RARE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

RARE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 74916. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Beautiful little rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, ivory bead combination front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top flat of bbl is full matted. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by Conrad Ulrich with a large No. 6 elliptical vignette on left side of a Whitetail buck & doe in a mountain scene, surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with wavelet borders. Left front of receiver is engraved in a ribbon in period script “C.F. Boetticher”. Right side is engraved with the vignette of a No. 9 bull moose in a forest scene surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and matching wavelet borders. Both sides of receiver are completely surrounded by wavy line borders with snake & dot borders on top edges. Top & bottom of receiver are engraved in foliate arabesque patterns with fine line borders at front & rear edges and around top tang. The lever & locking bolt opening on bottom of receiver is surrounded by an engraved rosette. Sides of the forend cap & buttplate tang are lightly engraved also. Left side of lower tang is unmarked and the top tang channel of buttstock appears to have had an assembly number removed. Toe of buttplate is also unmarked. When buttplate was removed a small receipt was found rolled up in the hole in the buttstock. It is an old receipt, probably for this rifle, dated “South Eastern Mass Sept 6 1930”, “Received from E.F. Belcher”. The amount was $15.00. On another line it has the information “Paid by Joseph H. Rogers for rifle” and is signed “James H. Rankin”. Back of receipt is a pencil notation “This rifle belongs to J.H. Rogers Brook– / So Paris Maine” and signed “Joseph Rogers 1-16-73”. Also accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in 32 caliber with oct, matted bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock, engraved $10.00 and also engraved “C.F. Boetticher”, received in warehouse Jan. 4, 1898 and shipped the next day to Order #119. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear; magazine tube retains 95-97% strong orig blue; receiver retains 85-90% thinning orig blue; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on sides, faded on outer faces and top edge; buttplate retains smoky case colors, mostly turned silver; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches with the forearm retaining most of an old refinish and the buttstock most of its orig piano varnish finish; checkering shows moderate diamond point wear; buttstock may be an old replacement. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of light pitting. 4-44597 JR343 (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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2097	$46,000.00	RARE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 74916. Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Beautiful little rifle with 24-1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, ivory bead combination front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Top flat of bbl is full matted. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Receiver is beautifully engraved, probably by Conrad Ulrich with a large No. 6 elliptical vignette on left side of a Whitetail buck & doe in a mountain scene, surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns with wavelet borders. Left front of receiver is engraved in a ribbon in period script “C.F. Boetticher”. Right side is engraved with the vignette of a No. 9 bull moose in a forest scene surrounded by foliate arabesque patterns and matching wavelet borders. Both sides of receiver are completely surrounded by wavy line borders with snake & dot borders on top edges. Top & bottom of receiver are engraved in foliate arabesque patterns with fine line borders at front & rear edges and around top tang. The lever & locking bolt opening on bottom of receiver is surrounded by an engraved rosette. Sides of the forend cap & buttplate tang are lightly engraved also. Left side of lower tang is unmarked and the top tang channel of buttstock appears to have had an assembly number removed. Toe of buttplate is also unmarked. When buttplate was removed a small receipt was found rolled up in the hole in the buttstock. It is an old receipt, probably for this rifle, dated “South Eastern Mass Sept 6 1930”, “Received from E.F. Belcher”. The amount was $15.00. On another line it has the information “Paid by Joseph H. Rogers for rifle” and is signed “James H. Rankin”. Back of receipt is a pencil notation “This rifle belongs to J.H. Rogers Brook– / So Paris Maine” and signed “Joseph Rogers 1-16-73”. Also accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in 32 caliber with oct, matted bbl, plain trigger, fancy checkered stock, engraved $10.00 and also engraved “C.F. Boetticher”, received in warehouse Jan. 4, 1898 and shipped the next day to Order #119. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear; magazine tube retains 95-97% strong orig blue; receiver retains 85-90% thinning orig blue; lever & hammer retain strong case colors on sides, faded on outer faces and top edge; buttplate retains smoky case colors, mostly turned silver; wood is sound with light nicks & scratches with the forearm retaining most of an old refinish and the buttstock most of its orig piano varnish finish; checkering shows moderate diamond point wear; buttstock may be an old replacement. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with a few scattered spots of light pitting. 4-44597 JR343 (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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