WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 28480. Cal 45-70. Usual configuration with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and 1886 marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with about 2X, flame & shell grain American walnut that has H-style checkered forearm and black insert, serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “722” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. SN is hand engraved. Receiver, lever, hammer, bolt, buttplate & forend cap have cyanide case colors. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter stating configuration above with a ship date of 12/20/1888, order number 16659. CONDITION: Very good to fine as restored, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about all of a fine restored blue; part of the bbl address and caliber marking are very thin; receiver, lever, hammer, bolt, forend cap and buttplate retain about all of their custom cyanide case colors; screws show bright fire blue. Stock has a crack back of top tang and forend a crack at the receiver, otherwise wood is sound and retains a fine custom oil finish. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with bright lands, frosty in the grooves. Would make a great hunting piece or recreational shooter. 4-55427 JR310 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 1226

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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
	1226	$0.00	WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 28480. Cal 45-70. Usual configuration with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and 1886 marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with about 2X, flame & shell grain American walnut that has H-style checkered forearm and black insert, serpentine grip buttstock with crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “722” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. SN is hand engraved. Receiver, lever, hammer, bolt, buttplate & forend cap have cyanide case colors. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter stating configuration above with a ship date of 12/20/1888, order number 16659. CONDITION: Very good to fine as restored, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain about all of a fine restored blue; part of the bbl address and caliber marking are very thin; receiver, lever, hammer, bolt, forend cap and buttplate retain about all of their custom cyanide case colors; screws show bright fire blue. Stock has a crack back of top tang and forend a crack at the receiver, otherwise wood is sound and retains a fine custom oil finish. Mechanics are fine; strong bore with bright lands, frosty in the grooves. Would make a great hunting piece or recreational shooter. 4-55427 JR310 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 1226 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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WINCHESTER DELUXE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.