*SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 137709. Cal. 45-70. Usual configuration with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw and an “1886” marked 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. Mounted with very nicely figured flame & shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with checkered steel Winchester buttplate. Bottom of stock has a 3/4″ silver oval engraved “G.H.H / FROM / E.H.”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “5” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock with shotgun butt, received in warehouse Feb. 8, 1906 and shipped March 13, 1906 to Order #48661. Straight stock deluxe ’86s are fairly uncommon and rarely encountered. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Overall retains about 96-98% strong professionally restored blue with only light sharp edge wear and some minor thinning on bottom of receiver. Stock has a tiny chip by the right side of top tang at the receiver, otherwise wood is sound and retains about all of an old restored oil finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-47172 (5,500-8,500)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1227	$10,350.00	SCARCE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 137709. Cal. 45-70. Usual configuration with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw and an “1886” marked 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. Mounted with very nicely figured flame & shell grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and straight stock with checkered steel Winchester buttplate. Bottom of stock has a 3/4″ silver oval engraved “G.H.H / FROM / E.H.”. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “5” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum fact sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock with shotgun butt, received in warehouse Feb. 8, 1906 and shipped March 13, 1906 to Order #48661. Straight stock deluxe ’86s are fairly uncommon and rarely encountered. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Overall retains about 96-98% strong professionally restored blue with only light sharp edge wear and some minor thinning on bottom of receiver. Stock has a tiny chip by the right side of top tang at the receiver, otherwise wood is sound and retains about all of an old restored oil finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-47172 (5,500-8,500) 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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