SCARCE WHITNEY KENNEDY LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE WHITNEY KENNEDY LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 375. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered, slab-sawed American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only about 15,000 of these scarce rifles produced in the period 1879-1886 in two frame sizes. This number also included about 1,000 muskets and 1,000 carbines leaving only about 13,000 rifles in both small & large frames. These rifles were fine, well made rifles but were apparently not readily accepted by the American public and so production ceased. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig blue and the magazine tube 60-70% blue with the balance a plummy blue/brown patina; magazine tube has one spot of rust up near the band at the muzzle; receiver retains about 60% orig blue, thin on the sides and a blue/gray patina over the bottom and top front edge. Wood is sound with handling & use nicks, scratches & dings and retains about 95% strong orig varnish on buttstock and about 70% on forearm. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-46728 JR248 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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
	1360	$4,600.00	SCARCE WHITNEY KENNEDY LARGE FRAME LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 375. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered, slab-sawed American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms there were only about 15,000 of these scarce rifles produced in the period 1879-1886 in two frame sizes. This number also included about 1,000 muskets and 1,000 carbines leaving only about 13,000 rifles in both small & large frames. These rifles were fine, well made rifles but were apparently not readily accepted by the American public and so production ceased. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 90% strong orig blue and the magazine tube 60-70% blue with the balance a plummy blue/brown patina; magazine tube has one spot of rust up near the band at the muzzle; receiver retains about 60% orig blue, thin on the sides and a blue/gray patina over the bottom and top front edge. Wood is sound with handling & use nicks, scratches & dings and retains about 95% strong orig varnish on buttstock and about 70% on forearm. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-46728 JR248 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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