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Griffin & Howe Custom Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Sporting Rifle

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Griffin & Howe Custom Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Sporting Rifle
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serial #4989, 22-3000, 27 1/2'' tapered heavy round barrel with a bright excellent bore. The metal surfaces of this attractive rifle retain about 95% G&H-restored blue showing some spotty loss toning to gray along the barrel under bright light, some sparse freckles and light handling marks. The custom extended breechblock lever retains about 75% bright blue that shows moderate flaking to pewter gunmetal and gray-brown patina while the breechblock is polished bright. The top of the barrel is neatly engraved ''BARRELED by GRIFFIN & HOWE INC. NEW YORK'', while the shank is engraved ''22-3000 LOVE'', the balance of ''Lovell'' is cut-off suggesting the barrel was set back slightly during the period of use, and a 2R Lovell case appears to chamber just fine, though a proper chamber cast should be done to precisely determine the variant of the chambering. The checkered pistolgrip walnut buttstock and forend with steel schnabel remain in very good plus condition retaining strong antique varnish with some scattered light dings, handling marks and a 1 1/2'' u-shaped crack right of the upper tang. The checkering remains mostly strong and stock fit is very good. There is a shallow left-side cheekpiece, the schnabel retains about 98% nickel finish and the single spur buttplate is a pleasant ocher patina. The barrel is fitted with a pair of target blocks showing light edge wear from prior scope mounting. The underside barrel and inside upper tang showing a matching assembly number ''3013'' while the inside lower tang is numbered ''6439'' and the forend, buttstock and buttplate are ''5866''. The rifle is fitted with adjustable double set triggers and the action seems to function well mechanically. This rifle is pictured and described on pages 396 & 397 of ''Remington's No. 3 Hepburn'' by Tom Rowe. A fine and interesting rifle from the respected G&H firm. Please check the Timed auction for the Unertl Ultra Varmint scope that was removed from this rifle. (13D11164-48) {ANTIQUE} [Scott Ashley Collection] (2500/3500)