WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 7247. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement bone or ivory front sight and 1876 marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, “lid” (which means dust cover), received in warehouse Jan. 21, 1879, changed to “45-60 octagon” and shipped April 5, 1880 to order number 19528. Apparently this rifle had been manufactured in a less desirable caliber which did not sell immediately so when the order for a cal. 45-60 rifle came in they simply changed the bbl & carrier and shipped it. This rifle was produced during the height of the Great Westward Expansion and Indian wars and undoubtedly saw service on the frontier. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with the bbl and magazine tube a smooth chocolate brown patina; receiver & side plates are a matching patina with some fine pitting on the left side plate; wood is sound showing moderate to heavy wear with nicks, dings, scratches & a few gouges and overall retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; strong dark bore with very fine pitting. 4-50585 JR385 (2,500-3,500) – Lot 1045

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
	1045	$3,162.50	WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 7247. Cal. 45-60. Standard grade rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, replacement bone or ivory front sight and 1876 marked ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. Receiver is 2nd type with attached dust cover rail and 3rd type dust cover. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle with rnd bbl, plain trigger, “lid” (which means dust cover), received in warehouse Jan. 21, 1879, changed to “45-60 octagon” and shipped April 5, 1880 to order number 19528. Apparently this rifle had been manufactured in a less desirable caliber which did not sell immediately so when the order for a cal. 45-60 rifle came in they simply changed the bbl & carrier and shipped it. This rifle was produced during the height of the Great Westward Expansion and Indian wars and undoubtedly saw service on the frontier. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Good. No orig finish remains with the bbl and magazine tube a smooth chocolate brown patina; receiver & side plates are a matching patina with some fine pitting on the left side plate; wood is sound showing moderate to heavy wear with nicks, dings, scratches & a few gouges and overall retains a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; strong dark bore with very fine pitting. 4-50585 JR385 (2,500-3,500) – Lot 1045 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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WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.