SCARCE LEE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.

SCARCE LEE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. Cal. 44RF. SN1312. Usual configuration with 30-3/4″ oct bbl made without forearm. It has a small dovetail front sight with broken bead & small dovetailed fixed rear sight. Top Flat has the makers name, address & patent date. It has a slim, flat side receiver with side swinging action & straight stock with semi-crescent, carbine style buttplate. This is one of only about 1000 of these scarce rifles made in the period 1865-66 by James P. Lee the inventor of bolt action & straight pull rifles manufactured by both Remington & Winchester. CONDITION: Very Fine. Bbl retains 85-90% glossy bright orig blue mixed with flaked areas turned to dark patina. Receiver retains virtually all of its brilliant case colors. Trigger guard & trigger have faded to gray & both have spots of deep pitting. Hammer retains most of its orig case colors. Stock has some grain checks on left side of wrist and a few minor handling & storage marks & retains most of its orig varnish. Area over grain checks on the left wrist has been lightly touched up. Buttplate is slightly oversized and may be an old replacement. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. Probably an unfired rifle. 4-56647 JR450 (2,000-3,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	86	$2,415.00	SCARCE LEE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. Cal. 44RF. SN1312. Usual configuration with 30-3/4″ oct bbl made without forearm. It has a small dovetail front sight with broken bead & small dovetailed fixed rear sight. Top Flat has the makers name, address & patent date. It has a slim, flat side receiver with side swinging action & straight stock with semi-crescent, carbine style buttplate. This is one of only about 1000 of these scarce rifles made in the period 1865-66 by James P. Lee the inventor of bolt action & straight pull rifles manufactured by both Remington & Winchester. CONDITION: Very Fine. Bbl retains 85-90% glossy bright orig blue mixed with flaked areas turned to dark patina. Receiver retains virtually all of its brilliant case colors. Trigger guard & trigger have faded to gray & both have spots of deep pitting. Hammer retains most of its orig case colors. Stock has some grain checks on left side of wrist and a few minor handling & storage marks & retains most of its orig varnish. Area over grain checks on the left wrist has been lightly touched up. Buttplate is slightly oversized and may be an old replacement. Mechanics are crisp. Very bright shiny bore. Probably an unfired rifle. 4-56647 JR450 (2,000-3,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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