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
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