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LOT 3342
Documented Marlin Ballard No. 2 Sporting Rifle - Serial no. 22593, 38 L cal., 30
inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut
stock. This Marlin Ballard rifle is pictured and identified
in John Dutcher’s “Ballard: The Great American Single Shot Rifle” on page 111 as the “third and final style No.
2 Ballard Sporting Rifle.” The rifle has a German silver blade front sight, an elevation adjustable rear sight, “38 LONG” marked on the barrel at the breech, two-line Marlin address/Ballard patent marking on the left side of the receiver, and barrel and forearm numbered to gun.
CONDITION: Fine. The barrel retains 60% original blue finish with smooth crazed, chemical spotted brown patina on the balance. 70% original case colors remain on the receiver with an applied protective coating. The wood is very fine with a couple hairline cracks at the buttplate and some minor handling marks. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Milan J. Turk Collection.
Estimate: 2,500 - 4,000
LOT 3343 Documented Marlin Ballard No. 2 Sporting Rifle - Serial no. 30269, 32 Long cal., 28 inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1876 to 1891. This exact rifle is pictured and identified in John Dutcher’s “Ballard: The Great American Single Shot Rifle” on page 113 and was formerly part John Dutcher’s collection. Dutcher notes the
rifle was “made for the English trade.” London proofs are stamped on the left
side of the barrel, breech block and receiver. The receiver is also marked with the three-line Marlin address/patent dates marking. The rifle is fitted with a combination Beach front sight, a
three leaf rear sight and a folding tang peep sight. According to Dutcher, “The English had a decided preference for this style of [tang] sight rather than the Ballard-made ladder type peep sights.” Note that the tang sight has since been changed out from when the photograph was taken for Dutcher’s
book. The straight grip stock is fitted with a factory hard rubber shotgun style buttplate. CONDITION: Fine. The barrel retains 40% original blue finish with the balance a once cleaned, spotted smooth
brown patina. The action retains 75% original case colors with an applied protective coating. The wood is very good with a few faint hairline cracks on the wrist and right side of the buttstock and minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The Ed Kennedy Collection; The John Dutcher Collection; The Milan J. Turk Collection.
Estimate: 1,600 - 2,500
LOT 3344
Marlin Ballard No. 2 Single Shot Sporting Rifle with Scope - Serial no. 29482, 32 RF cal., 28 inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Manufactured from 1876 to 1891. The left side of the receiver carries the three-line Marlin address/patent dates marking. The rifle is period fitted with a Stevens No. 460 three quarter length telescope mounted in period added dovetails as well as fitted with a dovetail blade front sight and an elevation adjustable rear sight. The barrel and forearm are numbered to the gun. CONDITION: Fine. The barrel retains 80% original blue finish with thinning to brown on the balance. The action retains 50% original case colors fading to a gray. The wood is also fine with a stress line at the receiver, minor dings and scratches and much of the original varnish remaining. The scope is a mixture of blue finish and brown patina and the optics are hazy. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Milan J. Turk Collection. Estimate: 1,400 - 2,250
LOT 3345 Marlin Ballard No. 1 1/2 Hunter’s Rifle - Serial no. 11769, 32 Long cal., 28 inch octagon bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Manufactured from 1876 to 1880. It has a combination Beach front sight, an elevation adjustable rear sight, a gallery tang peep sight, and barrel and forearm numbered to gun. CONDITION: Very good. The barrel retains 30% original blue finish with a smooth brown patina on the balance. The action has faded to a mixed gray patina. The wood is very good with a couple stress lines at the receiver, sight notch at comb tip, and a number of minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. Provenance: The Henry Sturgis Morgan, Jr. Collection (great grandson of financier J.P. Morgan, Sr.); The Milan J. Turk Collection. Estimate: 950 - 1,600
AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK BALLARD: THE GREAT AMERICAN SINGLE SHOT RIFLE BY DUTCHER
AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK BALLARD: THE GREAT AMERICAN SINGLE SHOT RIFLE BY DUTCHER
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