RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 78237. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful deluxe carbine with 22″ rnd bbl, full magazine, two bands with square base front sight and an 1873 carbine ladder rear sight. Receiver, lever, hammer & buttplate are color case hardened. Left side of receiver is mounted with a stud & ring. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “791”, “XXX” and a “0”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock, inside toe of buttplate which also has a “0” at the tip of the toe. Mounted with very highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with very highly figured “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock that has black triangular insert in the serpentine grip. It has a smooth steel carbine buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine in 38-56 caliber with fancy checkered stock with pistol grip received in warehouse Apr. 6, 1893 and shipped Dec. 7, 1893 to Order #5834. ’86 carbines are in and of themselves quite scarce with color case hardened receivers quite rare and deluxe carbines exceedingly rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig factory blue with only slight muzzle edge wear; bbl bands have high point wear with some flaking on forearm band; receiver retains most of its orig case colors, brilliant on left side and the rear portion of right side and in other sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer retains virtually all of its orig case colors, brilliant on sides and rear edge, faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains about 90% orig case colors, brilliant on tang, faded on the face; loading gate retains about all of its orig blue; wood is sound with a few small nicks in stock finish and a wear spot on forearm, otherwise retains virtually all of its strong, bright, orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired as it retains virtually all of its orig finish on bolt face. 4-44523 JR298 (40,000-65,000)

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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	2063	$80,500.00	RARE DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 SADDLE RING CARBINE. SN 78237. Cal. 38-56. Beautiful deluxe carbine with 22″ rnd bbl, full magazine, two bands with square base front sight and an 1873 carbine ladder rear sight. Receiver, lever, hammer & buttplate are color case hardened. Left side of receiver is mounted with a stud & ring. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “791”, “XXX” and a “0”. Matching assembly number is also found in the top tang channel of the buttstock, inside toe of buttplate which also has a “0” at the tip of the toe. Mounted with very highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with very highly figured “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock that has black triangular insert in the serpentine grip. It has a smooth steel carbine buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this firearm as a carbine in 38-56 caliber with fancy checkered stock with pistol grip received in warehouse Apr. 6, 1893 and shipped Dec. 7, 1893 to Order #5834. ’86 carbines are in and of themselves quite scarce with color case hardened receivers quite rare and deluxe carbines exceedingly rare. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig factory blue with only slight muzzle edge wear; bbl bands have high point wear with some flaking on forearm band; receiver retains most of its orig case colors, brilliant on left side and the rear portion of right side and in other sheltered areas, lightly to moderately faded elsewhere; hammer retains virtually all of its orig case colors, brilliant on sides and rear edge, faded on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides and in sheltered areas, fading to silver on outer faces; buttplate retains about 90% orig case colors, brilliant on tang, faded on the face; loading gate retains about all of its orig blue; wood is sound with a few small nicks in stock finish and a wear spot on forearm, otherwise retains virtually all of its strong, bright, orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may be unfired as it retains virtually all of its orig finish on bolt face. 4-44523 JR298 (40,000-65,000) 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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