VERY RARE EARLY FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

VERY RARE EARLY FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 45-75. SN 39. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight & rifle style ladder rear sight graduate to 3,000 yards. It has the early open top frame without dust cover. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, American walnut with straight stock & first type crescent buttplate with trap & thick toe. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying the rifle was rec’d in the warehouse on 7/11/77. All orig with matching assembly numbers. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 30-40% orig blue in sheltered areas with about half the top cleaned to bright metal & balance a mottled blue/brown patina with some light rust & pitting. Magazine tube retains 85-90% strong orig blue with some light rust & pitting near upper end. Receiver retains 60-70% thin orig blue bright in front of ejection port, thin & mixed with patina over rest of top. Bottom is mostly bright metal with some blue in sheltered areas & speckled patina. Lever retains traces of case colors with balance turned silver & freckled with rust. Hammer retains about 75% faded case colors & buttplate is silvered case colors with freckled light rust. Wood is sound with a few gouges on buttstock & usual light handling & use marks & retains a fine hand rubbed patina. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-58000 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

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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	353	$0.00	VERY RARE EARLY FIRST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 45-75. SN 39. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl, German silver Rocky Mountain front sight & rifle style ladder rear sight graduate to 3,000 yards. It has the early open top frame without dust cover. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, American walnut with straight stock & first type crescent buttplate with trap & thick toe. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying the rifle was rec’d in the warehouse on 7/11/77. All orig with matching assembly numbers. CONDITION: Good to very good. Bbl retains 30-40% orig blue in sheltered areas with about half the top cleaned to bright metal & balance a mottled blue/brown patina with some light rust & pitting. Magazine tube retains 85-90% strong orig blue with some light rust & pitting near upper end. Receiver retains 60-70% thin orig blue bright in front of ejection port, thin & mixed with patina over rest of top. Bottom is mostly bright metal with some blue in sheltered areas & speckled patina. Lever retains traces of case colors with balance turned silver & freckled with rust. Hammer retains about 75% faded case colors & buttplate is silvered case colors with freckled light rust. Wood is sound with a few gouges on buttstock & usual light handling & use marks & retains a fine hand rubbed patina. Mechanics are fine, strong dark bore. 4-58000 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 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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