RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 57474. Cal. 38-56. Rare special order ’86 with 26″ full matted oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “102”, “XX” and “RB”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Mounted with about 3X, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkering and serpentine grip with black inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Forearm is also beautiful center crotch flame grain walnut of the same quality as the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38-56 with half oct bbl, half magazine, plain trigger and rubber shotgun butt, received in warehouse June 23, 1891 and shipped same day to Order #5482; returned & repaired Oct. 19, 1895. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear and a thin spot on the left side at the transition with a few minor, tiny nicks; receiver, lever & hammer retain strong case colors, moderately faded and turning silver over top & bottom. Wood is sound with a few scrapes on buttstock and normal handling & use nicks & scratches and retains 92-93% strong piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44453 JR22 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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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	1069	$18,975.00	RARE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 57474. Cal. 38-56. Rare special order ’86 with 26″ full matted oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman combination tang sight. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “102”, “XX” and “RB”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Mounted with about 3X, highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkering and serpentine grip with black inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Forearm is also beautiful center crotch flame grain walnut of the same quality as the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38-56 with half oct bbl, half magazine, plain trigger and rubber shotgun butt, received in warehouse June 23, 1891 and shipped same day to Order #5482; returned & repaired Oct. 19, 1895. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear and a thin spot on the left side at the transition with a few minor, tiny nicks; receiver, lever & hammer retain strong case colors, moderately faded and turning silver over top & bottom. Wood is sound with a few scrapes on buttstock and normal handling & use nicks & scratches and retains 92-93% strong piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44453 JR22 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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