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2334
$9,200.00

SCARCE COLT LARGE FRAME PUMP ACTION RIFLE. SN 1860. Cal. 45-60-300. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, gold bead front sight, and altered semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has standard markings on top flat and caliber markings on left top flat over chamber area. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with checkered, 2-pc, fluted forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Point of the comb has a tiny replaced chip, probably from an old tang sight installation. Only about 6,496 were made in the period 1887 to 1894. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl and magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with very minor muzzle edge and sharp edge wear. Receiver retains 93-95% glossy orig blue with crisp Rampant Colt on left side. Top and bottom tangs are somewhat thin. Stock, as previously noted, otherwise wood is sound with forearm having crisp checkering and retains most of its orig varnish. Buttstock shows light to moderate wear and retains most of a fine, professionally restored finish with minor nicks and bruises. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant, shiny bore. A scarce rifle in hard to find condition. 4-31488 JR153 (7,000-12,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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