Beschreibung:

.50-115 Express, 28" octagonal barrel with button magazine, S/N 1033. Blued finish, deluxe figured walnut stock with stippled pistol grip, checkered forend, checkered hard rubber Bullard buttplate with turkey motif. Left side of receiver, below ejection port marked weakly in two lines: BULLARD REPEATING ARMS COMPANY / SPRINGFIELD, MASS U.S.A. PAT. AUG. 16, 1881, with the bottom line only partly legible. Top of action marked Express / 50 / 115. Elevation adjustable rear leaf sight appears to be an old replacement, dovetailed blade front sight, adjustable peep sight mounted on tang. Although a superior design in many ways to the Winchester and Marlin arms of the day, the Bullard Company never achieved the success of their larger rivals and only produced between 10,000 and 12,000 arms during the latter half of the 1880s, operating from 1886-1890. While all Bullard lever action rifles are rare, custom order, express caliber Bullard rifles with deluxe features are particularly scarce. Condition: Good. Retains some traces of finish with the balance a muted brownish-gray patina. Markings on side of receiver weak, all others legible. Mechanically functional, extremely dirty bore with strong rifling should clean to at least good if not better. Dust cover a very high quality replacement. Stock with some scattered handling marks and chip out of the toe with both some wood and the lower edge of the buttplate missing.