FINE REMINGTON-HEPBURN NO. 3 SPORTING & TARGET RIFLE.

FINE REMINGTON-HEPBURN NO. 3 SPORTING & TARGET RIFLE. SN 3944. Cal. 45-70. Beautiful Hepburn with 30″ medium weight oct bbl, globe front sight with a slot blank in rear seat and an Axtell vernier tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with uncheckered black insert Schnabel tip forearm & checkered pistol grip stock with rnd knob wrist & a smooth Remington semi-crescent steel buttplate. There is an empty silver oval initial plate at the toe. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains about 95-97% strong orig factory blue with faint sharp edge wear and some light wear from an orig rear sight. Receiver, trigger guard & opening lever retain virtually all of their orig case colors, brilliant on sides of receiver, lightly faded over top & top tang, strong & bright on lever, moderately faded on bottom & trigger bow, very faded on bottom tang. Buttplate retains about all of its faded orig case colors. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches with a series of small bruises on bottom of forearm & retains most of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-35695 JR499 (4,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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
	1555	$6,900.00	FINE REMINGTON-HEPBURN NO. 3 SPORTING & TARGET RIFLE. SN 3944. Cal. 45-70. Beautiful Hepburn with 30″ medium weight oct bbl, globe front sight with a slot blank in rear seat and an Axtell vernier tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with uncheckered black insert Schnabel tip forearm & checkered pistol grip stock with rnd knob wrist & a smooth Remington semi-crescent steel buttplate. There is an empty silver oval initial plate at the toe. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl retains about 95-97% strong orig factory blue with faint sharp edge wear and some light wear from an orig rear sight. Receiver, trigger guard & opening lever retain virtually all of their orig case colors, brilliant on sides of receiver, lightly faded over top & top tang, strong & bright on lever, moderately faded on bottom & trigger bow, very faded on bottom tang. Buttplate retains about all of its faded orig case colors. Wood is sound with minor nicks & scratches with a series of small bruises on bottom of forearm & retains most of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 4-35695 JR499 (4,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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