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Lot 748S1

A .30-30 'Model 1893' lever-action take-down rifle by Marlin, no. 229073 (dated 1901)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,000 inc. premium

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A .30-30 'Model 1893' lever-action take-down rifle by Marlin, no. 229073 (dated 1901)

Plain receiver with much hardening-colour stamped Marlin Safety, with Lyman's receiver-sight stamped Pat. June 25. 95, the hammer and lever with much hardening-colour, the top tang drilled and tapped for a sight and stamped Model 1893., the well-figured chequered stock with pistolgrip and Marlin butt-plate, the forend with chequered grip and steel cap, the octagonal barrel (possibly replacement) engraved Marlin Fire-Arms Co., New-Haven, CT. U.S.A. Pat'd Oct. 11 1887 April 2 1889 Aug 1 1893., with full-length magazine-tube, nickel-blade Rocky Mountain-style foresight and blank rear-sight
26in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof (discreet marks)

Footnotes

Provenance
Cody Firearms Records Office:
Rifle, .30-30 calibre, 1/2 barrel, 24 inch barrel length, pistol grip stock, takedown, date shipped: August 10, 1901

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