RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING TRAPPER CARBINE.

SN 486139. 44 Cal. WCF (44-40). Standard grade carbine with rare 15″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side receiver has a staple & ring. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap. Receiver is 3rd type with integral rail & 3rd type dust cover. Accompanied by a Buffalo Bill Historical Center Museum letter, which identifies this carbine in 44 cal with 15″ bbl, shipped on January 8, 1895. It is rare to find a trapper carbine in completely orig, serviceable condition. Most of them were sold to Central & South American users where they saw hard & continuous service in jungle conditions, some are still in use today. Generally those trapper carbines which have been repatriated to the U.S. show their extreme hard use and are usually in near relic condition. This example originated in Butte, Montana. This is an interesting gun in that it was one of the very first to ever be exempted by BATF regulation and is pictured in the American Rifleman Magazine April 1980 article titled “Freeing Winchester Old Trappers” by Ron Keysor (actually ghost written by Lewis Yearout such that there wouldn’t be repercussion on the guns pictured from his collection). Included with this Trapper is copy of article with Mr. Yearout’s notes. Also accompanying is Department of The Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF)letter, dated 1978, which exempts this carbine from the provisions of Title 18, U.S. Code, and further states that “As an ‘Antique,’ it is not a firearm as defined in Title 18 ——, and is not subject to control under Title I of the Gun Control Act of 1968”. PROVENANCE: George O’Connor, Butte, MT; Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good overall. Gun overall is gray with scattered areas of pitting and old cleaning. Gun appears orig with no apparent external restoration. Stocks are sound and solid with some darkening around bbl band, rear forestock and front of buttstock where it abuts frame. Mechanically sound and exhibits bore with crisp, discernible rifling, though pitted. 4-53816 JS93 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2046

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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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	2046	$12,075.00	RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING TRAPPER CARBINE. SN 486139. 44 Cal. WCF (44-40). Standard grade carbine with rare 15″ bbl, full magazine, barleycorn front sight & 900 yard carbine ladder rear sight. Left side receiver has a staple & ring. Mounted with nicely figured, slab sawed American walnut with straight stock & carbine buttplate with trap. Receiver is 3rd type with integral rail & 3rd type dust cover. Accompanied by a Buffalo Bill Historical Center Museum letter, which identifies this carbine in 44 cal with 15″ bbl, shipped on January 8, 1895. It is rare to find a trapper carbine in completely orig, serviceable condition. Most of them were sold to Central & South American users where they saw hard & continuous service in jungle conditions, some are still in use today. Generally those trapper carbines which have been repatriated to the U.S. show their extreme hard use and are usually in near relic condition. This example originated in Butte, Montana. This is an interesting gun in that it was one of the very first to ever be exempted by BATF regulation and is pictured in the American Rifleman Magazine April 1980 article titled “Freeing Winchester Old Trappers” by Ron Keysor (actually ghost written by Lewis Yearout such that there wouldn’t be repercussion on the guns pictured from his collection). Included with this Trapper is copy of article with Mr. Yearout’s notes. Also accompanying is Department of The Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF)letter, dated 1978, which exempts this carbine from the provisions of Title 18, U.S. Code, and further states that “As an ‘Antique,’ it is not a firearm as defined in Title 18 ——, and is not subject to control under Title I of the Gun Control Act of 1968”. PROVENANCE: George O’Connor, Butte, MT; Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good overall. Gun overall is gray with scattered areas of pitting and old cleaning. Gun appears orig with no apparent external restoration. Stocks are sound and solid with some darkening around bbl band, rear forestock and front of buttstock where it abuts frame. Mechanically sound and exhibits bore with crisp, discernible rifling, though pitted. 4-53816 JS93 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2046 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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RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING TRAPPER CARBINE.