SCARCE EARLY OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH FREUND SIGHTS.

SCARCE EARLY OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH FREUND SIGHTS. SN 7434. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl and full magazine. Front sight is Freund’s patent Rocky Mountain blade and the rear sight is Freund’s patent re-worked Lawrence Sharps sight. Base of rear sight is hand engraved “NEW FIELD & TARGET SIGHT Freund PAT”. This sight is mounted in a second dovetail just in front of receiver. The orig dovetail is filled with a bbl sight stub end that is engraved in Olde English script with what appears to be “CF” or “CE”. Receiver is the open top variety that has had a dust cover rail or sight mounted on top with some slight alteration. Whatever was there is now missing with both screwholes plugged. Tang is mounted with a thin base shortrange vernier sight with 2-3/4″ staff. Wood is uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight grip & crescent steel buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum white sheet identifying this rifle with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in the warehouse Jan. 27, 1880 and shipped June 7, 1880 to order #20309. Under other remarks is the notation “Lid” which means dust cover was added. A further notation states “To 45-60 round, plain” which translates to converted to caliber 45-60 with rnd bbl & plain trigger. It would have been originally produced in caliber 45-75 with rnd bbl. Also accompanied by a Rogers silver child’s cup engraved on front “J.C. FREUND / JAN 1, 1896”. Frank Freund had a daughter named Jeanette but she wasn’t born until 1897. Additionally accompanied by an orig Colorado Armory catalogue No. 389. This little catalogue measures 5-3/4″ x 3-1/4″ with thirteen pages of Freund advertisements and another twenty or so pages of paid advertisements of various businesses from the local area. Throughout the catalogue are small ads for Freund’s “MORE LIGHT” sights such as the set mounted on this rifle. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 50-60% thin orig blue with balance a medium to dark patina. Magazine tube retains about 90% strong orig blue. Receiver retains about 70% orig blue, strong & dark in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with light nicks & dings and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with scattered very fine pitting. Cup is heavily tarnished with several small nicks by the handle. Catalogue is yellowed but completely sound & intact. 4-37665 JR303 (4,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

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
	2250	$4,887.50	SCARCE EARLY OPEN TOP WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE WITH FREUND SIGHTS. SN 7434. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ rnd bbl and full magazine. Front sight is Freund’s patent Rocky Mountain blade and the rear sight is Freund’s patent re-worked Lawrence Sharps sight. Base of rear sight is hand engraved “NEW FIELD & TARGET SIGHT Freund PAT”. This sight is mounted in a second dovetail just in front of receiver. The orig dovetail is filled with a bbl sight stub end that is engraved in Olde English script with what appears to be “CF” or “CE”. Receiver is the open top variety that has had a dust cover rail or sight mounted on top with some slight alteration. Whatever was there is now missing with both screwholes plugged. Tang is mounted with a thin base shortrange vernier sight with 2-3/4″ staff. Wood is uncheckered straight grain walnut with straight grip & crescent steel buttplate with trap. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum white sheet identifying this rifle with rnd bbl & plain trigger received in the warehouse Jan. 27, 1880 and shipped June 7, 1880 to order #20309. Under other remarks is the notation “Lid” which means dust cover was added. A further notation states “To 45-60 round, plain” which translates to converted to caliber 45-60 with rnd bbl & plain trigger. It would have been originally produced in caliber 45-75 with rnd bbl. Also accompanied by a Rogers silver child’s cup engraved on front “J.C. FREUND / JAN 1, 1896”. Frank Freund had a daughter named Jeanette but she wasn’t born until 1897. Additionally accompanied by an orig Colorado Armory catalogue No. 389. This little catalogue measures 5-3/4″ x 3-1/4″ with thirteen pages of Freund advertisements and another twenty or so pages of paid advertisements of various businesses from the local area. Throughout the catalogue are small ads for Freund’s “MORE LIGHT” sights such as the set mounted on this rifle. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 50-60% thin orig blue with balance a medium to dark patina. Magazine tube retains about 90% strong orig blue. Receiver retains about 70% orig blue, strong & dark in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with light nicks & dings and retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore with scattered very fine pitting. Cup is heavily tarnished with several small nicks by the handle. Catalogue is yellowed but completely sound & intact. 4-37665 JR303 (4,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 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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