WINCHESTER FIRST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE

WINCHESTER FIRST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE SN 20901. Cal. 44-40. Standard 24-1/4″ octagon bbl with full mag, 1/2″ nickel front sight, with side checkered sporting rear sight. Mortised thumb print, dust cover. Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered, American walnut, straight grip with crescent buttplate. Accompanied with Cody Firearms fact sheet listing this as type carbine, bbl octagon, received in warehouse on Aug 24, 1878, and shipped from warehouse Jan 29, 1879. Remarks being changed to octagon on Nov 23, 1878. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 70-75% orig. blue with balance being a light brown patina color, and carries a couple of aged cleaned rust spots. Mag tube has turned a brown patina with blue visible only in protected areas. Forend cap retains 70% of a factory quality restored finish, with a small spot worn through to bright metal, and the usual nicks and scratches. Receiver has 80-85% of its orig. finish, showing the distinctive plugged holes of a saddle ring staple that would have been removed when changed from a carbine to an octagon rifle in Nov of 1878. Receiver carries noticeable characteristic serration streaking on the receiver. The thumb print dust cover retains 75-80% orig. blue with balance a brown patina and bright on the edges. The lever has traces of visible color but has turned mostly a silver/gray patina as has the hammer. Buttplate has silvered and has a combination of brown patina spots mixed in. Stock is sound with usual nicks and dings and darkening along the areas of receiver and upper and lower tang, and carries a pleasant hand worn patina finish. Forend has a few minor nicks and dings with a small chip missing at forend cap. It is dark, with a pleasant hand worn patina finish. Mechanics are crisp, bore is bright with only some very light scattered pitting. 4-59914 BT79 (10,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

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
	2415	$11,500.00	WINCHESTER FIRST MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE SN 20901. Cal. 44-40. Standard 24-1/4″ octagon bbl with full mag, 1/2″ nickel front sight, with side checkered sporting rear sight. Mortised thumb print, dust cover. Mounted with straight grain, uncheckered, American walnut, straight grip with crescent buttplate. Accompanied with Cody Firearms fact sheet listing this as type carbine, bbl octagon, received in warehouse on Aug 24, 1878, and shipped from warehouse Jan 29, 1879. Remarks being changed to octagon on Nov 23, 1878. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 70-75% orig. blue with balance being a light brown patina color, and carries a couple of aged cleaned rust spots. Mag tube has turned a brown patina with blue visible only in protected areas. Forend cap retains 70% of a factory quality restored finish, with a small spot worn through to bright metal, and the usual nicks and scratches. Receiver has 80-85% of its orig. finish, showing the distinctive plugged holes of a saddle ring staple that would have been removed when changed from a carbine to an octagon rifle in Nov of 1878. Receiver carries noticeable characteristic serration streaking on the receiver. The thumb print dust cover retains 75-80% orig. blue with balance a brown patina and bright on the edges. The lever has traces of visible color but has turned mostly a silver/gray patina as has the hammer. Buttplate has silvered and has a combination of brown patina spots mixed in. Stock is sound with usual nicks and dings and darkening along the areas of receiver and upper and lower tang, and carries a pleasant hand worn patina finish. Forend has a few minor nicks and dings with a small chip missing at forend cap. It is dark, with a pleasant hand worn patina finish. Mechanics are crisp, bore is bright with only some very light scattered pitting. 4-59914 BT79 (10,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 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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