SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 29331. Cal.44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a thick base tang sight with 4″ staff. Receiver has a mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumbprint. Mounted with nicely figured, slab-sawed uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent steel buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “399” with matching assembly number in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Lever latch is the later style without threads. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle with 28″ oct bbl & plain trigger with no shipping information. 1st Model ’73s are scarce with special order features and given their early, immediate success with usually hard & continuous service on the American Frontier, today they are rarely found in orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; magazine tube retains about 95% strong orig blue with fine pinpricks of surface discoloration and turning plum; receiver & sideplates retain 93-95% strong orig blue with some minor candy striping and cleaning scratches on sides, turning a little plum over receiver ring and bottom front, in the recess; hammer retains most of its orig case colors and the lever retains strong case colors on the sides, turned dark on outer faces; stock has a couple of minor chips and a few, very minor, scattered light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; shows little evidence of use retaining most of its orig factory blue on bolt face. 4-44588 JR422 (12,500-17,500)

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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	2007	$25,875.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 29331. Cal.44 WCF (44-40). Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a thick base tang sight with 4″ staff. Receiver has a mortised dust cover with impressed checkered thumbprint. Mounted with nicely figured, slab-sawed uncheckered American walnut with straight stock and crescent steel buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is stamped with assembly number “399” with matching assembly number in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Lever latch is the later style without threads. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle with 28″ oct bbl & plain trigger with no shipping information. 1st Model ’73s are scarce with special order features and given their early, immediate success with usually hard & continuous service on the American Frontier, today they are rarely found in orig configuration with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with only light sharp edge wear; magazine tube retains about 95% strong orig blue with fine pinpricks of surface discoloration and turning plum; receiver & sideplates retain 93-95% strong orig blue with some minor candy striping and cleaning scratches on sides, turning a little plum over receiver ring and bottom front, in the recess; hammer retains most of its orig case colors and the lever retains strong case colors on the sides, turned dark on outer faces; stock has a couple of minor chips and a few, very minor, scattered light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore; shows little evidence of use retaining most of its orig factory blue on bolt face. 4-44588 JR422 (12,500-17,500) 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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