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check out the saa too.

If I can put through a mortgage on my house before the auction ends, I'll go for it.

Worth 2 grand easy.

Aaron

Certainly an interesting period cased Maynard set with a really nifty serial number. A few observations - the unfortunately poor photo of the right side of the action seems to show an 1882 model stamp, however the hammer appears to be of the 1873 type. A Model 15 action stock would probably be checkered, this one is not, and the good condition wood appears to be rather plain standard straight grain walnut. The one pictured mounted barrel with the checkered tip stock (fore end) shows some sort not expected globe front sight and a singular nickel plated straight stock lever. Another oddity is that one of the longer barrels which appears to have a rear barrel sight has an S style lever which is usually associated with a pistol grip action. None of this takes anything away from an intriguing typically often mixed Maynard assembled combination. After all this set very well illustrates how flexible this system was advertised to be and actually could be for the shooting sportsman. My only wish is that the seller was providing more detailed information and more and better photographs for our consideration.

Bob

Captain Bob wrote on Jun 9^th, 2017 at 1:15pm:


Checkered is what the catalog says, but surprisingly, a forearm was an extra cost option on a #15!  Lack of forearms on most models is the thing that has always put me off both Maynards & Stevens Tip-ups.   

Should imagine stock is numbered, but it would probably be a big mistake to ask seller to get near it with a screwdriver.

Redsetter wrote on Jun 9^th, 2017 at 5:22pm:


You and me too! We may be in the minority, but I've never had much interest in Maynard or Tip Up Stevens. But they certainly have a large following by others!

When I got onto this thread I was mentally composing my response, but then got down to what Captain Bob and Deadeye Bly said, and they had already covered about all I had to say.  I would love to own that rifle because, believe it or not, my N-SSA competitor number is 12345!  Like my esteemed colleagues, I would suggest that the original (or some subsequent) owner added a couple of barrels to his original rifle to make the shooting battery he wanted.  I've done the same thing with an 1873 and it's a keeper with the original 40-40 barrel, a neat old 64 smoothbore, and a newly made 22 LR barrel from Deadeye Bly.  That makes for good coverage of whatever I want to shoot.  It would appear that there was a thriving cottage industry back then to build fitted cases for one's takedown rifles and shotguns, so that isn't a surprising addition either.

Froggie

PS  I too would have expected the butt stock to be checkered, but who knows?  Is it just a trick of the lighting, or is there a pin in the wrist of the stock, showing up as a dark spot?  Could it be a repair??

I doubt the ability of the seller ($bags) to determine calibers.
It's really a crap shoot, sometimes that grizzly gets ya.
Aaron