EXTREMELY RARE GOLD & NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

EXTREMELY RARE GOLD & NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 67379. Cal. 44 WCFf (44-40). Beautiful carbine with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and “1873” marked carbine ladder rear sight. It has usual bbl roll markings forward of rear sight with caliber marking over chamber area. Mounted with extremely fine, about 3X American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Bbl, sights, magazine tube, bolt, locking lugs, saddle ring & staple, lever & hammer are all nickel finish. Receiver, bbl bands & buttplate are gold finish. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “3553” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is found on the butt of the stock, under buttplate and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by one of the Ulrichs, probably John, in #9 style with the large vignette of a feeding white tail buck with a doe standing alert in a field scene, surrounded by an elliptical border and foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. Surrounding the entire side is a zig zag & dot border. Right side has a matching border with counterpoint inside blank border surrounding foliate arabesque patterns. Receiver ring and top tang back of hammer slot, along with bottom of receiver are engraved to match. The area surrounding the lever slot on the bottom of the receiver is engraved in a fan pattern. Buttplate tang is also lightly engraved. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this firearm as a carbine in 44 caliber with fancy checkered stock, $5.00 engraved, gilt & nickel, received in warehouse Dec. 18, 1896 and shipped the same day. Also accompanied by a copy of a letter from the Cody Firearms Museum which in part states there were a total of 105 Model 1892 carbines listed as engraved. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain 92-94% strong orig nickel with scattered flaking which has turned to dark patina; receiver retains 95-97% strong gold plating with the bbl bands retaining 88-90% orig gold; buttplate retains about 85% orig gold; wood is sound with light nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of its orig piano varnish finish with lightly to moderately worn checkering. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of light pitting. 4-44619 JR295 (25,000-40,000)

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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	2046	$34,500.00	EXTREMELY RARE GOLD & NICKEL ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 67379. Cal. 44 WCFf (44-40). Beautiful carbine with 20″ rnd bbl, full magazine, square base front sight and “1873” marked carbine ladder rear sight. It has usual bbl roll markings forward of rear sight with caliber marking over chamber area. Mounted with extremely fine, about 3X American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with carbine buttplate. Bbl, sights, magazine tube, bolt, locking lugs, saddle ring & staple, lever & hammer are all nickel finish. Receiver, bbl bands & buttplate are gold finish. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “3553” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is found on the butt of the stock, under buttplate and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved by one of the Ulrichs, probably John, in #9 style with the large vignette of a feeding white tail buck with a doe standing alert in a field scene, surrounded by an elliptical border and foliate arabesque patterns with fine punch dot background. Surrounding the entire side is a zig zag & dot border. Right side has a matching border with counterpoint inside blank border surrounding foliate arabesque patterns. Receiver ring and top tang back of hammer slot, along with bottom of receiver are engraved to match. The area surrounding the lever slot on the bottom of the receiver is engraved in a fan pattern. Buttplate tang is also lightly engraved. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this firearm as a carbine in 44 caliber with fancy checkered stock, $5.00 engraved, gilt & nickel, received in warehouse Dec. 18, 1896 and shipped the same day. Also accompanied by a copy of a letter from the Cody Firearms Museum which in part states there were a total of 105 Model 1892 carbines listed as engraved. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching as noted above. Bbl & magazine tube retain 92-94% strong orig nickel with scattered flaking which has turned to dark patina; receiver retains 95-97% strong gold plating with the bbl bands retaining 88-90% orig gold; buttplate retains about 85% orig gold; wood is sound with light nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of its orig piano varnish finish with lightly to moderately worn checkering. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of light pitting. 4-44619 JR295 (25,000-40,000) 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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