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Wells Fargo Shotgun - Ilion, NY

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Wells Fargo Shotgun - Ilion, NY
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
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Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

c1900 This is a Remington Model 1889 12 gauge side by side shotgun that is marked W.F. & Co. Exp. 574 This is a Grade 1 model with a 28” barrel and according to the matching #221574 serial number, was manufactured c1900. It has Damascus barrels, pistol grip stock that is checkered with a hard rubber butt plate bearing the Remington logo.. Condition wise, there is a 2” repaired crack on the fore end stock, some minor scratching and the bluing is almost all gone. More repairs include a replacement hammer on the left side and the filing down of both hammers to prevent contact with the firing pins, rendering the gun inoperable. The marking of Wells Fargo is not something the company ordinarily did, but according to Bill Sanders , archivist for Wells Fargo, there were some guns purchased from the Remington Company, but it’s difficult to say one way or the other that this was one of them. This firearm is being sold as an inoperable antique and is intended as a collectable display item only. From the Fairbanks Collection. Fairbanks Collection - HKA#65165