SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 26227. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, button magazine, altered half nickel front sight, a replacement, late, semi-buckhorn rear sight and an orig 1876 thick base vernier tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate that has trap. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “1061” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-60 with oct bbl, half magazine and plain trigger, received in warehouse Sept. 6, 1882 and shipped same day to Order #34686. In 1882 a rifle was a necessity on the American Frontier and most firearms of that era saw daily hard use under adverse circumstances and are rarely found with any orig finish. CONDITION: Fair to good. Bbl retains 80-85% plummy blue/brown patina and the receiver about 90% plummy blue/brown patina; lever & hammer are gray patina and buttplate is a dark brown patina. Stock has a major repair through the wrist with wood fill in left side and overall the wood retains an old refinish, probably from the time of the repair. Mechanics are fine, very worn dark bore that appears to have been reamed with no visible rifling. 4-55401 JR351 (2,500-4,500) – Lot 1218

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Auction: Firearms - March 2015

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Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1218	$3,450.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 26227. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, button magazine, altered half nickel front sight, a replacement, late, semi-buckhorn rear sight and an orig 1876 thick base vernier tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate that has trap. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “1061” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-60 with oct bbl, half magazine and plain trigger, received in warehouse Sept. 6, 1882 and shipped same day to Order #34686. In 1882 a rifle was a necessity on the American Frontier and most firearms of that era saw daily hard use under adverse circumstances and are rarely found with any orig finish. CONDITION: Fair to good. Bbl retains 80-85% plummy blue/brown patina and the receiver about 90% plummy blue/brown patina; lever & hammer are gray patina and buttplate is a dark brown patina. Stock has a major repair through the wrist with wood fill in left side and overall the wood retains an old refinish, probably from the time of the repair. Mechanics are fine, very worn dark bore that appears to have been reamed with no visible rifling. 4-55401 JR351 (2,500-4,500) – Lot 1218 Click here to view provenance 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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SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.