SCARCE INSCRIBED HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 75600. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade second Model ’73 with 24- 1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, combination front sight, orig, short, semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges & thick based sporting rear sight with 4″ staff. Receiver is small bore style with stepped receiver ring & attached rail with 3rd type dust cover. Side plates, lever & buttplate are nickel finish and it has a single set trigger. Left side plate is inscribed, in period script, “Geo. W Green / Pgh. Pa Feb. 21st 1883”. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate that has a trap containing an orig four piece brass & iron cleaning rod. Buttstock & forend cap have factory sling swivels. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the number “1292”. Top tang channel of buttstock is marked with the assembly number “3003”, which number is also found inside toe of buttplate. This rifle will letter from The Cody Firearms Museum as a rifle in 38 Cal. with oct bbl & set trigger. It was received in the Warehouse Oct. 19,1881, “returned October”, received in warehouse again on Nov. 16,1881, order number “29774” with another shipping date of Nov. 12, 1882, order number “984”. Undoubtedly it was during one of theses returns that the nickel finish was applied to the side plates, lever & buttplate, and very likely the rifle was factory refinished at that time. However there is no record of this work being done. Regardless, close examination leads this cataloger to believe that all of the finishes are factory orig. CONDITION: Very fine, plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 95% strong factory blue, turning a little plum on the magazine tube; receiver retains about 95% orig blue with a few areas turning plum; side plates & lever retain about all of their strong nickel with fine pimpling; buttplate retains about 90% orig nickel with some flaking & pimpling; Wood is sound with usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains a mostly hand worn patina. Set trigger needs adjusting otherwise mechanics are fine; brilliant shiny bore. 4-51490 JR289 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 1121

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
	1121	$5,175.00	SCARCE INSCRIBED HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 75600. Cal. 38 WCF (38-40). Standard grade second Model ’73 with 24- 1/4″ oct bbl, full magazine, combination front sight, orig, short, semi-buckhorn rear sight with checkered edges & thick based sporting rear sight with 4″ staff. Receiver is small bore style with stepped receiver ring & attached rail with 3rd type dust cover. Side plates, lever & buttplate are nickel finish and it has a single set trigger. Left side plate is inscribed, in period script, “Geo. W Green / Pgh. Pa Feb. 21st 1883”. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate that has a trap containing an orig four piece brass & iron cleaning rod. Buttstock & forend cap have factory sling swivels. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the number “1292”. Top tang channel of buttstock is marked with the assembly number “3003”, which number is also found inside toe of buttplate. This rifle will letter from The Cody Firearms Museum as a rifle in 38 Cal. with oct bbl & set trigger. It was received in the Warehouse Oct. 19,1881, “returned October”, received in warehouse again on Nov. 16,1881, order number “29774” with another shipping date of Nov. 12, 1882, order number “984”. Undoubtedly it was during one of theses returns that the nickel finish was applied to the side plates, lever & buttplate, and very likely the rifle was factory refinished at that time. However there is no record of this work being done. Regardless, close examination leads this cataloger to believe that all of the finishes are factory orig. CONDITION: Very fine, plus. Bbl & magazine tube retain about 95% strong factory blue, turning a little plum on the magazine tube; receiver retains about 95% orig blue with a few areas turning plum; side plates & lever retain about all of their strong nickel with fine pimpling; buttplate retains about 90% orig nickel with some flaking & pimpling; Wood is sound with usual light handling & storage nicks & scratches and retains a mostly hand worn patina. Set trigger needs adjusting otherwise mechanics are fine; brilliant shiny bore. 4-51490 JR289 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 1121 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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SCARCE INSCRIBED HALF NICKEL WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.