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1052
$8,625.00

SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 113360. Cal. 45-70. Fine deluxe rifle with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, 2/3 magazine, ivory bead Marbles front sight and rifle style ladder rear sight. Mounted with beautiful center crotch, flame grain American walnut with H-style checkered forearm and capped pistol grip buttstock with Winchester hard rubber buttplate. Left side of lower tang is marked with assembly number “383”, “XX”, an “S”, and an “R”. The “S” and “R” signifies rubber shotgun buttplate. Matching assembly number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-70 with 1/2 oct bbl, plain trigger, checkered stock with pistol grip, 2/3 magazine and shotgun butt with rubber buttplate, received in warehouse Sept. 25, 1897 and shipped the same day to Order number 16986. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl and magazine tube retain about 95% strong original blue with sharp edge wear and some thinning over the chamber area. Receiver retains 30-40% fading case colors with the balance turned silver. Lever & hammer also retain faded case colors, stronger on the hammer. Wood is sound with a slight touch up on the bottom rear edge of the forearm. Buttstock & forearm have a few minor nicks and scratches with a bruise in the checkering on the wrist and overall retains about 96-98% crisp org piano varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-50643 JR14 (6,000-10,000) – Lot 1052


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014
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