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LOT 3516
Fancy Custom Engraved
and Gold Inlaid Sharps Borchardt
Model 1878 Single Shot Target Rifle - NSN, 45-70 Government cal., 26 inch heavy round bbl.,
blue finish, fancy checkered walnut stock. Fitted with heavy profile custom barrel marked “45-70” and dated
“3/23/60” under the handguard. Featuring folding Beech combination front and folding ladder peep rear sights, checkered walnut forend with
mahogany tip, and checkered walnut semi pistol grip stock fitted with a mahogany pommel insert and shotgun style steel buttplate. The front of the barrel, the trigger guard, and the receiver have been professionally custom embellished with a closed style floral scroll, with a plains buffalo game scene on both sides of the receiver, and the buffalo raised with gold inlay. CONDITION: Very fine as elaborately and professionally custom embellished, with faint edge wear and handling marks. The forend and buttstock are very fine with crisp checkering, fine grain figure, and minimal handling marks. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,500
LOT 3517
Exhibition Quality Engraved and
Gold Inlaid
Custom Horn Paneled Action Sharps
Borchardt Model 1878 Mid-Range Rifle - Serial no. 20889, 38 cal., 30 inch round bbl., blue/coin
finish, fancy checkered walnut stock. This is one of an estimated 215 Mid-Range Sharps-Borchardt rifles that
were manufactured from 1877 to 1880. With custom barrel marked “A.A. KELOGG NEW HAVEN, CONN,” with two Unertl
pattern scope bases attached. The barrel is fitted with a globe front sight with wind gauge and a folding ladder rear sight graduated 0-25. There is a Vernier peep sight mounted in the
integral base on the upper tang. The serial number is marked on the bottom of the action just in front of the
trigger. The frame features 90% coverage floral engraving, with gold inlay moose game scene on the left side and ram game scene on the right, fitted with smooth horn panels. It is mounted with a finely figured, Schnabel tip, multi-point checkered forearm and checkered pistol grip stock with hard rubber grip cap and checkered, “SRCo” monogrammed, hard rubber, shotgun buttplate. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine as elaborately custom embellished, with 99% of blue finish retained on barrel, 97% coin finish on the action, and limited handling marks. Light spotting in the relief chiseling on action lever. Crisp checkering and minor handling marks on forearm and buttstock. Mechanically very good. Estimate: 6,500 - 9,500
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