*DELUXE ENGRAVED MODEL 1886 WINCHESTER RIFLE.

SN 122060. 38-70 WCF Cal. Beautiful special order rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver bladed fixed front sight and flat top sporting rear sight. Bbl exhibits typical markings of address and cal. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “366″ and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Receiver is beautifully engraved and consists of a vignette of a buck on the left side in a circular panel all surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with scroll borders. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of receiver, top tang & forend cap. Mounted with very nicely figured, XX, flame grain American walnut with checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with a nickel plated crescent shaped buttplate without trap. The most unusual feature of this gun is the nickel plating found on level, nosecap, buttplate and magazine tube and remainder of gun being blued. Cody Firearms Museum research will show deluxe features including XX wood, pistol grip, checkered, crescent butt and shipped May 27, 1900. This exact gun is pictured on p. 312 of George Madis’ The Winchester Book and the caption reads “Engraving in style 10, very similar to the number 99,552 but with minor variations is found on this rifle, number 122,060. Checkered walnut of 3X grade, a pistol grip, octagon barrel, flat top sporting rear sight with a series 32B elevator are special features. One of the very unusual features of the rifle is the plating; buttplate, forend tip, lever, and magazine tube were nickel plated. All other steel parts were blued. Any plating on early Winchesters is rare, but an even greater rarity are those arms plated on only certain parts specified by the customer.” PROVENANCE: Don Whaley, Hamilton, MT. Lewis Yearout 1970. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Fine overall, all matching. Bbl exhibits a freckled pin prick pitted surface over most of refinished bbl. This freckled appearance though less occurs on refinished hammer and breech. Frame overall is gray/silver with scattered areas of staining and light pitting as can be seen in photos. The nickel plating on buttplate, lever, nosecap and magazine is probably refinished also and is mostly intact as can be seen in photos. The stocks are sound and solid and well fit with a crack repair between tang and buttcap, inset left of tang in buttstock, glued wrist repair on same side utilizing some putty filler and about a 1/2″ x 1/2″ inset on upper left front of forestock. Stocks retain virtually all revarnished surface. Gun is mechanically sound with crisp rifling in bore. 4-53977 JS109 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2076

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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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2076	$7,475.00	DELUXE ENGRAVED MODEL 1886 WINCHESTER RIFLE. SN 122060. 38-70 WCF Cal. Beautiful special order rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver bladed fixed front sight and flat top sporting rear sight. Bbl exhibits typical markings of address and cal. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “366″ and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Receiver is beautifully engraved and consists of a vignette of a buck on the left side in a circular panel all surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with scroll borders. Engraving extends over the top & bottom of receiver, top tang & forend cap. Mounted with very nicely figured, XX, flame grain American walnut with checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with a nickel plated crescent shaped buttplate without trap. The most unusual feature of this gun is the nickel plating found on level, nosecap, buttplate and magazine tube and remainder of gun being blued. Cody Firearms Museum research will show deluxe features including XX wood, pistol grip, checkered, crescent butt and shipped May 27, 1900. This exact gun is pictured on p. 312 of George Madis’ The Winchester Book* and the caption reads “Engraving in style 10, very similar to the number 99,552 but with minor variations is found on this rifle, number 122,060. Checkered walnut of 3X grade, a pistol grip, octagon barrel, flat top sporting rear sight with a series 32B elevator are special features. One of the very unusual features of the rifle is the plating; buttplate, forend tip, lever, and magazine tube were nickel plated. All other steel parts were blued. Any plating on early Winchesters is rare, but an even greater rarity are those arms plated on only certain parts specified by the customer.” PROVENANCE: Don Whaley, Hamilton, MT. Lewis Yearout 1970. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Fine overall, all matching. Bbl exhibits a freckled pin prick pitted surface over most of refinished bbl. This freckled appearance though less occurs on refinished hammer and breech. Frame overall is gray/silver with scattered areas of staining and light pitting as can be seen in photos. The nickel plating on buttplate, lever, nosecap and magazine is probably refinished also and is mostly intact as can be seen in photos. The stocks are sound and solid and well fit with a crack repair between tang and buttcap, inset left of tang in buttstock, glued wrist repair on same side utilizing some putty filler and about a 1/2″ x 1/2″ inset on upper left front of forestock. Stocks retain virtually all revarnished surface. Gun is mechanically sound with crisp rifling in bore. 4-53977 JS109 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 2076 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 ENGRAVED MODEL 1886 WINCHESTER RIFLE.