WONDERFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE BIG BORE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

WONDERFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE BIG BORE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 107020. Cal. 50 EX (50-110). Rare case colored Big 50 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine and Lyman ivory bead front sight with 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with grip cap and smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang has the assembly number “919”, an “S” and “XX”. The assembly number is in the top tang channel of the buttstock, again in pencil on the butt, under the buttplate, along with an indecipherable name and what appears to be the date “95”. Assembly number is also inside the toe of the buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 50-110 with 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman front & rear sights with half magazine & shotgun butt. It was received in warehouse Dec. 27, 1895 and shipped the same day to Order #3205. 50 caliber ’86s are rare and seldom encountered. They are even more rare with color case hardened receivers. By the time the 50-110 caliber was introduced by Winchester the standard receiver finish was blue and color case hardening was available only on special order. The 50-110 cartridge is an extremely powerful loading and capable of taking the largest game including dangerous African game. A large number of the 50 caliber rifles were sold to the British trade for use in Africa & India. PROVENANCE: Michael Ginn Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 96-98% strong orig factory blue with light muzzle end & sharp edge wear on the oct section; receiver retains brilliant case colors on sides, strong & dark over top of receiver & top tang, faded to silver on belly; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides, fading to silver on outer face; forend cap retains about 50% moderately faded case colors; wood is sound with light handling & use nicks & scratches in the finish and overall retains about all of its orig factory piano varnish finish; buttplate retains about 50% plum blue finish with heavy rust at the heel and the heel screw. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44492 JR300 (25,000-48,000)

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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	2062	$37,375.00	WONDERFUL SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE BIG BORE MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 107020. Cal. 50 EX (50-110). Rare case colored Big 50 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, button magazine and Lyman ivory bead front sight with 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. Mounted with highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and pistol grip stock with grip cap and smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang has the assembly number “919”, an “S” and “XX”. The assembly number is in the top tang channel of the buttstock, again in pencil on the butt, under the buttplate, along with an indecipherable name and what appears to be the date “95”. Assembly number is also inside the toe of the buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this rifle in caliber 50-110 with 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, Lyman front & rear sights with half magazine & shotgun butt. It was received in warehouse Dec. 27, 1895 and shipped the same day to Order #3205. 50 caliber ’86s are rare and seldom encountered. They are even more rare with color case hardened receivers. By the time the 50-110 caliber was introduced by Winchester the standard receiver finish was blue and color case hardening was available only on special order. The 50-110 cartridge is an extremely powerful loading and capable of taking the largest game including dangerous African game. A large number of the 50 caliber rifles were sold to the British trade for use in Africa & India. PROVENANCE: Michael Ginn Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains 96-98% strong orig factory blue with light muzzle end & sharp edge wear on the oct section; receiver retains brilliant case colors on sides, strong & dark over top of receiver & top tang, faded to silver on belly; hammer retains about all of its orig case colors, turned dark on top edge; lever retains bright case colors on sides, fading to silver on outer face; forend cap retains about 50% moderately faded case colors; wood is sound with light handling & use nicks & scratches in the finish and overall retains about all of its orig factory piano varnish finish; buttplate retains about 50% plum blue finish with heavy rust at the heel and the heel screw. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-44492 JR300 (25,000-48,000) 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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