*DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE IN A RARE CALIBER.

SN 105480. Cal. 50 EX (50-110). Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ #3 weight oct bbl, jack front sight, 3,000 yd, 1886 style ladder rear sight and a thin base sporting vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with about 2X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered black insert, schnable tip forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock that has Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “5988” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which shows that he purchased this rifle in Sep. 1964 form Lynn Coe of Jamestown, ND. Noted on the back of the card is the Cody Firearms Museum shipping records information which lists this rifle, caliber 50-110 Express, #3 26″ oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, rubber shotgun buttplate, oil finish, sporting leaf sight and “Winchester High Velocity”, received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1908 and shipped the next day to order number “178042”. Also accompanying is a typewritten page by Mr. Yearout which details the history of this cartridge. Although this rifle was shipped in 1908 in the “modern” era, it is considered to be an antique given that there is a precedent in the “antique” era and ammunition is no longer commercially available and has not been for several decades. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig blue with a few very minor freckles; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with the losses from flaking not wear; lever, hammer and breech block retain dark, faded case colors; buttplate & toe of buttstock have a very old, period of use chip, otherwise wood is sound with a few light handling & use, nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore. Appears to be unfired. 4-53865 JR68 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 2163

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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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	2163	$18,400.00	DELUXE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE IN A RARE CALIBER. SN 105480. Cal. 50 EX (50-110). Beautiful deluxe rifle with 26″ #3 weight oct bbl, jack front sight, 3,000 yd, 1886 style ladder rear sight and a thin base sporting vernier tang sight with 3″ staff. Mounted with about 2X, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered black insert, schnable tip forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock that has Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number “5988” which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by Mr. Yearout’s Collection inventory card which shows that he purchased this rifle in Sep. 1964 form Lynn Coe of Jamestown, ND. Noted on the back of the card is the Cody Firearms Museum shipping records information which lists this rifle, caliber 50-110 Express, #3 26″ oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, rubber shotgun buttplate, oil finish, sporting leaf sight and “Winchester High Velocity”, received in warehouse Nov. 5, 1908 and shipped the next day to order number “178042”. Also accompanying is a typewritten page by Mr. Yearout which details the history of this cartridge. Although this rifle was shipped in 1908 in the “modern” era, it is considered to be an antique given that there is a precedent in the “antique” era and ammunition is no longer commercially available and has not been for several decades. PROVENANCE: Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig blue with a few very minor freckles; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with the losses from flaking not wear; lever, hammer and breech block retain dark, faded case colors; buttplate & toe of buttstock have a very old, period of use chip, otherwise wood is sound with a few light handling & use, nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore. Appears to be unfired. 4-53865 JR68 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 2163 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 SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1885 HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE IN A RARE CALIBER.