"MODEL 1886 SRC LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 45517. Cal. 45-70. Usual 22" rnd bbl with full magazine. Square base front sight with 1873 marked ladder style carbine rear. Left side of receiver mounted with usual saddle ring and stud. Mounted with straight grain American walnut with straight grip and carbine buttplate. Accompanied by Cody Firearm Museum letter fully identifying this as 45-70 carbine. CONDITION: Fine, bbl retains 90% orig blue with just a few usual scratches. Magazine tube has 80% to 85% with a thin cleaned area on left side forward of forend. Receiver carries 70% to 75% strong case coloring with silvery belly and thinning top and slight usual saddle ring mark. Lever and hammer have strong visible case colors with bottom of lever starting to silver. Buttplate shows some visible color with mostly a silver gray appearance. Wood is solid with usual light hunting and storage marks. Forend has an old grain crack running from ring forward. Mechanics are crisp and bore is shiny. 4-33781 BDT13 (20,000-25,000)"
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