VERY FINE SPRINGFIELD LATE TYPE OFFICERS MODEL 1875.

VERY FINE SPRINGFIELD LATE TYPE OFFICERS MODEL 1875. SN NSN. Cal. 45-70. One of 100 rifles in the last batch produced in 1885. 26″ Tapered round bbl is fitted with 1879 rear bbl sight and gold-plated Beach folding front. VP and eagle’s head proofs are at right rear. Brass tip hickory ramrod is in single pipe. Unnumbered blued receiver is fitted with case hardened breechblock marked “U S Model 1873”. Case hardened lock is marked “U S Springfield” with eagle. Case hardened trigger guard assembly is fitted with set trigger with grooved and partially checkered late style trigger blade. Removable pistol grip does not appear to have ever been fitted. Plain oil finished American walnut stock is mounted to bbl with single blued band with silver plated pewter leaf pattern forend tip. Stock is checkered at grip and forend. Folding tang sight is fitted. Stock is stamped with inspector’s mark “SWP 1885” (Samuel W. Porter) and with circled “P” at rear of checkering. Blued buttplate is stamped “U S”. Metal parts are engraved with relatively coarse open scroll in typical late design, as done by sometime Springfield factory employee F. W. Martin. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbl retains 70 – 80% orig blue with some minor scratches and freckling, and thinning to brown along top and at rear. Receiver retains nearly all of its orig nitre blue. Breechblock, lock, and hammer retain nearly all of their case hardening color with some overall freckling and darkening. Stock retains nearly all of its orig finish with numerous minor marks and knocks. Inspector’s stamps are sharp. Forend tip has darkened where finish has flaked. Trigger guard tang is silvered at grip, and freckled from cleaning and handling. Checkering is slightly worn. Bbl band and buttplate retain most of their orig blued finish, the balance silvered and brown. Bore is excellent. Lock is crisp. An exceptionally fine example of this rare Springfield variant. It is estimated that fewer than 500 were ever produced. 4-42101 MGM60 (15,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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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	2253	$19,550.00	VERY FINE SPRINGFIELD LATE TYPE OFFICERS MODEL 1875. SN NSN. Cal. 45-70. One of 100 rifles in the last batch produced in 1885. 26″ Tapered round bbl is fitted with 1879 rear bbl sight and gold-plated Beach folding front. VP and eagle’s head proofs are at right rear. Brass tip hickory ramrod is in single pipe. Unnumbered blued receiver is fitted with case hardened breechblock marked “U S Model 1873”. Case hardened lock is marked “U S Springfield” with eagle. Case hardened trigger guard assembly is fitted with set trigger with grooved and partially checkered late style trigger blade. Removable pistol grip does not appear to have ever been fitted. Plain oil finished American walnut stock is mounted to bbl with single blued band with silver plated pewter leaf pattern forend tip. Stock is checkered at grip and forend. Folding tang sight is fitted. Stock is stamped with inspector’s mark “SWP 1885” (Samuel W. Porter) and with circled “P” at rear of checkering. Blued buttplate is stamped “U S”. Metal parts are engraved with relatively coarse open scroll in typical late design, as done by sometime Springfield factory employee F. W. Martin. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbl retains 70 – 80% orig blue with some minor scratches and freckling, and thinning to brown along top and at rear. Receiver retains nearly all of its orig nitre blue. Breechblock, lock, and hammer retain nearly all of their case hardening color with some overall freckling and darkening. Stock retains nearly all of its orig finish with numerous minor marks and knocks. Inspector’s stamps are sharp. Forend tip has darkened where finish has flaked. Trigger guard tang is silvered at grip, and freckled from cleaning and handling. Checkering is slightly worn. Bbl band and buttplate retain most of their orig blued finish, the balance silvered and brown. Bore is excellent. Lock is crisp. An exceptionally fine example of this rare Springfield variant. It is estimated that fewer than 500 were ever produced. 4-42101 MGM60 (15,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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