RARE DELUXE FACTORY ENGRAVED FULL NICKEL WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE DELUXE FACTORY ENGRAVED FULL NICKEL WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 35027. Cal. 44 wcf (44-40). Wonderful early ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, thinned Lyman front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver has attached dust cover rail with impressed, checkered thumbprint dust cover and sgl set trigger. Mounted with very nicely figured, 2X American walnut with early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “84” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by L.D. Nimschke with the vignette of a bull & cow elk on left side plate all surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Right sideplate and sides of receiver are engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns and a large shell pattern on side plate. Top & bottom of receiver, top tang & buttplate tang are engraved to match with matching patterns on forend cap. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1995 and the other 2001. Both identify the rifle with oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock, full nickel and $2.50 engraving, received in warehouse June 9, 1879 and shipped June 12, 1879 to Order #15529. The 1995 letter also states that it was shipped with three other arms. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 93-95% strong orig nickel with some light flaking on left lower flat above the magazine tube and some light thinning over chamber area; magazine tube retains about all of its strong orig nickel plating; forend cap retains about 85-90% orig nickel; receiver retains 90-95% strong orig nickel with losses on right sideplate and the carrier being exposed brass and ; lever & hammer retain strong orig nickel with scattered flaking; buttplate retains about 80% orig nickel; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of a fine, old professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore, dark in the grooves. 4-44569 JR4200 (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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	2005	$28,750.00	RARE DELUXE FACTORY ENGRAVED FULL NICKEL WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 35027. Cal. 44 wcf (44-40). Wonderful early ’73 with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, thinned Lyman front sight and short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. Receiver has attached dust cover rail with impressed, checkered thumbprint dust cover and sgl set trigger. Mounted with very nicely figured, 2X American walnut with early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “84” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by L.D. Nimschke with the vignette of a bull & cow elk on left side plate all surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns. Right sideplate and sides of receiver are engraved with matching foliate arabesque patterns and a large shell pattern on side plate. Top & bottom of receiver, top tang & buttplate tang are engraved to match with matching patterns on forend cap. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1995 and the other 2001. Both identify the rifle with oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock, full nickel and $2.50 engraving, received in warehouse June 9, 1879 and shipped June 12, 1879 to Order #15529. The 1995 letter also states that it was shipped with three other arms. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 93-95% strong orig nickel with some light flaking on left lower flat above the magazine tube and some light thinning over chamber area; magazine tube retains about all of its strong orig nickel plating; forend cap retains about 85-90% orig nickel; receiver retains 90-95% strong orig nickel with losses on right sideplate and the carrier being exposed brass and ; lever & hammer retain strong orig nickel with scattered flaking; buttplate retains about 80% orig nickel; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains most of a fine, old professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore, dark in the grooves. 4-44569 JR4200 (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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