carrier opening. There is a gouge in forearm & another by buttplate tang with light handling & use marks elsewhere. Overall the wood is sound & retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with light orange peel roughness. This would make a fine cowboy action shooter. 4-58928 JR280 (2,500-4,000) 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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