SPECTACULAR EARLY ENGRAVED HENRY RIFLE.

SPECTACULAR EARLY ENGRAVED HENRY RIFLE. Cal. 44 RF Henry. SN 17. Fabulous Henry with 24-1/4″ oct bbl with integral magazine, orig spring & follower with German silver front sight & 1000-yard, 1st type, Henry ladder rear sight mounted in the slot on the receiver. Rear seat on the bbl is empty. It is mounted with extremely beautiful, highly figured, sunburst & shell pattern American walnut with straight stock & rnd heel brass buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc iron & hickory wiping rod. Receiver is silver plated & beautifully engraved with about 80% coverage on both sides of receiver consisting of wonderfully executed foliate arabesque patterns with feather motif borders similar to the engraving on serial #6, the famous Abraham Lincoln Henry rifle, serial #7, the W. T. Moyers Henry rifle and serial #9, the Gideon Wells Henry rifle. Although our rifle is not so elaborate as those mentioned above, the engraving is equally spectacular. Left side has a blank elliptical panel similar to the one on serial #7. All of these rifles are pictured on pp. 11 & 13 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Our rifle received a full color treatment with three views on p. 15 of the same book. This rifle is silver plated with case colored lever & hammer. Serial number appears on the left side of the lower tang under the wood with the same number appearing in the top tang channel of the buttstock & again inside the front edge of the buttplate tang. All of the stock screws are orig & bear the matching serial number, “17”. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong orig blue, bright in the gullets, beginning to turn plum elsewhere with some dulling. Receiver retains 75-80% strong orig silver plating with most of the losses from flaking on the front part of the receiver & on the top tang. Lever retains dark case colors in the sheltered areas & the hammer about 95% dark case colors. Buttplate retains about 40% orig silver plating. Stock has a couple of minor grain checks with light handling & use marks & retains most of its bright orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-56997 JR706 (225,000-275,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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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	4221	$0.00	SPECTACULAR EARLY ENGRAVED HENRY RIFLE. Cal. 44 RF Henry. SN 17. Fabulous Henry with 24-1/4″ oct bbl with integral magazine, orig spring & follower with German silver front sight & 1000-yard, 1st type, Henry ladder rear sight mounted in the slot on the receiver. Rear seat on the bbl is empty. It is mounted with extremely beautiful, highly figured, sunburst & shell pattern American walnut with straight stock & rnd heel brass buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc iron & hickory wiping rod. Receiver is silver plated & beautifully engraved with about 80% coverage on both sides of receiver consisting of wonderfully executed foliate arabesque patterns with feather motif borders similar to the engraving on serial #6, the famous Abraham Lincoln Henry rifle, serial #7, the W. T. Moyers Henry rifle and serial #9, the Gideon Wells Henry rifle. Although our rifle is not so elaborate as those mentioned above, the engraving is equally spectacular. Left side has a blank elliptical panel similar to the one on serial #7. All of these rifles are pictured on pp. 11 & 13 of Winchester Engraving, Wilson. Our rifle received a full color treatment with three views on p. 15 of the same book. This rifle is silver plated with case colored lever & hammer. Serial number appears on the left side of the lower tang under the wood with the same number appearing in the top tang channel of the buttstock & again inside the front edge of the buttplate tang. All of the stock screws are orig & bear the matching serial number, “17”. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 93-95% strong orig blue, bright in the gullets, beginning to turn plum elsewhere with some dulling. Receiver retains 75-80% strong orig silver plating with most of the losses from flaking on the front part of the receiver & on the top tang. Lever retains dark case colors in the sheltered areas & the hammer about 95% dark case colors. Buttplate retains about 40% orig silver plating. Stock has a couple of minor grain checks with light handling & use marks & retains most of its bright orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-56997 JR706 (225,000-275,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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