Product Details
BLAKE RIFLE COMPANY, USA
A RARE 40-60-300 (C/F) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING RIFLE, no visible serial number,
circa 1905, with triple-staged 30 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight with applied bead, no provision for rear-sight, rounded receiver with scroll engraved shoulders, the body signed 'MADE FOR EVERETT W. LITTLE', the rear left hand side mounted with a selector lever for 'SINGLE' or 'RAPID', control-claw feed bolt with quadruple locking lugs, provision for peep-sight on the cocking piece, hinged rotary magazine cover beneath engraved with a moose-head and 'BLAKE 40-60-300' over 'PAT JULY 26 1898' (magazine missing), figured walnut butt-stock (small cracks appearing at head, one small loss, one old repair), full pistol-grip with chequered panels, pronounced raised tear-drop cheek-piece, curved iron heel-plate with horizontal grooves, separate splinter fore-end with chequered panels, the whole retaining much blued, possibly original, finish
Other Notes: The Blake Repeating Rifle was manufactured by J.H. Blake, New York circa 1892 to 1910 in an unknown limited quantity. It was designed with a unique seven round rotary clip-type magazine which was inserted from the bottom of the receiver through a hinged door and held the rounds firmly allowing single-shot, repeat fire or removal. Originally designed for military use, after trials the Blake system was deemed unsuitable for service, losing out to the Krag Jorgensen rifle. There after the production concentrated on sporting arms, with the example represented here being produced along with a bigger bore version known as the 'Grizzly'. Production costs along with the ready availability of cheap service arms forced Blake into bankruptcy in 1910
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Estimate £1,000-2,000