VERY RARE INSCRIBED FACTORY ENGRAVED SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

VERY RARE INSCRIBED FACTORY ENGRAVED SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 106645. Cal. 45-90. Wonderful deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, combination front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom rear of forearm is inlaid with a 1-1/4″ x 5/8″ oval silver escutcheon plate engraved “J.F. THOMAS / G.F.D 1905 / PHILADELPHIA”. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “822” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is wonderfully engraved, probably by John Ulrich, with the large oval vignette of a whitetail buck & doe in a forest scene on left side and a walking bull moose in a small vignette on right side, surrounded by light foliate arabesque patterns with wavelet borders. Top & bottom of receiver, bolt, hammer, top tang, lever, forend cap & buttplate tang are engraved to match. Buttstock has a repaired toe. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1990 and the other 2008, which report identical information, identifying this rifle in caliber 45-90 with oct bbl, 1/2 magazine, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and $12.00 engraving, received in warehouse Feb. 19, 1896, shipped same day to Order #5621, repair & return Nov. 10, 1896. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear; receiver retains about 70% faded, smoky case colors, a little stronger in sheltered areas; hammer retains bright case colors, faded on top edge; lever retains case colors in sheltered areas, mostly having turned to silver; buttplate has faded to silver. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore, shows little or no use, retaining most of the orig finish on bolt face & loading gate. 4-44444 JR439 (35,000-75,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	2014	$50,150.00	VERY RARE INSCRIBED FACTORY ENGRAVED SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 106645. Cal. 45-90. Wonderful deluxe ’86 with 26″ oct bbl, button magazine, combination front sight, Lyman 6A 2-leaf folding rear sight and a Lyman combination tang sight. Mounted with very highly figured flame & shell grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip stock with crescent steel buttplate. Bottom rear of forearm is inlaid with a 1-1/4″ x 5/8″ oval silver escutcheon plate engraved “J.F. THOMAS / G.F.D 1905 / PHILADELPHIA”. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “822” and “XX”. Matching assembly number is found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe of buttplate. Receiver is wonderfully engraved, probably by John Ulrich, with the large oval vignette of a whitetail buck & doe in a forest scene on left side and a walking bull moose in a small vignette on right side, surrounded by light foliate arabesque patterns with wavelet borders. Top & bottom of receiver, bolt, hammer, top tang, lever, forend cap & buttplate tang are engraved to match. Buttstock has a repaired toe. Accompanied by two Cody Firearms Museum letters, one dated 1990 and the other 2008, which report identical information, identifying this rifle in caliber 45-90 with oct bbl, 1/2 magazine, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip and $12.00 engraving, received in warehouse Feb. 19, 1896, shipped same day to Order #5621, repair & return Nov. 10, 1896. PROVENANCE: Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 97-98% strong orig blue with light sharp edge wear; receiver retains about 70% faded, smoky case colors, a little stronger in sheltered areas; hammer retains bright case colors, faded on top edge; lever retains case colors in sheltered areas, mostly having turned to silver; buttplate has faded to silver. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bore, shows little or no use, retaining most of the orig finish on bolt face & loading gate. 4-44444 JR439 (35,000-75,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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