Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company New Model Lever Action .44 Rifles

RARE American Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company, Mechanic Falls, Maine, USA .44 Evans long Obsolete Calibre, 28/Round Repeating Sporting Rifle With Internal Magazine.

The Evans Repeater is often considered to be one of the oddest rifles to ever be produced in the United States. The Evans was invented by Warren R. Evans, a dentist from Thomaston, Maine. With the help of his brother George, they perfected the rifle and started the "Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company" of Mechanic Falls, Maine in 1873. The rifle has a radial block receiver similar to the Spencer rifle, but the rounds were fed from an Archimedean-screw magazine which formed the spine of the rifle stock and could hold up to 28 rounds. The round was unique to the rifle but is easy to load for if it is intended to shoot the rifle. I did hold this on my FAC for a while and was amazed at its accuracy currently held as a section 58(ii) The Evans Repeating Rifle is very rare, This original example of the Evan’s repeater is in excellent condition. The metal work retains most of its original finish and the stock and fore end in excellent condition are clean with no damage. The bore is excellent bright with good rifling. The top of the barrel is signed ‘Evan’s Sporting Rifle’. The rifle is fitted with a flip up ladder rear sight and globe pin fore sight. It has the correct steel butt plate with tube magazine port which has a sliding cover. The action works crisply. As an antique obsolete calibre weapon no licence is required to own though it requires placing on FAC if it is intended to shoot it.

I have had this on my certificate in the past and can confirm how easy it is to load for and how accurate it was.