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*Sale Pending* - VERY RARE COLT DOUBLE BARREL HAMMER RIFLE IN CALIBER 45-70
Guns International #: 102694320 Seller's Inventory #: C391
Category: Colt Rifles - Antique - Colt Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: LeRoy Merz Antique Guns
Company: Merz Antique Guns
Member Since: 10/27/09
First Name: LeRoy
Last Name: Merz
State: Minnesota
Zip: 56538-0494
Country: United States
Phone: (218) 739-3255
Fax: (218) 739-4599
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 878
Total Number of Listings: 62316
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: Money orders, cashier or personal checks
Description:
28 inch barrels are mostly a plum/brown color with clear markings. Very good bores. Sights include a blade front and the distinctive factory rear sight with hinged leaf and round adjustment nut. Most of a period refinished blue remains and some areas of brown patina. Mechanics are excellent. Wood has been re-done very well. Crisp checkering and nice finish. Steel shotgun style buttplate. These double rifles were manufactured between 1879 and 1885 by special order only. This Double Rifle is one of the rarest of all Colt firearms. The Colt Double Rifle was generally based on the Colt Model 1878 Shotgun and contemporary British double rifles and was chambered for the .45-70, .45-85 Express, 45-90 and .45-100 cartridges. The Double Rifles were not advertised by Colt and were apparently primarily specially made for friends of Caldwell Hart Colt. Total production is estimated to be about 40 rifles. Nice little rare gun that is sure to fill a hole in your Colt collection.
Leroy Merz Antique Firearms specializes in antique and vintage Winchesters and other fine American firearms. Since 1965 Mr. Merz has taken part in the world of firearms and has been a contributor to many well known reference books. We have hundreds of additional guns in every price range at our home online. Search for Merz Antiques in google.
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .45-70 Government