The Burgess Serial Numbers

SERIAL NO.	MODEL	RIFLE	BBL.	CARBINE	ADDRESS	SPECIAL NOTES
5	1st			1 band	right	.42 musket, 1 band with retaining spring
26	1st	rifle	oct.		right	without buttrap or forearm screw. Nickel plated nosecap & bp
37	1st	rifle	oct.		right	without buttrap. Screws on both sides of rec/ trigger guard
44	1st	rifle	oct.		right	top loading, no loading gate
61	1st	rifle	oct.		right
63	1st			1band	right
68	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
69	1st			2band	right	bayonet lug, Maxwell book
70	1st	rifle	oct.		right	no trap in butt, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy.
91	1st	rifle	oct.		right	Maxwell book
92	1st	rifle	oct.		right	nickel plated brass nosecap, no buttplate trap, no second gas port hole, lacking small foreward screws. Maxwell book
103	1st	rifle	oct		right	same as 92
105	1st	rifle	oct		right	nickel trim, tapped for tang sight
109	1st	rifle	oct		right	nickel buttplate, nosecap, no escution in forearm, tang/ beech
117	1st	rifle	oct		right	sights cut barrel, no buttplate
118	1st	rifle	oct		right
141	1st			1 band	right	Wolloch collection
158	1st	rifle	oct		right	nbsp;
165	1st	rifle	oct		right	136 on floorplate
170	1st	rifle	oct		right
176	1st	rifle	oct		right	tang tapped for sight
188	1st	rifle	oct		right	no buttplate trap
201	1st	rifle	oct		right	Maxwell book
233	1st	rifle	round		right	brass nosecap, nickel plated, no buttplate trap, no slot in magazine tube, burl wood, broken wrist
245	1st			2 band	right
260	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
262	1st			2 band	right	bayonet lug
267	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
2-?	1st			1 band	right	cant read the no. maybe 231,281, 287 237 ? Sliver of wood missing on upper tang, brass screw in extractor hole, has screw below saddle ring, no screw on left side of trigger guard
270	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
282	1st	rifle	oct		right
283	1st	rifle	oct		right	Maxwell book
284	1st	rifle	oct		right
307	1st	rifle	oct		right	cut barrel
31X	1st	rifle	oct		right	missing rear sight, has Layman tang sight
405	1st			1 band	right	Maxwell book
419	1st	rifle			right	relic
425	1st	rifle	oct		right	90% blue
433	1st			1 band	right
434	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
445	1st			2 band	right	bayonet lug
460	1st	rifle			right
471	1st	rifle	oct		right
475	1st	rifle	oct		right
488	1st			1 band	right
496	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
499	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
505	1st			1 band	right
508	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
526	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
545	1st	rifle	oct		right	bought in 1910 by Antono Farias, Blue Water Creek,Fromburg,Mt.
573	2nd	rifle	oct		right	Found in house by Radersburg, Mt. in the 1930s. Screw added to left side of framefor trigger plate, extra screw on left side of frame removed, no slot in mag. tube, serial no. inside, wedge on nosecap, replaced buttstock
576	1st	rifle	oct		right
585	1st	rifle	oct		right	Maxwell book
665	2nd	rifle	round		right	replaced wood, wedge on nosecap, serial no. inside
673	1st	rifle	round		right
674	2nd	rifle	round		right ?	reblued, renickeled, extra frame screw on left side removed, has trigger plate screw on left side, wedge on nosecap
718	1st			1 band	right
724	1st			1 band	right
728	1st			1 band	right	Woloch collection
731	2nd			1 band	right	Woloch collection
737	2nd			1 band	right	Woloch collection
738	2nd			1 band	right	Woloch collection
740	1st			1 band	right	buttstock # 982, buttplate # 1646, 3 screw rec.? Stokes/Kirk?
743	2nd			1 band	right	Woloch collection, no tang markings.
751	2nd			1 band	right
759	1st	rifle	oct		right	Bear Davis gun. Serial no. inside only, no slot in mag. plug
785	2nd	rifle	oct		right
786	1st	rifle	oct		right	Found near Bozeman Trail @ 1900. Serial no. inside only, no slot in mag. plug
788	2nd	rifle	oct		right
800	3rd	rifle	oct		left
802	2nd	rifle	oct		right
849	3rd	rifle	oct		left
854	3rd	rifle	oct		left	Maxwell book
863	3rd	rifle	oct		left
875	3rd	rifle	oct		left	replaced buttstock
890	3rd	rifle	oct		left
892	3rd	rifle	oct		left
898	3rd	rifle	oct		left	E. J. Moore on barrel. L. J. Moore on lower tang
941	3rd	rifle	round		left
969	3rd	rifle	round		left
975	3rd	rifle	oct		left	1337 on tang
1034	3rd	rifle			left	Behn book ".45-70 Rifles"
1067	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1078	3rd	rifle	oct		left	parts
1088	3rd	rifle	oct		left	80% finish
1104	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1134	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1135	3rd	rifle	oct		left	homemade forearm
1162	3rd	rifle	oct		left	60% finish
1177	3rd			2 band	left	replaced forearm
1194	3rd			2 band	left	Maxwell book
1255	3rd	rifle	round		left	Bruce Fisher owned this gun since the 1980s. He bought it in Cripple Creek,Co. from a man who worked in a gold mine. 98%
1258	3rd	rifle	round		left	Trusty, replaced buttstock
1260	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1286	3rd			1 band	left	nickel trim
1339	3rd	rifle	oct		left	buttstock is covered with rawhide
1345	3rd	rifle	oct		left	striped
1346	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1365	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1367	3rd			2 band	left	no bayanet attachment
1375	3rd			2 band	left	all nickel plated
1392	3rd	rifle	round		left
1425	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1426	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1459	3rd	rifle	round		left
1466	3rd	rifle	round		left
1474	3rd	rifle
1494	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1508	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1513	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1515	3rd	rifle	oct		left	Maxwell book, double set triggers, sling swivels
1516	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1613	3rd			carb.	left	parts, no wood
1615	3rd	rifle	round		left
1626	3rd	rifle	round		left
1634	3rd	rifle	oct		left
1637	3rd	rifle	round		left	full loop lever, 1" added to buttstock
1642	3rd	rifle	round		left
1667	3rd	rifle	oct		left	missing loading gate, front sight
1668	3rd	rifle	oct		left	homemade stock, cheekpeice on right side, no trap in
						buttstock, homemade trigger plate
1674	3rd	rifle	oct		left	Ivory blade front sight, replaced rear sight
1685	3rd	rifle	round		left	Maxwell book, converted to full loop lever, bbl. cut to 20"
SERIAL NO.	MODEL	RIFLE	BBL.	CARBINE	ADDRESS	SPECIAL NOTES

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