OE - GOOD - some minor replacement parts; metal smoothly rusted or lightly pitted in places, cleaned; principal lettering, numerals and design on metal legible; lightly scratched, bruised or minor cracks repaired; in good working order.

NPRF - NON-PROFESSIONALLY REFINISHED/COLD BLUE, ETC.

"A. FRANCOTTE/A LIEGE" marked on upper tang and on right side of stock. Top of receiver marked with "crossed cannons" and has a "crown/AF" proof on the right side. Belgian Liege proofs on left side of barrel. Both the receiver and bayonet lug are numbered "422". The barrel is marked "REPUBLICA ORIENTAL". Features a "US" marked buttplate. Cleaning rod absent. Consignor states rifle is rare. Provenance: Colonel Brent Goodwin, U.S. Army (retired), a lifetime collector of the Remington Rolling Block military rifles of the world, is recognized as one of the leading experts regarding their many types and variations. Over the past 50 years his collection has contained at least one of every type, including those manufactured in other nations under license from Remington.