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LOT 1065
Historic Well-Documented Deluxe Evans Repeating Rifle Co. Transition Model Lever
Action Sporting Rifle with Factory Presentation Plaque Inscribed From the Factory to
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) on May 12, 1877 - NSN, 44 Evans cal., 26 inch round bbl., blue
finish, walnut stock. Evans Repeating Rifle Company of Mechanic Falls, Maine, manufactured
several models of lever action rifles from 1873 to 1879. This example is a Transition Model. It
features a two-piece buttstock exposing the magazine in the center and a buttplate without a
heel piece. This rifle is one of 1,050 Transition Model sporting rifles that were manufactured from
1876 to 1877 according to Norm Flayderman. It has the Old Model action with flat top frame and
exposed loading port. The Old Model type of action was retained by Transition Model rifles. The
barrel has a pinched front sight and a two-leaf folding rear sight and is marked on top “EVANS
REPEATING RIFLE MECHANIC FALLS, ME/PAT. DEC 8, 1868 & SEPT. 16, 1871” ahead of the rear sight.
The forend cap, lever and trigger are nickel plated, and the remaining metal surfaces are blue. 75