SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 112091. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4 bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is small bore type with stepped receiver ring and has a single set trigger. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “1276” & an “S”. There is also an obliterated assembly number. Top tang channel of the buttstock has the matching “1276” assembly number & “38”. Matching assembly number is also found inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in Cal. 38 with 26″ oct bbl and set trigger, received in warehouse Feb. 23, 1883 and shipped April 7, 1883 to order number “3541”. This rifle was produced at a time when the west was still pretty wild and repeating arms were daily working tools. Arms of that era are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 90-92% strong orig blue with only sharp edge wear & a couple small dings on the edges; magazine tube retains blue in sheltered areas, being an overall plummy brown patina; receiver & side plates retain 60-70% thin orig blue, mostly from flaking not wear; lever & hammer retain faded & darkened case colors; wood is sound having been lightly cleaned and retains a light oiled finish; hammer will not hold in the half cock notch, otherwise the mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-50525 JR299 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 1033

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
	1033	$2,300.00	SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 112091. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade rifle with 24-1/4 bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight & semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver is small bore type with stepped receiver ring and has a single set trigger. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & smooth steel shotgun buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with the assembly number “1276” & an “S”. There is also an obliterated assembly number. Top tang channel of the buttstock has the matching “1276” assembly number & “38”. Matching assembly number is also found inside toe of buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in Cal. 38 with 26″ oct bbl and set trigger, received in warehouse Feb. 23, 1883 and shipped April 7, 1883 to order number “3541”. This rifle was produced at a time when the west was still pretty wild and repeating arms were daily working tools. Arms of that era are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains about 90-92% strong orig blue with only sharp edge wear & a couple small dings on the edges; magazine tube retains blue in sheltered areas, being an overall plummy brown patina; receiver & side plates retain 60-70% thin orig blue, mostly from flaking not wear; lever & hammer retain faded & darkened case colors; wood is sound having been lightly cleaned and retains a light oiled finish; hammer will not hold in the half cock notch, otherwise the mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-50525 JR299 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 1033 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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SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.