SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 7480. Cal 45-60. Beautiful Deluxe ’76 with 28″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, Beaches combination front sight, missing its horizontal bead and 1876 marked rifle ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has standard 2-line address with caliber marking over the chamber. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail & impressed thumbprint dust cover. Mounted with 3X – 4X flame grain American walnut with early style checkered forearm that has matching figure and straight stock with smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly no. “3078”. Matching assembly no. is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which initially identifies this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, “LID”, received in warehouse January 28, 1880, “Changed to 45-60 Caliber, 1/2 Oct, Plain Trigger, 1/2 Magazine, Casehardened, Checkered Stock, Globe & Beach sights”, shipped June 7, 1880 to order no. 20301. The word “LID” refers to the dust cover. Apparently this rifle had been a first model with open top receiver and the rail & dust cover were added at the customer’s request. Obviously, from the letter, this rifle was converted to its current configuration before it ever left the factory and therefore can be considered factory original. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, buttplate is unnumbered but absolutely original to this rifle. Bbl retains 92-93% orig blue with some fine surface freckling, muzzle end and sharp edge wear. There is a series of small dings on the right side of chamber area. Receiver & side plates retain about 60% orig case colors mostly turned silver on the right side, stronger on the left side and brilliant around the trigger and on bottom tang. Hammer retains about 80% fading case colors and the lever about 30% with the balance turned silver. Forend cap retains virtually all of its orig bright case colors. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches, a series of small bruises in the forearm checkering and overall retains most of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 51691-1 JRL (16,000-25,000) – Lot 1056

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Auction: Firearms - April 2017

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	1056	$0.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 7480. Cal 45-60. Beautiful Deluxe ’76 with 28″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, Beaches combination front sight, missing its horizontal bead and 1876 marked rifle ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has standard 2-line address with caliber marking over the chamber. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail & impressed thumbprint dust cover. Mounted with 3X – 4X flame grain American walnut with early style checkered forearm that has matching figure and straight stock with smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly no. “3078”. Matching assembly no. is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which initially identifies this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, “LID”, received in warehouse January 28, 1880, “Changed to 45-60 Caliber, 1/2 Oct, Plain Trigger, 1/2 Magazine, Casehardened, Checkered Stock, Globe & Beach sights”, shipped June 7, 1880 to order no. 20301. The word “LID” refers to the dust cover. Apparently this rifle had been a first model with open top receiver and the rail & dust cover were added at the customer’s request. Obviously, from the letter, this rifle was converted to its current configuration before it ever left the factory and therefore can be considered factory original. CONDITION: Fine to very fine, all matching, buttplate is unnumbered but absolutely original to this rifle. Bbl retains 92-93% orig blue with some fine surface freckling, muzzle end and sharp edge wear. There is a series of small dings on the right side of chamber area. Receiver & side plates retain about 60% orig case colors mostly turned silver on the right side, stronger on the left side and brilliant around the trigger and on bottom tang. Hammer retains about 80% fading case colors and the lever about 30% with the balance turned silver. Forend cap retains virtually all of its orig bright case colors. Wood is sound with light nicks & scratches, a series of small bruises in the forearm checkering and overall retains most of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore. 51691-1 JRL (16,000-25,000) – Lot 1056 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - April 2017 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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SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1876 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.