SPECTACULAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SPECTACULAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 106102. Cal. 40-65. Blue & color case hardened with 26″ tapered oct bbl, Lyman ivory bead front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has full magazine tube with close-coupled dbl set triggers. The receiver, forend cap, buttplate, lever & hammer are all color case hardened. Rifle is mounted with beautiful center feather crotch American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “670” and two dots. This assembly number was also observed in the top tang channel of the butt stock and inside the toe of the buttplate. Receiver has spectacular & very distinctive “lacquer lines” on both sides. These distinctive lines were created when the factory applied a second coat of lacquer over the sides of receiver but not onto the belly of the receiver. As the thinner single coating of lacquer on the belly wore away, it allowed more rapid fading of the case colors leaving this very distinctive line on each side. Although color case hardened deluxe 1886 rifles are not uncommon, they are rarely found with the very definitive “lacquer lines” and brilliant colors. PROVENANCE: Dr. Edmund Lewis Collection CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain virtually all of their orig factory blue with a few tiny scattered spots of finish loss, mostly on magazine tube and slight muzzle edge wear. Receiver retains brilliant case colors on sides, stronger on right side, somewhat more thinned on top & bottom edges and has a few scattered pin pricks of rust on left side. Hammer retains virtually all of its brilliant orig case colors. Lever retains brilliant case colors on sides with outer edge somewhat faded and turning slightly silver on the loop. Top tang appears to have some light chemical oxidation and loss of case colors. Forend cap retains most of its orig case colors with some orig lacquer, mostly fading. Buttplate retains most of its orig case colors, mostly faded with streaks of brilliant colors in the crescent and faded on tang with light surface rust. Stock has an old screwdriver scratch by the top tang, otherwise is completely sound with some minor, light nicks & scratches and overall retains about all of its brilliant piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so very little, bolt face retains about all of its orig finish. An exceptional & truly fine deluxe ’86. 4-41322 JR89 (22,500-35,000)

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2066	$40,250.00	SPECTACULAR DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 106102. Cal. 40-65. Blue & color case hardened with 26″ tapered oct bbl, Lyman ivory bead front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. It has full magazine tube with close-coupled dbl set triggers. The receiver, forend cap, buttplate, lever & hammer are all color case hardened. Rifle is mounted with beautiful center feather crotch American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with the assembly number “670” and two dots. This assembly number was also observed in the top tang channel of the butt stock and inside the toe of the buttplate. Receiver has spectacular & very distinctive “lacquer lines” on both sides. These distinctive lines were created when the factory applied a second coat of lacquer over the sides of receiver but not onto the belly of the receiver. As the thinner single coating of lacquer on the belly wore away, it allowed more rapid fading of the case colors leaving this very distinctive line on each side. Although color case hardened deluxe 1886 rifles are not uncommon, they are rarely found with the very definitive “lacquer lines” and brilliant colors. PROVENANCE: Dr. Edmund Lewis Collection CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain virtually all of their orig factory blue with a few tiny scattered spots of finish loss, mostly on magazine tube and slight muzzle edge wear. Receiver retains brilliant case colors on sides, stronger on right side, somewhat more thinned on top & bottom edges and has a few scattered pin pricks of rust on left side. Hammer retains virtually all of its brilliant orig case colors. Lever retains brilliant case colors on sides with outer edge somewhat faded and turning slightly silver on the loop. Top tang appears to have some light chemical oxidation and loss of case colors. Forend cap retains most of its orig case colors with some orig lacquer, mostly fading. Buttplate retains most of its orig case colors, mostly faded with streaks of brilliant colors in the crescent and faded on tang with light surface rust. Stock has an old screwdriver scratch by the top tang, otherwise is completely sound with some minor, light nicks & scratches and overall retains about all of its brilliant piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired but if so very little, bolt face retains about all of its orig finish. An exceptional & truly fine deluxe ’86. 4-41322 JR89 (22,500-35,000) 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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