DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 133832. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Scarce special order 1873 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight & short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver is color case hardened. Mounted with about 2X center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip with fleur-de-lis insert buttstock & crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “5057” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, 1/2 magazine and case hardened, received in warehouse Oct. 1, 1883 and shipped the same day to order number “7683”. Repaired & returned on Jan. 21, 1909, order number “22304”. PROVENANCE: LTC (r) Bert Millikin Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains 70-75% orig blue, showing edge wear and thinning, turning brown; receiver & forend cap retain traces of case colors being mostly a brownish patina with a spot of rust on left side plate; lever & hammer retain dark case colors; buttplate is refinished. Stock has tiny chips in the toe, otherwise wood is sound and retains about all of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-51240 JR7 (7,500-12,500) – Lot 2037

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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	2037	$10,350.00	DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 133832. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Scarce special order 1873 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, button magazine, half nickel front sight & short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver is color case hardened. Mounted with about 2X center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and serpentine grip with fleur-de-lis insert buttstock & crescent buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “5057” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, 1/2 magazine and case hardened, received in warehouse Oct. 1, 1883 and shipped the same day to order number “7683”. Repaired & returned on Jan. 21, 1909, order number “22304”. PROVENANCE: LTC (r) Bert Millikin Collection. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains 70-75% orig blue, showing edge wear and thinning, turning brown; receiver & forend cap retain traces of case colors being mostly a brownish patina with a spot of rust on left side plate; lever & hammer retain dark case colors; buttplate is refinished. Stock has tiny chips in the toe, otherwise wood is sound and retains about all of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-51240 JR7 (7,500-12,500) – Lot 2037 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SPECIAL ORDER LEVER ACTION RIFLE.