SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE WITH BRITISH PROOF MARKS.

SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE WITH BRITISH PROOF MARKS. SN 24117. Cal. 45-75. 22″ rnd bbl, 3/4 mag tub with musket style forend and nosecap, barley corn front sight, carbine ladder rear sight, mounted in reverse position, with graduation marks on backside and stamped “1876”. Top of bbl is marked “WINCHESTER’S-REPEATING-ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING’S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER. 16. 1860.” To the left side of rear sight and adjacent receiver are a series of British proof marks. Second Model receiver with screwed on rail and dust cover, with stud and ring on left side. Mounted with lightly figured straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, steel carbine buttplate, 18″ forend with retaining band and steel nosepiece. Inspection of inside lower tang reveals assembly number “1082 C”. Matching “1082” can be found in top tang channel of stock and inside toe of buttplate. PROVENANCE: Dr. Edmund Lewis Collection CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains a smooth, dark brown finish with some fading and blending with gray patina near muzzle. A couple of minor, typical light nicks and scratches. Receiver is a mottled brown, blue and silver patina with a few minor nicks and scratches and some tiny fine surface oxidation on right plate. Hammer has traces of fading orig case colors blending with some brown and silver patina. Lever is mostly a dark brown patina. Stock is sound with some minor nicks, dings and small dents and retains orig open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with some minor nicks, dings and dents and retains orig open grain oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with a bright, shiny bore. 4-41317 BDT151 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011

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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	2062	$4,025.00	SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 SADDLE RING CARBINE WITH BRITISH PROOF MARKS. SN 24117. Cal. 45-75. 22″ rnd bbl, 3/4 mag tub with musket style forend and nosecap, barley corn front sight, carbine ladder rear sight, mounted in reverse position, with graduation marks on backside and stamped “1876”. Top of bbl is marked “WINCHESTER’S-REPEATING-ARMS. NEW HAVEN. CT./KING’S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29. 1866. OCTOBER. 16. 1860.” To the left side of rear sight and adjacent receiver are a series of British proof marks. Second Model receiver with screwed on rail and dust cover, with stud and ring on left side. Mounted with lightly figured straight grain walnut, uncheckered straight grip, steel carbine buttplate, 18″ forend with retaining band and steel nosepiece. Inspection of inside lower tang reveals assembly number “1082 C”. Matching “1082” can be found in top tang channel of stock and inside toe of buttplate. PROVENANCE: Dr. Edmund Lewis Collection CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains a smooth, dark brown finish with some fading and blending with gray patina near muzzle. A couple of minor, typical light nicks and scratches. Receiver is a mottled brown, blue and silver patina with a few minor nicks and scratches and some tiny fine surface oxidation on right plate. Hammer has traces of fading orig case colors blending with some brown and silver patina. Lever is mostly a dark brown patina. Stock is sound with some minor nicks, dings and small dents and retains orig open grain oil finish. Forend is sound with some minor nicks, dings and dents and retains orig open grain oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with a bright, shiny bore. 4-41317 BDT151 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011 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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