EXTREMELY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET.

EXTREMELY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. SN 28504. Cal. 45-70. Standard musket with 30″ rnd bbl, square base barleycorn front sight/bayonet lug and 1,000 yard ski jump musket rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut and full-length forearm with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate with trap. Forearm is secured with a sgl band and a Model ’76 style carbine/musket forend tip. Bbl band has a sling loop with corresponding loop in the buttstock. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet that has 20-1/4″ Yataghan blade, proofed on each side of the ricasso and brass handle with feathered body and eagle head pommel in an orig black leather sheath with brass tip & throat. Also accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this musket in caliber 45-70 with saber bayonet, received in warehouse Jan. 7, 1889 and shipped next day to Order #15871. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Winchester Book, Madis, there were only about 350 of these rare muskets ever produced, making them the most rare of Winchester lever action muskets except for the Model 1894 of which only five were produced as experimental prototypes. This musket is even more rare with its saber bayonet. CONDITION: Fair, no orig finish remains with the metal being a cleaned gray patina and moderate to heavy pitting. Stock shows heavy wear with chips & damage around the tangs & receiver end of the forearm and overall retains a very dark oil stained finish. Mechanics are a little balky but functional, dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting but shootable rifling. Bayonet shows a cleaned blade with light surface etching and light lemon yellow patina on the handle; scabbard has chips in the finish and overall retains most of a restored black color; tip & throat are a dark coffee colored brass patina. 4-47645 JR227 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1140	$5,175.00	EXTREMELY RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION MUSKET. SN 28504. Cal. 45-70. Standard musket with 30″ rnd bbl, square base barleycorn front sight/bayonet lug and 1,000 yard ski jump musket rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain walnut and full-length forearm with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate with trap. Forearm is secured with a sgl band and a Model ’76 style carbine/musket forend tip. Bbl band has a sling loop with corresponding loop in the buttstock. Accompanied by an orig saber bayonet that has 20-1/4″ Yataghan blade, proofed on each side of the ricasso and brass handle with feathered body and eagle head pommel in an orig black leather sheath with brass tip & throat. Also accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this musket in caliber 45-70 with saber bayonet, received in warehouse Jan. 7, 1889 and shipped next day to Order #15871. According to Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and The Winchester Book, Madis, there were only about 350 of these rare muskets ever produced, making them the most rare of Winchester lever action muskets except for the Model 1894 of which only five were produced as experimental prototypes. This musket is even more rare with its saber bayonet. CONDITION: Fair, no orig finish remains with the metal being a cleaned gray patina and moderate to heavy pitting. Stock shows heavy wear with chips & damage around the tangs & receiver end of the forearm and overall retains a very dark oil stained finish. Mechanics are a little balky but functional, dark bore with moderate to heavy pitting but shootable rifling. Bayonet shows a cleaned blade with light surface etching and light lemon yellow patina on the handle; scabbard has chips in the finish and overall retains most of a restored black color; tip & throat are a dark coffee colored brass patina. 4-47645 JR227 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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