Image Lot Price Description

3024
$22,425.00

VERY FINE RARE HARPERS FERRY MODEL 1855 RIFLE. Cal. 58. 33” part oct bbl. Dated 1857 on the lockplate and 1858 on the bbl. “SB” cartouche on the left side of the stock. The spare nipple remains in the patchbox. Iron ramrod with cupped tip for mini ball. The Harpers Ferry and other marks on the lockplate are sharp. The sight is graduated to eight. CONDITION: Excellent. 95% bright orig brown no the bbl, and only a few spots of rust stain. Lockplate has a gray patina with hints of the casehardening pattern. Wood is very sharp. Action is excellent. Probably the best to come onto the market in the last ten years!. 4-57340 (22,500-27,500)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005
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