SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 30863. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Fine deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4 oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead Beach’s combination front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a thick base sporting tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with highly figured, flame grain, center crotch American walnut that has early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with attached rail mounting and impressed thumbprint dust cover. Left side of lower tang under the wood is marked with the assembly number “105” which number is also found, in pencil in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, peep & Beach sights, 1/2 magazine and case hardened, received in warehouse Sept. 28, 1878 and shipped June 27, 1879 to Order number 15979. There is another ship date of Oct.2, 1878, Order #13242 which is crossed out. This rifle was produced at a time when business or pleasure was conducted from the back of a horse, wagon or buggy which exposed these firearms to the harsh elements usually with little maintenance. Firearms of this era are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 85-88% orig blue showing sharp edge wear on the oct section and thinning on the rnd section. Receiver and side plates retain about 80% orig case colors, moderately to heavily faded, stronger on the left side, turned silver on the bottom; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, faded to silver on outer faces of lever. Forearm has about a 3″ repaired crack by the bbl channel at the left front end, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks and scratches. Buttstock retains about 95% strong, orig piano varnish finish and forearm retains most of a restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore. 4-50521 JR28 (22,500-32,500) – Lot 1016

Auction: Firearms - Spring 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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1016	$20,125.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 30863. Cal. 44 WCF (44-40). Fine deluxe ’73 with 24-1/4 oct to rnd bbl, button magazine, ivory bead Beach’s combination front sight, short semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges and a thick base sporting tang sight with 4″ staff. Mounted with highly figured, flame grain, center crotch American walnut that has early style checkered forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with attached rail mounting and impressed thumbprint dust cover. Left side of lower tang under the wood is marked with the assembly number “105” which number is also found, in pencil in the top tang channel of buttstock and inside toe buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock, peep & Beach sights, 1/2 magazine and case hardened, received in warehouse Sept. 28, 1878 and shipped June 27, 1879 to Order number 15979. There is another ship date of Oct.2, 1878, Order #13242 which is crossed out. This rifle was produced at a time when business or pleasure was conducted from the back of a horse, wagon or buggy which exposed these firearms to the harsh elements usually with little maintenance. Firearms of this era are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains 85-88% orig blue showing sharp edge wear on the oct section and thinning on the rnd section. Receiver and side plates retain about 80% orig case colors, moderately to heavily faded, stronger on the left side, turned silver on the bottom; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, faded to silver on outer faces of lever. Forearm has about a 3″ repaired crack by the bbl channel at the left front end, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks and scratches. Buttstock retains about 95% strong, orig piano varnish finish and forearm retains most of a restored finish. Mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bore. 4-50521 JR28 (22,500-32,500) – Lot 1016 Auction: Firearms - Spring 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 SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER 2ND MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.