SCHOYEN MARLIN BALLARD NO. 9 UNION HILL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.

SCHOYEN MARLIN BALLARD NO. 9 UNION HILL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. Cal. 38-55. SN 24644. Beautiful target rifle with 30-1/2” medium weight, oct to rnd bbl with empty front dovetail & mounted with a 32-3/8” scope by “JOHN W. SIDLE / PHILA. / PA.”, with 3/4” tube in target rings with a nickeled brass eye piece. It is serial numbered “234”. Top flat of bbl is marked “GEO. C. SCHOYEN DENVER”. Mounted with very highly figured Claro walnut with checkered, semi-schnable tipped forearm & Schutzen style buttstock with uncheckered, serpentine wrist, small cheekpiece & nickeled, offhand, brass buttplate with short prongs. Receiver has sgl trigger with curved loop lever. Top tang is factory drilled & tapped for tang sight and has outline where a tang sight was removed. Serial number is found on top of buttplate stud, under the wood, on face of buttstock tennon, inside receiver & inside buttplate. This is one of the fine target rifles from the golden age of single shot shooting, barreled by one of the masters. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains about all of its orig, Schoyen blue, turning slightly plum. Scope body retains about all of its plum/brown finish & ring most of its bright blue. Receiver retains strong bright colors, mostly on top & left side, slightly faded, with more faded colors on right side. Lever retains strong colors on sides & in sheltered areas and buttplate retains most of its milky nickel. Forearm has a crack on each side at tip, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of orig finish on forearm & buttstock most of a professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-58871 JR384 (7,500-12,500)

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
	1282	$8,050.00	SCHOYEN MARLIN BALLARD NO. 9 UNION HILL SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. Cal. 38-55. SN 24644. Beautiful target rifle with 30-1/2” medium weight, oct to rnd bbl with empty front dovetail & mounted with a 32-3/8” scope by “JOHN W. SIDLE / PHILA. / PA.”, with 3/4” tube in target rings with a nickeled brass eye piece. It is serial numbered “234”. Top flat of bbl is marked “GEO. C. SCHOYEN DENVER”. Mounted with very highly figured Claro walnut with checkered, semi-schnable tipped forearm & Schutzen style buttstock with uncheckered, serpentine wrist, small cheekpiece & nickeled, offhand, brass buttplate with short prongs. Receiver has sgl trigger with curved loop lever. Top tang is factory drilled & tapped for tang sight and has outline where a tang sight was removed. Serial number is found on top of buttplate stud, under the wood, on face of buttstock tennon, inside receiver & inside buttplate. This is one of the fine target rifles from the golden age of single shot shooting, barreled by one of the masters. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains about all of its orig, Schoyen blue, turning slightly plum. Scope body retains about all of its plum/brown finish & ring most of its bright blue. Receiver retains strong bright colors, mostly on top & left side, slightly faded, with more faded colors on right side. Lever retains strong colors on sides & in sheltered areas and buttplate retains most of its milky nickel. Forearm has a crack on each side at tip, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of orig finish on forearm & buttstock most of a professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-58871 JR384 (7,500-12,500) 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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