WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 14488. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and “1876” marked ladder rear sight. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut including straight stock with crescent buttplate that has trap containing an orig 5-pc brass & steel wiping rod. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “1156” and “CF”. Matching assembly is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle was produced in about 1880 at a time of the Great Westward Expansion when big bore repeating rifles were in great demand. Virtually all standard grade rifles were sold as working guns and usually saw continuous hard service under adverse circumstances and are rarely ever found today with high orig finish, especially color case hardened guns. Exposure to the ultra-violet rays of sunlight rapidly fades these colors. The Model 1876 was the first big bore, high powered cartridge to be introduced in a repeating rifle and as such earned great popularity and favor among the shooting public. Their large cartridges with heavy bullets were capable of taking about any North American game and were reasonably effective at longer ranges. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear; receiver, forend cap & buttplate retain virtually all of their orig case colors, brilliant on sides of receiver, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer retains muted case colors and lever retains strong case colors on the sides, moderately faded on outer faces. Wood is sound with a few light scratches and retains about all of its orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows very little use, retaining about all of its orig blue on bolt face and showing only light wear on loading gate. 4-55545 JR339 (40,000-60,000) – Lot 1211

Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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
	1211	$69,000.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 14488. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and “1876” marked ladder rear sight. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered American walnut including straight stock with crescent buttplate that has trap containing an orig 5-pc brass & steel wiping rod. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “1156” and “CF”. Matching assembly is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. This rifle was produced in about 1880 at a time of the Great Westward Expansion when big bore repeating rifles were in great demand. Virtually all standard grade rifles were sold as working guns and usually saw continuous hard service under adverse circumstances and are rarely ever found today with high orig finish, especially color case hardened guns. Exposure to the ultra-violet rays of sunlight rapidly fades these colors. The Model 1876 was the first big bore, high powered cartridge to be introduced in a repeating rifle and as such earned great popularity and favor among the shooting public. Their large cartridges with heavy bullets were capable of taking about any North American game and were reasonably effective at longer ranges. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 99% crisp orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear; receiver, forend cap & buttplate retain virtually all of their orig case colors, brilliant on sides of receiver, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer retains muted case colors and lever retains strong case colors on the sides, moderately faded on outer faces. Wood is sound with a few light scratches and retains about all of its orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Shows very little use, retaining about all of its orig blue on bolt face and showing only light wear on loading gate. 4-55545 JR339 (40,000-60,000) – Lot 1211 Auction: Firearms - March 2015 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.