*MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 264538. Cal. 30-30. Standard grade takedown rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate. Stock has a repaired crack in the toe. Most of the standard grade rifles of this era were simply tools and usually saw hard service, frequently with little or no maintenance and are seldom found today with high orig finish which this one does have. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig finish with faint sharp edge wear at the muzzle; receiver & takedown ring retain just about all of their brilliant orig case colors, lightly faded at the carry point on the bottom; hammer retains about all of its brilliant case colors; lever retains brilliant case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, turned silver on the loop; buttplate retains about all of its moderately faded case colors; buttstock, with its repaired crack, retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish with a few minor nicks; forearm has a small bruise with some nicks & dings at the bottom rear edge from a careless person trying to hammer open the takedown lever and otherwise retains about all of its strong orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44635 (5,000-9,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 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
	2133	$6,325.00	MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 264538. Cal. 30-30. Standard grade takedown rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent steel buttplate. Stock has a repaired crack in the toe. Most of the standard grade rifles of this era were simply tools and usually saw hard service, frequently with little or no maintenance and are seldom found today with high orig finish which this one does have. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 98% crisp orig finish with faint sharp edge wear at the muzzle; receiver & takedown ring retain just about all of their brilliant orig case colors, lightly faded at the carry point on the bottom; hammer retains about all of its brilliant case colors; lever retains brilliant case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, turned silver on the loop; buttplate retains about all of its moderately faded case colors; buttstock, with its repaired crack, retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish with a few minor nicks; forearm has a small bruise with some nicks & dings at the bottom rear edge from a careless person trying to hammer open the takedown lever and otherwise retains about all of its strong orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44635 (5,000-9,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 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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