"MODEL 1860 HENRY LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 8261. Cal. .44 RF Henry. Standard Henry with 24-1/4" octagon bbl with integral magazine. German silver front sight with 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight. Left side of bbl and stock are mounted with sling swivels. Mounted with straight grain uncheckered American walnut with straight grip and brass crescent butt with trap. Left side of lower tang, and inside toe of butt-plate are numbered to match the SN bbl. The top tang channel of stock is numbered to match but believed to be renumbered. Assembly numbers on bbl collar and bbl are matching. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl is a silver/gray patina and has shallow surface pitting pretty much the entire length that has been cleaned, and with time has oxidized back to its current state. Corners are sharp and there is darker patina in the gullets. Receiver is a medium-dark patina with good corners and only a minimal amount of dings and dents. Hammer and lever are a silver/gray patina with shallow surface pitting that has been cleaned in similar fashion to the bbl. Stock is a probable proper style replacement with only a few nicks, dings, and a proper oil style finish. Butt-plate is a darker patina color with numerous nicks and dings. Mechanics are good and bore is dark with scattered pitting and a couple of deep pits in center of bbl. 4-33377 BDT241 (15,000-20,000)"
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