MARLIN BALLARD PACIFIC SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.

MARLIN BALLARD PACIFIC SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 14185. Cal. 40-90 Everlasting 2-15/16″. Scarce Ballard rifle with 30″ oct bbl, 1″ across the flats at the muzzle. It has a rare ivory insert, iron, Rocky Mtn. front sight, Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight & a mid-range tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver has dbl set triggers & a ring lever. Bottom flat of bbl has the very distinctive feature of two iron guides containing a replacement brass tipped wiping rod. Mounted with nicely figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with semi-schnable forearm secured with a single screw through small iron escutcheons & a straight stock with crescent buttplate. PROVENANCE: Leland Clapp Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains 70-75% strong orig blue with scattered pitting & a large area of pitting on left side of bbl and across bottom flats. Receiver is a mottled silver/gray patina with traces of silvered case colors. Stock has the obligatory cracks in wrist with a gouge & crack in left side of bbl channel of forearm and missing a small sliver from left tip of forearm, otherwise wood is sound with forearm a hand worn patina and buttstock retains about 90% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36043 JR39 (3,500-5,000)

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
	1574	$1,725.00	MARLIN BALLARD PACIFIC SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 14185. Cal. 40-90 Everlasting 2-15/16″. Scarce Ballard rifle with 30″ oct bbl, 1″ across the flats at the muzzle. It has a rare ivory insert, iron, Rocky Mtn. front sight, Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight & a mid-range tang sight with 3″ staff. Receiver has dbl set triggers & a ring lever. Bottom flat of bbl has the very distinctive feature of two iron guides containing a replacement brass tipped wiping rod. Mounted with nicely figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with semi-schnable forearm secured with a single screw through small iron escutcheons & a straight stock with crescent buttplate. PROVENANCE: Leland Clapp Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains 70-75% strong orig blue with scattered pitting & a large area of pitting on left side of bbl and across bottom flats. Receiver is a mottled silver/gray patina with traces of silvered case colors. Stock has the obligatory cracks in wrist with a gouge & crack in left side of bbl channel of forearm and missing a small sliver from left tip of forearm, otherwise wood is sound with forearm a hand worn patina and buttstock retains about 90% orig varnish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-36043 JR39 (3,500-5,000) 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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