Image Lot Price Description



1027
$20,700.00

*VERY RARE EXTRA LONG SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 446142. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with extremely rare 34″ rnd bbl, full magazine with two bands, combination front sight, slot blank in the rear seat and a tang sight with windage. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and crescent buttplate. Winchesters with extra length bbls are occasionally encountered, however those with 32″ and 34″ bbls are extraordinarily rare and are almost never found with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains 95-96% strong orig blue, thinning over the chamber area; magazine tube retains about 97-98% strong blue with a couple of small thinned areas; receiver retains 96-97% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear and a few light scratches; hammer retains about 75% bright case colors and the lever strong case colors on sides, faded to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains about all of its orig case colors, turned a little dark. Wood is sound with a few light handling & use nicks & scratches with the buttstock retaining 93-95% orig varnish and the forearm about 90% orig varnish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-44605 JR50 (12,500-17,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013
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