RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1895 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1895 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 140983. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful ’95 Marlin with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured flame grain American walnut, “F” style checkered with serpentine pistol grip and crescent steel buttplate. Receiver is engraved by Conrad Ulrich in Style 3 with the oval vignette of a standing bull moose in a forest scene on left side and a standing whitetail buck oval vignette on right side. Surrounding both vignettes, top & bottom of receiver, top tang, takedown ring, buttplate tang and exposed flats of bbl over chamber area are all engraved in wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Sides of receiver have various border patterns. Left side of the upper tang, under the wood, is stamped with matching SN which number is also inside toe of buttplate. Buttstock has a repaired crack in the wrist and it appears that the stock number was obliterated during the repair. Accompanied by a copy of a Cody Firearms Museum letter on Marlin letterhead which identifies this rifle in cal. 38-56 with 26″ half oct bbl, half magazine, pistol grip & takedown, shipped Sept. 14, 1896. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 18,000 of these scarce rifles were produced in the period 1895-1917 in seven different calibers, both standard & deluxe, with various configurations and checkering patterns. Only a few had special order features as found here and very few of those were engraved. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 95-96% orig blue with muzzle end & sharp edge wear and some light thinning on magazine tube; receiver retains faded case colors in sheltered areas having mostly faded to silver over most of the surfaces; lever & hammer also retain faded case colors on sides, turned silver on outer faces; buttplate appears to be nickel finish but may be simply very bright silvered case colors; stock, with its repaired wrist, which is difficult to detect, is otherwise sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its strong, orig, piano varnish finish with touch-up finish in the checkering on right side of wrist over the repaired area; forearm retains about 80% strong orig piano varnish finish showing wear on bottom rear at carry point and with heavy wear on checkering in same area. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. Altogether a very beautiful big frame Marlin rifle. 4-45042 JR500 (12,500-17,500)

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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	2230	$12,980.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED MARLIN MODEL 1895 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 140983. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful ’95 Marlin with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight and Marlin semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with very highly figured flame grain American walnut, “F” style checkered with serpentine pistol grip and crescent steel buttplate. Receiver is engraved by Conrad Ulrich in Style 3 with the oval vignette of a standing bull moose in a forest scene on left side and a standing whitetail buck oval vignette on right side. Surrounding both vignettes, top & bottom of receiver, top tang, takedown ring, buttplate tang and exposed flats of bbl over chamber area are all engraved in wonderful foliate arabesque patterns with punch dot background. Sides of receiver have various border patterns. Left side of the upper tang, under the wood, is stamped with matching SN which number is also inside toe of buttplate. Buttstock has a repaired crack in the wrist and it appears that the stock number was obliterated during the repair. Accompanied by a copy of a Cody Firearms Museum letter on Marlin letterhead which identifies this rifle in cal. 38-56 with 26″ half oct bbl, half magazine, pistol grip & takedown, shipped Sept. 14, 1896. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms only about 18,000 of these scarce rifles were produced in the period 1895-1917 in seven different calibers, both standard & deluxe, with various configurations and checkering patterns. Only a few had special order features as found here and very few of those were engraved. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 95-96% orig blue with muzzle end & sharp edge wear and some light thinning on magazine tube; receiver retains faded case colors in sheltered areas having mostly faded to silver over most of the surfaces; lever & hammer also retain faded case colors on sides, turned silver on outer faces; buttplate appears to be nickel finish but may be simply very bright silvered case colors; stock, with its repaired wrist, which is difficult to detect, is otherwise sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its strong, orig, piano varnish finish with touch-up finish in the checkering on right side of wrist over the repaired area; forearm retains about 80% strong orig piano varnish finish showing wear on bottom rear at carry point and with heavy wear on checkering in same area. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. Altogether a very beautiful big frame Marlin rifle. 4-45042 JR500 (12,500-17,500) 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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