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3104
$25,300.00

VERY RARE SEMI-DELUXE WINCHESTER HIGH WALL SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. SN 53203. Cal. 50-95. Very beautiful special order rifle in an unusual caliber with 30” No. 3 weight oct bbl made without sight dovetails. It is now mounted with a 35” Malcolm scope in orig target mounts with rare, original dust covers. Also mounted with extremely beautiful, uncheckered, 3X center crotch cut, flame grain American walnut with black insert Schnable tipped forearm & black insert serpentine grip stock with crescent buttplate. It has sgl set trigger. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this rifle as found except for scope. It was shipped 2 June 1892 to Order No. 23935. The uncheckered deluxe wood as found on this rifle is a most rare feature along with the bbl without dovetails. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains about 98% strong bright orig blue and receiver most of its brilliant orig case colors with a spot of brown discoloration on right side and some very fine light surface rust. Wood is sound with a few very minor handling marks and retains virtually all of its orig piano varnish finish. Set trigger is not functioning, may only need adjusting, otherwise mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bore. Optics appear to be fine but no crosshair. 4-59647 JR83 (7,500-12,500)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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