BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 35211. Engraved in 1 of 1000 style, this beautiful rifle has a 24″ oct bbl, full magazine, globe front sight and early style semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. It has very beautiful, about 3X, shell grain walnut wood with early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap that contains an original 4-piece brass & iron wiping rod. The receiver has a screwed-on dust cover rail and impressed thumb print dust cover. The receiver is engraved with beautifully detailed Ulrich style foliate arabesque patterns with about 65-70% coverage. The left sideplate has a presentation panel with the faint outline of an engraved name. When Mr. Owens purchased this rifle the name was still present, but when he went to pick it up, the family had sanded away the name, reportedly to prevent the family name from being disclosed. He had the sideplate re-case colored to match the rest of the original receiver colors. The right sideplate has the vignette of a leaping stag; fine arabesque patterns extend about 2-1/4″ up the bbl and about another 1-1/2″ at the muzzle. The forend cap is lightly engraved on each side and it has a mirror image shell pattern on the carrier and bottom of the receiver. The serial number is surrounded by an arabesque ribbon and the heel of the buttplate, along with the dust cover and top tang also have light patterns. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter fully identifying this rifle with engraving, “new peep and globe sights” and indicating shipment on July 14, 1879. CONDITION: Very fine, as noted. Bbl retains about 90% original blue with some light rust spotting and one area of deep pitting about the middle. Magazine tube retains about 60% blue with several spots of pitting and some crusty rust near the muzzle end. Receiver and sideplates retain most of their case colors, original except the left sideplate, strong and bright in the sheltered areas, fading to silver elsewhere. Lever retains about 75% case colors, bright and strong in the sheltered areas. Hammer retains about 90% colors. Wood is sound and retains most of a very old restored finish with usual light handling and use marks and a series of gouges on the right wrist. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with some fine spotting. 4-52461 JR738 (25,000-40,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004

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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	450	$43,125.00	BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). SN 35211. Engraved in 1 of 1000 style, this beautiful rifle has a 24″ oct bbl, full magazine, globe front sight and early style semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges. It has very beautiful, about 3X, shell grain walnut wood with early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap that contains an original 4-piece brass & iron wiping rod. The receiver has a screwed-on dust cover rail and impressed thumb print dust cover. The receiver is engraved with beautifully detailed Ulrich style foliate arabesque patterns with about 65-70% coverage. The left sideplate has a presentation panel with the faint outline of an engraved name. When Mr. Owens purchased this rifle the name was still present, but when he went to pick it up, the family had sanded away the name, reportedly to prevent the family name from being disclosed. He had the sideplate re-case colored to match the rest of the original receiver colors. The right sideplate has the vignette of a leaping stag; fine arabesque patterns extend about 2-1/4″ up the bbl and about another 1-1/2″ at the muzzle. The forend cap is lightly engraved on each side and it has a mirror image shell pattern on the carrier and bottom of the receiver. The serial number is surrounded by an arabesque ribbon and the heel of the buttplate, along with the dust cover and top tang also have light patterns. Accompanied by a Winchester Gun Museum letter fully identifying this rifle with engraving, “new peep and globe sights” and indicating shipment on July 14, 1879. CONDITION: Very fine, as noted. Bbl retains about 90% original blue with some light rust spotting and one area of deep pitting about the middle. Magazine tube retains about 60% blue with several spots of pitting and some crusty rust near the muzzle end. Receiver and sideplates retain most of their case colors, original except the left sideplate, strong and bright in the sheltered areas, fading to silver elsewhere. Lever retains about 75% case colors, bright and strong in the sheltered areas. Hammer retains about 90% colors. Wood is sound and retains most of a very old restored finish with usual light handling and use marks and a series of gouges on the right wrist. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with some fine spotting. 4-52461 JR738 (25,000-40,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2004 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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