Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness

Good. Well worn and dry, typical of frontier used and found rifles. Retains no finish with a heavily oxidized brown patina, scattered patches of surface roughness and some pitting. Markings remain mostly legible, screws with moderate slot wear. Action functional but tight and difficult to operate. Missing dust cover and rail from top of receiver. Bore poor, extremely dirty and rusted with only faint traces of rifling. Stock worn and very dry with several grain drying cracks, no finish remaining and numerous bumps, dings and mars. Forend with some chipped and slivered wood loss as well.

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