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1101
$5,175.00

LATE WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 157823. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Standard carbine with 20″ rd bbl, full magazine, late style front band with square base front sight and a broken, late, replacement marbles carbine rear sight. Bbl has Winchester & King’s Patent 2-line address. Left side of the receiver has staple & ring. Mounted with uncheckered, slab sawed American walnut with straight stock & brass carbine buttplate with trap. This carbine is typical of frontier used arms that was probably in the saddle scabbard on the American frontier. CONDITION: Fair to good. No orig finish remains with the bbl & magazine tube thin, cleaned silver brown patina. Receiver & buttplate show heavy wear with rounded corners has saddle ring wear on the receiver & has been recently polished. Lever & hammer are a dark patina. Stock has a crack in the wrist otherwise wood is sound with usual nicks & scratches and retains a dark hand worn patina. One or both of the timing screws are either broken or weak as the lever is loose for the first inch of travel. Trigger spring is a replacement. Mechanics are fine. Strong bore with moderate pitting. 4-48640 JR145 (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013
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