EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1881 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1881 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 1391. Cal. 45 Govt. (45-70). Beautiful & rare special order rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement Marbles No. 3 ivory bead front sight & a Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has dbl set triggers and is mounted with very highly figured, checkered French walnut with straight stock & semi-crescent smooth steel buttplate. Receiver is case colored & is beautifully engraved by Conrad Ulrich with rnd vignette of a running buck deer in a woodland scene on left side & a running bull buffalo in a prairie scene on right side surrounded by fine foliate arabesque patterns with simple line borders & arrowhead patterns at each end. Raised areas of each side of receiver also have matching patterns. Dust cover has a tiny vignette of a buck deer head with a chip-dash border & foliate arabesque patterns with additional patterns on each side of top edges & receiver ring of receiver. Top tang & bottom of receiver are engraved to match. Very few Model 81’s have deluxe features and of those, extremely few were engraved. In addition the case colored receiver is a scarce feature. Consignor states this gun was from the Harold Club of Reno, NV display. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 90% thinning orig blue with some chemical spotting over front half. Magazine tube has thin blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plum/blue/brown patina, also with some minor chemical spotting. Receiver retains about 75-80% strong case colors with balance turned silver. Lever & hammer have dark case colors, faded to brown on outer edges. Stock has 2 or 3 tiny hairlines back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual nicks, dings & scratches and retains about 95% orig strong varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-35371 JR44 (35,000-45,000)

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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	2044	$0.00	EXTREMELY RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1881 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 1391. Cal. 45 Govt. (45-70). Beautiful & rare special order rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement Marbles No. 3 ivory bead front sight & a Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has dbl set triggers and is mounted with very highly figured, checkered French walnut with straight stock & semi-crescent smooth steel buttplate. Receiver is case colored & is beautifully engraved by Conrad Ulrich with rnd vignette of a running buck deer in a woodland scene on left side & a running bull buffalo in a prairie scene on right side surrounded by fine foliate arabesque patterns with simple line borders & arrowhead patterns at each end. Raised areas of each side of receiver also have matching patterns. Dust cover has a tiny vignette of a buck deer head with a chip-dash border & foliate arabesque patterns with additional patterns on each side of top edges & receiver ring of receiver. Top tang & bottom of receiver are engraved to match. Very few Model 81’s have deluxe features and of those, extremely few were engraved. In addition the case colored receiver is a scarce feature. Consignor states this gun was from the Harold Club of Reno, NV display. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 90% thinning orig blue with some chemical spotting over front half. Magazine tube has thin blue in sheltered areas being mostly a plum/blue/brown patina, also with some minor chemical spotting. Receiver retains about 75-80% strong case colors with balance turned silver. Lever & hammer have dark case colors, faded to brown on outer edges. Stock has 2 or 3 tiny hairlines back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual nicks, dings & scratches and retains about 95% orig strong varnish. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-35371 JR44 (35,000-45,000) 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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