*WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 141739. Cal. 45-90. Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw & altered to flat top semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. This rifle appears to have been produced in 1906 when subsistence hunting & self-protection were still a necessity. These big bore rifles were greatly favored by hunters in the north woods, Rocky Mountain region, Canada & Alaska, for their capability to take any North American big game, up to and including the great Alaskan Brown & Polar bears. These standard grade rifles were working tools and frequently saw very hard service under harsh circumstances. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 85-88% orig blue turning plum in areas; magazine tube retains about 95% strong orig blue; receiver retains 60-70% orig blue, strong on the right side around the loading gate, thin on the left side and worn to gray on the top & bottom edges; lever & hammer retain faded case colors turned brown on outer faces of lever; stock has a couple gouges, otherwise wood is sound with the stock retaining about 90% orig varnish and the forearm a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-50632 JR306 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1054

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
	1054	$5,175.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 141739. Cal. 45-90. Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, full magazine, half nickel front sight with screw & altered to flat top semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate. This rifle appears to have been produced in 1906 when subsistence hunting & self-protection were still a necessity. These big bore rifles were greatly favored by hunters in the north woods, Rocky Mountain region, Canada & Alaska, for their capability to take any North American big game, up to and including the great Alaskan Brown & Polar bears. These standard grade rifles were working tools and frequently saw very hard service under harsh circumstances. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fine. Bbl retains 85-88% orig blue turning plum in areas; magazine tube retains about 95% strong orig blue; receiver retains 60-70% orig blue, strong on the right side around the loading gate, thin on the left side and worn to gray on the top & bottom edges; lever & hammer retain faded case colors turned brown on outer faces of lever; stock has a couple gouges, otherwise wood is sound with the stock retaining about 90% orig varnish and the forearm a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; bright shiny bore. 4-50632 JR306 (3,500-5,000) – Lot 1054 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 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.