OUTSTANDING ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH PLATINUM BANDS.

OUTSTANDING ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH PLATINUM BANDS. SN 78315. Cal. 45-70. Wonderful deluxe rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with fabulous 4X center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip that has a triangular ebony inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate with teat. Bottom of stock has a factory sling loop with corresponding sling swivel in forend cap. Receiver is engraved by John Ulrich in a modified style-6 pattern consisting of the large vignette of a bugling bull elk in a mountain scene on left side and the small vignette of a buck deer rubbing his antlers on a tree on right side. Both sides have light foliate arabesque patterns with snake & dot borders. Bottom of receiver, top tang behind hammer slot and top of receiver ring are engraved to match with a line ribbon around SN. Bbl is engraved like a 1 of 1,000 with foliate arabesque patterns over the chamber area and a chip & dot border panel around caliber marking. Matching patterns are engraved around the muzzle. Most rare however are the wide platinum bands on the bbl, at receiver and around the muzzle. Forend cap is engraved to match. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “793”, “XXXX” and “RB” which designates rubber buttplate. The matching assembly number is in the top tang channel of the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, engraved “$5.00 Barrel inlaid & etc. $2.00 Blued”, received in warehouse April 8, 1893 and shipped Dec. 7, 1893 to Order #5833. Also accompanied by a color photograph of this rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches; magazine tube retains 98-99% strong orig blue with bright blue magazine band; forend cap retains 96-97% bright orig blue with some light freckling; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear and some light freckling on left side & belly; lever & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors, faded on top edge of hammer; wood is sound with a few minor chips in finish and overall retains about all of its brilliant orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-44446 JR301 (40,000-70,000)

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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	2072	$115,000.00	OUTSTANDING ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH PLATINUM BANDS. SN 78315. Cal. 45-70. Wonderful deluxe rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with fabulous 4X center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip that has a triangular ebony inlay and Winchester hard rubber buttplate with teat. Bottom of stock has a factory sling loop with corresponding sling swivel in forend cap. Receiver is engraved by John Ulrich in a modified style-6 pattern consisting of the large vignette of a bugling bull elk in a mountain scene on left side and the small vignette of a buck deer rubbing his antlers on a tree on right side. Both sides have light foliate arabesque patterns with snake & dot borders. Bottom of receiver, top tang behind hammer slot and top of receiver ring are engraved to match with a line ribbon around SN. Bbl is engraved like a 1 of 1,000 with foliate arabesque patterns over the chamber area and a chip & dot border panel around caliber marking. Matching patterns are engraved around the muzzle. Most rare however are the wide platinum bands on the bbl, at receiver and around the muzzle. Forend cap is engraved to match. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “793”, “XXXX” and “RB” which designates rubber buttplate. The matching assembly number is in the top tang channel of the buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 45-70 with oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, engraved “$5.00 Barrel inlaid & etc. $2.00 Blued”, received in warehouse April 8, 1893 and shipped Dec. 7, 1893 to Order #5833. Also accompanied by a color photograph of this rifle. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine, all matching. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple of small scratches; magazine tube retains 98-99% strong orig blue with bright blue magazine band; forend cap retains 96-97% bright orig blue with some light freckling; receiver retains about 95% strong orig blue with sharp edge wear and some light freckling on left side & belly; lever & hammer retain about all of their brilliant orig case colors, faded on top edge of hammer; wood is sound with a few minor chips in finish and overall retains about all of its brilliant orig piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of pitting. 4-44446 JR301 (40,000-70,000) 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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