SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 148059. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Special order deluxe ’73 with rare 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is color case hardened and has sgl set trigger. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black horn fleur-de-lis insert, serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “5380”, “XXX” and an “R”. It also is marked “38” which apparently indicates the caliber and the “R” represents the crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38 with 28″ oct bbl, set trigger, checkered pistol grip stock and case hardened, received in warehouse May 7, 1884 and shipped same day to Order #12250. This rifle was produced during the height of the great westward expansion when repeating firearms were in great demand. Hunting and self protection firearms were necessary tools and most all business and pleasure were conducted from the back of a horse, wagon or buggy which exposed these firearms continuously to harsh elements, usually with little maintenance. Few of them are found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 96-98% strong orig blue turning a little plum with wear only on the very sharp edges and outer radius of the magazine tube; receiver & sideplates retain most of their orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, fading elsewhere; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, turned silver on outer faces of lever; buttplate retains 50-60% faded case colors with pitting on heel & toe. Wood is sound with a couple of bruises on forearm and light nicks & scratches elsewhere and overall retains nearly all of its orig bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-50642 JR20 (20,000-35,000) – Lot 1018

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
	1018	$21,275.00	SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 148059. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Special order deluxe ’73 with rare 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is color case hardened and has sgl set trigger. Mounted with very highly figured, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and black horn fleur-de-lis insert, serpentine grip buttstock that has crescent buttplate with trap. Left side of lower tang, under the wood, is marked with the assembly number “5380”, “XXX” and an “R”. It also is marked “38” which apparently indicates the caliber and the “R” represents the crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 38 with 28″ oct bbl, set trigger, checkered pistol grip stock and case hardened, received in warehouse May 7, 1884 and shipped same day to Order #12250. This rifle was produced during the height of the great westward expansion when repeating firearms were in great demand. Hunting and self protection firearms were necessary tools and most all business and pleasure were conducted from the back of a horse, wagon or buggy which exposed these firearms continuously to harsh elements, usually with little maintenance. Few of them are found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl & magazine tube retain 96-98% strong orig blue turning a little plum with wear only on the very sharp edges and outer radius of the magazine tube; receiver & sideplates retain most of their orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, fading elsewhere; lever & hammer retain strong case colors, turned silver on outer faces of lever; buttplate retains 50-60% faded case colors with pitting on heel & toe. Wood is sound with a couple of bruises on forearm and light nicks & scratches elsewhere and overall retains nearly all of its orig bright piano varnish finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-50642 JR20 (20,000-35,000) – Lot 1018 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 MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.