SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 83420. Cal. 45-70. Fine deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, Lyman ivory bead front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has usual 2-line address and caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver & bbl have the Winchester “WP” proof. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm & capped pistol grip stock with Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “892”, “XX” and “RB”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. The orig Winchester grip cap has been replaced with a smooth hard rubber grip cap and the checkering lightly re-cut on very bottom edge. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum research request yellow sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-70 with half oct bbl, plain trigger, 2/3 magazine, checkered pistol grip stock & hard rubber buttplate, received in warehouse Dec. 19, 1893 and shipped same day to order #6407. There is no mention of a return to the factory, although it certainly must have been returned after 1905 to have been stamped with the “WP” proof. The likelihood is something was done to the rifle at that time (perhaps internal). Whatever may have been done, you buy it with this knowledge and caveat. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 93-95% plum/blue with light muzzle edge wear and a few minor nicks; magazine tube retains 96-97% strong orig blue; receiver retains about 75-80% faded case colors, bright in very sheltered areas, stronger on left side, turned silver on belly; hammer retains faded case colors on sides and rear edge, turned silver on top edge; lever retains strong case colors on sides and smoky case colors on front face; top tang retains traces of case colors; stock has a hairline & a small chip back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with the aforementioned changed grip cap, with light nicks & scratches and retains most of a cleaned hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-45168 (7,500-12,500)

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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	2221	$7,670.00	SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 83420. Cal. 45-70. Fine deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, Lyman ivory bead front sight and “1886” marked ladder rear sight. Top flat of bbl has usual 2-line address and caliber marking over chamber area. Receiver & bbl have the Winchester “WP” proof. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm & capped pistol grip stock with Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with assembly number “892”, “XX” and “RB”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock. The orig Winchester grip cap has been replaced with a smooth hard rubber grip cap and the checkering lightly re-cut on very bottom edge. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum research request yellow sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-70 with half oct bbl, plain trigger, 2/3 magazine, checkered pistol grip stock & hard rubber buttplate, received in warehouse Dec. 19, 1893 and shipped same day to order #6407. There is no mention of a return to the factory, although it certainly must have been returned after 1905 to have been stamped with the “WP” proof. The likelihood is something was done to the rifle at that time (perhaps internal). Whatever may have been done, you buy it with this knowledge and caveat. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 93-95% plum/blue with light muzzle edge wear and a few minor nicks; magazine tube retains 96-97% strong orig blue; receiver retains about 75-80% faded case colors, bright in very sheltered areas, stronger on left side, turned silver on belly; hammer retains faded case colors on sides and rear edge, turned silver on top edge; lever retains strong case colors on sides and smoky case colors on front face; top tang retains traces of case colors; stock has a hairline & a small chip back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with the aforementioned changed grip cap, with light nicks & scratches and retains most of a cleaned hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, very bright shiny bore. 4-45168 (7,500-12,500) 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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