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2058
$4,025.00
Revised: 3/22/2017 

Please Note: This is not an antique firearm. It is a modern firearm which qualifies as a Curio & Relic.

*RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE.

SN 521956. Cal 25-20. Standard grade rifle with 20″ oct bbl, full magazine, 1/2 nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver has close-coupled double-set triggers. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock &crescent buttplate. This rifle was produced about 1909 at a time in Winchester’s production that special orders were not enthusiastically encouraged. Given the lightweight, small size of this rifle it very likely was a hunting rifle for a lady or young boy. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains about 85% blue turning plummy brown showing sharp edge wear with a couple of dings about mid-point and some fine pitting on the right side near the muzzle. Magazine tube retains about 95% orig blue. Receiver retains about 30% thinning orig blue with the balance a plummy brown patina. Stock has a hairline crack near the toe, otherwise wood is sound with nicks & scratches showing moderate to heavy wear. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 51622-3 (3,500-4,500) C&R – Lot 2058


Auction: Firearms - April 2017
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.