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Lot 404S1

A rare .45-70 'Remington-Keene Model' bolt-action rifle by Remington, No. 33
Together with an Indian Police white-metal shield-shaped badge

18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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A rare .45-70 'Remington-Keene Model' bolt-action rifle by Remington, No. 33

Side-safety, the action retaining some original blued finish, the bolt stamped E. Remington & Sons. Ilion, NY, Pat. Feb'y 24. Mch 17.1874. Jan. 18. Sept. 26. 1876. Mch. 20. July. 31. 1877, the figured stock with blued butt-plate, sling-swivels, capped-forestock, the barrel with full-length magazine-tube, adjustable open-sights and blade-foresight
Weight 8lb. 12oz., 13⅛in. pull (12⅞in. stock), 24½in. barrel, recent London Black Powder proof
Together with an Indian Police white-metal shield-shaped badge

Footnotes

Provenance
Peter Wainwright Collection
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, 6 & 7 October 2009, lot 2544

Of an estimated 620 to 800 of these rifles produced it is thought that about 500, as marked above, were issued to various Indian Police Departments

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