SCARCE EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 1221. 45-75 Cal. Fine deluxe rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver bladed fixed front sight and 2-position adjustable ladder sight. Receiver is second type with machined dust cover rail with oval thumbprint dust cover. This gun was orig made without dust cover but went back to factory to be refitted (though no factory information mentions this). Frame is case hardened. Mounted with highly figured XX flame grain American walnut strait stock with checkering and has crescent buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc brass & steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang is marked “XX” and with the assembly number “86″ which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and on buttplate. Sideplates are stamped “219” & “221”. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum SN research request which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock, case hardening, work order #11741 received in warehouse April 11, 1878 and shipped May 6, 1878. This gun is also accompanied by the early “hump-backed hammer” and thick toed buttplate. This gun is a nice example of seeing a factory braised and screwed rail and dust cover added to one of the orig 3,000 or so “open top” Model 1876s in style of type 2 frames. PROVENANCE: John Fox, Billings, MT. Lewis Yearout 1971. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain traces of orig finish though mostly brown/plum overall with areas of cleaning, spotting, staining and pitting. Frame & hammer retain traces of case colors but appear more tin-like in protected areas. Other metal surfaces are gray/brown, buttplate is more brown with pitting. Stocks are sound, solid and well fit; small putty repair at left top toe adjoining buttplate. Diamond point checkering is moderately to heavily worn especially at bottom of forestock which exhibits no checkering with a hand rubbed patina. Wood overall exhibits minor scratches and other blemishes. Mechanically rifle functions and rifling in bore is discernible though pitted. 4-53824 JS104 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2059

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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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	2059	$8,050.00	SCARCE EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 1221. 45-75 Cal. Fine deluxe rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, German silver bladed fixed front sight and 2-position adjustable ladder sight. Receiver is second type with machined dust cover rail with oval thumbprint dust cover. This gun was orig made without dust cover but went back to factory to be refitted (though no factory information mentions this). Frame is case hardened. Mounted with highly figured XX flame grain American walnut strait stock with checkering and has crescent buttplate with trap containing a 4-pc brass & steel cleaning rod. Left side of lower tang is marked “XX” and with the assembly number “86″ which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and on buttplate. Sideplates are stamped “219” & “221”. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum SN research request which identifies this rifle with oct bbl, set trigger, checkered stock, case hardening, work order #11741 received in warehouse April 11, 1878 and shipped May 6, 1878. This gun is also accompanied by the early “hump-backed hammer” and thick toed buttplate. This gun is a nice example of seeing a factory braised and screwed rail and dust cover added to one of the orig 3,000 or so “open top” Model 1876s in style of type 2 frames. PROVENANCE: John Fox, Billings, MT. Lewis Yearout 1971. Estate Collection of Lewis & Leyton Yearout. CONDITION: Very good, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain traces of orig finish though mostly brown/plum overall with areas of cleaning, spotting, staining and pitting. Frame & hammer retain traces of case colors but appear more tin-like in protected areas. Other metal surfaces are gray/brown, buttplate is more brown with pitting. Stocks are sound, solid and well fit; small putty repair at left top toe adjoining buttplate. Diamond point checkering is moderately to heavily worn especially at bottom of forestock which exhibits no checkering with a hand rubbed patina. Wood overall exhibits minor scratches and other blemishes. Mechanically rifle functions and rifling in bore is discernible though pitted. 4-53824 JS104 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2059 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 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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SCARCE EARLY DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.