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Guns International #: 103187912
Seller's Inventory #: 50802
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Guns International #: 103187912
Category - Rimfire American Rifles
- Rifles - American Bolt Action
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State:
New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone:
(603) 732-4000
Fax:
(603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Active Listings: 1381
Total Listings: 25256
Seller Type: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns and accessories.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection. Payment Methods: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
High Grade Engraved Robinson Model 1872 Repeating Rifle by Adirondack Firearms Co.
Description: Serial #241, .44 RF, 24 1/4" octagon barrel with a good bore that has dark pitting within the grooves. This is a very handsome rifle, built on Orville Robinson’s April 23, 1872, patent, and utilizes a manually-operated toggle lock that rides in a mortise along the top of the receiver operated via a knurled handle on the right side. The frame has retained 85-90% of the original nickel plated finish, with flaking to the underlying brass along the edges and projections, especially on the underside of the frame at the carry point. The frame and buttplate have full coverage floral scrollwork with punch-dot background, and there are a series of small impact marks on the forward portion of the left side of the frame surrounding the end of the barrel pin. Some faint traces of blue remains on the flip-open loading gate, with a blue-black patina on the balance. The barrel is equipped with an unusual full-length magazine tube and retains traces of the original blue finish on protected areas, with an overall plum-brown patina on the balance, and gray fading at the muzzle and along the edges of the barrel facets. The magazine tube retains more original blue, with plum-brown on the balance. The barrel is equipped with a period German silver front sight mated to a V-notch rear sight, screw-adjustable for elevation. The beautifully figured walnut buttstock has some very minor handling marks in the excellent original varnish, and sharp checkering at the wrist. This is a splendid example of a high grade engraved Robinson rifle, and would make a wonderful addition to any collection. Antique; Orville Moses Robinson was an upstate New York gunsmith and inventor who received three US patents for breech-loading and repeating firearms. In 1870 Robinson, in partnership with A.S. Babbitt and two others, formed the Adirondack Firearms Co. to manufacture rifles based on his patents at their manufactory in Plattsburgh, NY. The firm is known to have employed Daniel Wilkinson (possibly J.D. Wilkinson, another upstate New York gunmaker and inventor)) and Robinson’s son, William (who would’ve been about 10 years old at the formation of the company!) Adirondack Firearms Co. operated until 1874, ultimately producing what is thought to be slightly fewer than 1,000 rifles of all types, when it was purchased by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and permanently shut down. The Adirondack Firearms Co., and Robinson’s repeating rifle designs, represent an interesting footnote in the then rapidly advancing field of repeating breechloading long guns. ; SOLD Antique: Yes |
Guns International #: 103187912
Seller's Inventory #: 50802
Guns International #: 103187912
Seller's Inventory #: 50802