Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2014 : Sale A0314 Lot 1176 - S1
MARLIN, USA A .45-70 (GOVT) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL 1881, serial no. 4234,

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* MARLIN, USA
A .45-70 (GOVT) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL '1881', serial no. 4234,
third type circa 1884, with octagonal 24in. barrel signed 'MARLIN FIRE-ARMS CO NEW HAVEN CT USA PAT'D FEB 7 65, JAN 7 73, SEPT 14 75, NOV 19 & 26 78, JUNE 3 79, DEC 9 79, NOV 9 80, REiSSUE NOV 9 1880', nickel-bladed 'Rocky Mountain' fore-sight, buckhorn rear-sight, plain receiver with top ejection, top-tang drilled for aperture sight (keeper screws present), walnut straight-hand butt-stock with iron semi-crescent heel-plate, plain walnut fore-end with iron nose-cap and full-length under-barrel magazine, the whole with a fair amount of original finish (small crack to fore-end wood)

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Estimate £800-1,200

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