SCARCE WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

SCARCE WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 14420. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade early carbine, 2nd type, with 20″ bbl, full magazine, integral front band/front sight and Model 1866 style forearm band with 2-position rear sight graduated 100-300-500 yards. Receiver has a mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumb print and has a staple & ring in left side. Mounted with very nicely figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and smooth steel carbine buttplate with trap containing a 3-pc, orig all steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is stamped with assembly number “294” with the matching assembly number in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Lever latch is 1866-style. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, both dated 2006, which provide identical information identifying this firearm as a carbine, received in warehouse Jan. 7, 1877 and shipped June 26, 1877 to Order #9342. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear; bbl bands retain most of their orig blue, lightly to moderately thinned and turning plum; receiver & sideplates retain 95-96% strong orig blue with a few light nicks & scratches, some fine spots of surface discoloration and a halo on left side from saddle ring; lever & hammer retain dark case colors; wood is sound with a few, very minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired; bolt face retains virtually all of its orig factory blue. 4-44594 JR421 (20,000-30,000)

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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	2003	$57,500.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 14420. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade early carbine, 2nd type, with 20″ bbl, full magazine, integral front band/front sight and Model 1866 style forearm band with 2-position rear sight graduated 100-300-500 yards. Receiver has a mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumb print and has a staple & ring in left side. Mounted with very nicely figured, slab-sawed, uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and smooth steel carbine buttplate with trap containing a 3-pc, orig all steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is stamped with assembly number “294” with the matching assembly number in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Lever latch is 1866-style. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, both dated 2006, which provide identical information identifying this firearm as a carbine, received in warehouse Jan. 7, 1877 and shipped June 26, 1877 to Order #9342. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain 98-99% strong orig blue with only faint muzzle end wear; bbl bands retain most of their orig blue, lightly to moderately thinned and turning plum; receiver & sideplates retain 95-96% strong orig blue with a few light nicks & scratches, some fine spots of surface discoloration and a halo on left side from saddle ring; lever & hammer retain dark case colors; wood is sound with a few, very minor nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, probably unfired; bolt face retains virtually all of its orig factory blue. 4-44594 JR421 (20,000-30,000) 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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