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Up Next We Have a Nice Scarce Remington-Lee Model 1879 U.S. Navy Contract Bolt Action Rifle, First U.S. Navy Contract, One of 300 Model 1879 Lee rifles manufactured under the first U.S. Navy contract, with deliveries completed by January of 1882. In 1880, the U.S. Navy contracted with James Paris Lee of Bridgeport, Connecticut for 300 full stock .45-70 caliber rifles of the type patented in 1879 by Lee. The Lee Arms Company was formed and handed the actual manufacturing of the contract over to Sharps Rifle Company. Sharps went bankrupt and closed its doors in October of 1880, handing all of the unfinished receivers, parts and tools over to Remington in 1881, who completed the guns for the Navy contract. Blade/stud front sight and 1,300 yard buckhorn folding ladder rear sight, The top of the left receiver rail is marked "THE LEE ARMS Co. BRIDGEPORT CONN. U.S.A./PATENTED NOV. 4th 1879" Nice Musuem Example.
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855 5th street, Penrose, Colorado, 81240, United States
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