RARE EARLY “HENRY” MARKED PRESENTATION WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

RARE EARLY “HENRY” MARKED PRESENTATION WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 16705. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Fine early ’66 carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine with integral front sight/front band, a forearm band and 2-position rear sight graduated 100-300-500 yards. Left sideplate is engraved in period script “D Edwin Hawley / New York / from H.E.H. Dec. 25th 1868”. Left side of frame has a staple & ring. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent brass buttplate containing a 3-pc orig all steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang is stamped with SN along with “CV” and “W”. Matching number is also found inside toe of buttplate. A quick search of the internet disclosed no information pertinent to D. Edwin Hawley. This carbine was produced very shortly after the transition from the Henry rifle to the Model 1866 Winchester and these ’66s are rarely found today with high orig finish. They were the first repeating lever action carbine, ever, and were immediately adopted by all manner of frontiersmen for use in the great American West, generally carried in saddle scabbards & wagon boxes or across saddle bows, usually under harsh conditions of weather & dirt with very limited or nonexistent maintenance. When one is fortunate enough to find such an early carbine, the bbl address is usually completely worn away with rounded edges on the receiver and damaged wood. While this carbine has been used and shows evidence of blood pitting on the bbl, over the chamber area, front sight & spots on the bbl, it is in remarkably strong orig condition. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl, as noted above, has heavy blood pitting over chamber area and left side of the rear sight, on the front bbl band & sight with lesser spots on the bbl which have been cleaned; middle band has a couple of additional small spots; loading gate retains about 60-70% orig blue; receiver retains sharp edges and a wonderful, smooth, dark coffee patina; hammer retains dark case colors, turning brown on rear edge; lever retains dark case colors in sheltered areas being a brown patina on the loop; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and the buttstock retains most of an old refinish; forearm is sound with a hand worn finish, possibly refinished. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-44551 JR449 (10,000-20,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2000	$25,300.00	RARE EARLY “HENRY” MARKED PRESENTATION WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 16705. Cal. 44 RF Henry. Fine early ’66 carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine with integral front sight/front band, a forearm band and 2-position rear sight graduated 100-300-500 yards. Left sideplate is engraved in period script “D Edwin Hawley / New York / from H.E.H. Dec. 25th 1868”. Left side of frame has a staple & ring. Mounted with nicely figured, uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent brass buttplate containing a 3-pc orig all steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang is stamped with SN along with “CV” and “W”. Matching number is also found inside toe of buttplate. A quick search of the internet disclosed no information pertinent to D. Edwin Hawley. This carbine was produced very shortly after the transition from the Henry rifle to the Model 1866 Winchester and these ’66s are rarely found today with high orig finish. They were the first repeating lever action carbine, ever, and were immediately adopted by all manner of frontiersmen for use in the great American West, generally carried in saddle scabbards & wagon boxes or across saddle bows, usually under harsh conditions of weather & dirt with very limited or nonexistent maintenance. When one is fortunate enough to find such an early carbine, the bbl address is usually completely worn away with rounded edges on the receiver and damaged wood. While this carbine has been used and shows evidence of blood pitting on the bbl, over the chamber area, front sight & spots on the bbl, it is in remarkably strong orig condition. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl, as noted above, has heavy blood pitting over chamber area and left side of the rear sight, on the front bbl band & sight with lesser spots on the bbl which have been cleaned; middle band has a couple of additional small spots; loading gate retains about 60-70% orig blue; receiver retains sharp edges and a wonderful, smooth, dark coffee patina; hammer retains dark case colors, turning brown on rear edge; lever retains dark case colors in sheltered areas being a brown patina on the loop; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and the buttstock retains most of an old refinish; forearm is sound with a hand worn finish, possibly refinished. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-44551 JR449 (10,000-20,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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