WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 41918. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade, third model rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, slightly altered Rocky Mountain front sight and orig 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. This rifle appears to have been produced in 1883 at a time when the west was still wild and hunting & self protection were still a way of life. The model 1876 was Winchester’s first big bore rifle. Up to that point the only available repeating rifle was Winchester’s Model 1873, which was chambered for the short range, low power, smaller cartridges. The model 1876 was extremely popular throughout the American frontier, north woods, the Northwest Territories & Alaska. The cartridges chambered in this rifle were capable of taking any of North America’s big game. They usually saw hard service and are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Roger & Gerald Wilde Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 70-75% thinning orig blue turning plum; magazine tube retains about 30% blue turning brown & receiver about 75-80% orig blue mixed with brown patina; all with a heavy coating of old dried oil; lever retains traces of case colors & the hammer about 75% faded case colors; wood is sound and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-51500 JR286 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1130

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
	1130	$5,750.00	WINCHESTER MODEL 1876 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 41918. Cal. 40-60. Standard grade, third model rifle with 28″ oct bbl, full magazine, slightly altered Rocky Mountain front sight and orig 1,000 yard ladder rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock & crescent buttplate with trap. This rifle appears to have been produced in 1883 at a time when the west was still wild and hunting & self protection were still a way of life. The model 1876 was Winchester’s first big bore rifle. Up to that point the only available repeating rifle was Winchester’s Model 1873, which was chambered for the short range, low power, smaller cartridges. The model 1876 was extremely popular throughout the American frontier, north woods, the Northwest Territories & Alaska. The cartridges chambered in this rifle were capable of taking any of North America’s big game. They usually saw hard service and are rarely found today with high orig finish. PROVENANCE: Roger & Gerald Wilde Collection. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl retains 70-75% thinning orig blue turning plum; magazine tube retains about 30% blue turning brown & receiver about 75-80% orig blue mixed with brown patina; all with a heavy coating of old dried oil; lever retains traces of case colors & the hammer about 75% faded case colors; wood is sound and retains most of an old refinish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-51500 JR286 (4,000-6,000) – Lot 1130 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.