SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 40-65. SN 60410. Fine deluxe rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead hunting front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman locking tang sight. It has sgl set trigger. Mounted with H-style checkered, extremely beautiful, highly figured, center crotch cut, flame grain, American walnut. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “334” and “XXX”. This assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttstock has an extremely unusual buttplate which consists of a nickeled metal frame with rubber center, the only one this cataloguer has ever seen. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle with set trigger & “silver (s) ? recoil pad” and indicating shipment on Aug. 24, 1891, returned & repaired Oct. 25, 1894. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains a mottled blue/brown patina with areas of brilliant orig blue mixed with brown patina also some touch-up bluing. Receiver retains 30-40% case colors, strong in sheltered areas, fading & turned to silver elsewhere. Lever is mostly silvered case colors & hammer retains about 90% colors, strong on right side & back edge. There are tiny chips on each side of top tang at receiver & there is a tiny repaired sliver in forearm, also a crack at wrist on the left side which does not go all the way through the stock otherwise wood is sound and retains most of a fine professionally restored finish. Buttplate frame retains 30-40% orig nickel with balance a dark patina. Rubber insert has deteriorated & checkered center section is worn away. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some light orange peel pitting. 4-56691 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

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
	1077	$5,750.00	SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 40-65. SN 60410. Fine deluxe rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead hunting front sight, semi-buckhorn rear sight and Lyman locking tang sight. It has sgl set trigger. Mounted with H-style checkered, extremely beautiful, highly figured, center crotch cut, flame grain, American walnut. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “334” and “XXX”. This assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. Buttstock has an extremely unusual buttplate which consists of a nickeled metal frame with rubber center, the only one this cataloguer has ever seen. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle with set trigger & “silver (s) ? recoil pad” and indicating shipment on Aug. 24, 1891, returned & repaired Oct. 25, 1894. CONDITION: Very good to fine. Bbl retains a mottled blue/brown patina with areas of brilliant orig blue mixed with brown patina also some touch-up bluing. Receiver retains 30-40% case colors, strong in sheltered areas, fading & turned to silver elsewhere. Lever is mostly silvered case colors & hammer retains about 90% colors, strong on right side & back edge. There are tiny chips on each side of top tang at receiver & there is a tiny repaired sliver in forearm, also a crack at wrist on the left side which does not go all the way through the stock otherwise wood is sound and retains most of a fine professionally restored finish. Buttplate frame retains 30-40% orig nickel with balance a dark patina. Rubber insert has deteriorated & checkered center section is worn away. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore with some light orange peel pitting. 4-56691 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 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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