WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 18574. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement ivory or bone front sight and a replacement Kentucky rifle-style, fine “V” notch, long rear sight and a thick base, spiral knurled, combination tang sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with 3rd type dust cover. This rifle appears to have been manufactured in about 1881 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion and the Indian wars. Very likely this rifle would have seen frontier service under harsh circumstances with little maintenance. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 60-65% dull orig blue with the balance a brown patina; magazine tube and forend cap are mostly a brown patina; receiver retains 30-40% thin, dull blue with the balance a brown patina; stock has two cracks near the buttplate and a gouge in the left wrist, otherwise wood is sound and retains 50-60% orig finish and a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore, would make a good shooter. 4-50597 JR384 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1043

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1043	$4,600.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 18574. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement ivory or bone front sight and a replacement Kentucky rifle-style, fine “V” notch, long rear sight and a thick base, spiral knurled, combination tang sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with 3rd type dust cover. This rifle appears to have been manufactured in about 1881 during the height of the Great Westward Expansion and the Indian wars. Very likely this rifle would have seen frontier service under harsh circumstances with little maintenance. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 60-65% dull orig blue with the balance a brown patina; magazine tube and forend cap are mostly a brown patina; receiver retains 30-40% thin, dull blue with the balance a brown patina; stock has two cracks near the buttplate and a gouge in the left wrist, otherwise wood is sound and retains 50-60% orig finish and a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore, would make a good shooter. 4-50597 JR384 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1043 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.