*WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 26620. Cal. 40-72. Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, slab sawed American walnut with black insert, schnable tip forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 40-72 with oct bbl and plain trigger, received in warehouse May 19, 1900 and shipped Mar. 2, 1903 to order number 179426. This rifle is chambered for a cartridge that was very popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a hunting cartridge, especially for big game such as elk, moose and bear. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains 96-98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple tiny nicks; receiver retains 88-90% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas showing light wear elsewhere; wood is sound with light handling and use nicks & scratches with the buttstock retaining about 95% orig varnish and the forearm mostly a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; very bright shiny bore. 4-50680 JR387 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1084

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
	1084	$4,025.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 26620. Cal. 40-72. Standard grade rifle with 26″ oct bbl, half nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, slab sawed American walnut with black insert, schnable tip forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this rifle in cal. 40-72 with oct bbl and plain trigger, received in warehouse May 19, 1900 and shipped Mar. 2, 1903 to order number 179426. This rifle is chambered for a cartridge that was very popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a hunting cartridge, especially for big game such as elk, moose and bear. PROVENANCE: Tommy Rholes Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains 96-98% strong orig blue with faint sharp edge wear and a couple tiny nicks; receiver retains 88-90% orig blue, strong in sheltered areas showing light wear elsewhere; wood is sound with light handling and use nicks & scratches with the buttstock retaining about 95% orig varnish and the forearm mostly a hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine; very bright shiny bore. 4-50680 JR387 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1084 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 1895 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.