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1296
$4,600.00

SCARCE PIEPER VOLLEY RIFLE. Cal. 22 LR. SN 452. Scarce rifle with 25-1/2” rnd bbl with raised, flat, matted rib, dovetail front sight & tiny, flat top, adjustable rear sight. It has maker’s name & address toward chamber end. Mounted with artificially striped, straight grain walnut with large checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with domed metal grip cap & cheekpiece, 15” over a serrated horn buttplate. Trigger guard is the opening lever which rotates hammer to full cock position and allows breechblock to fall, exposing removable flat clip which holds 7-rds that are fired with one fall of hammer. Receiver is obviously a take-off from Remington Rolling Block with two major hinge pins and keeper on left side. Receiver, breechblock, lever & hammer have light engraved border decorations and thumb tab on lever is checkered. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 90% orig blue, slightly thinned, with scattered light spots of rust. Receiver, breechblock & lever retain traces of orig case colors, being mostly a silver/brown patina with some shiny, silvered case colors on breechblock and top of receiver. Stock is missing a chip at toe with a repaired larger chip and small crack, otherwise wood is sound showing heavy wear with a dark hand worn patina, possibly an old refinish. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bores in need of a good cleaning. 4-60281 JR537 (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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